I knew while hearing Freeman Hrabowski speak at #ASCD13 that his speech would be the one I include in my next Monday Musings post for my staff. He had such a powerful message that I had to share with them. Here is a cross-posting from my staff memo blog: ————————————————————————– This weekend I got to … [Read more…]
Here is another cross-post from my staff memo blog that will post tomorrow morning for my “Monday Musings.” —————————————————————————————— Writer’s Block While having a mental block of not feeling like I have anything worthy of sharing with you all in a Monday Musings post (because I’ve spent my weekend in a book entirely … [Read more…]
Here is a cross-post from “Monday Musings” post on my staff blog this week… Recently a principal from Twitter contacted me regarding Daily5/Cafe and asked if I could recommend a reading basal series that is conducive to Daily5/Cafe. Once I got over my immediate cringe at the word “basal” I asked why were they looking … [Read more…]
Here is Part 3 on Pathways to the Common Core that I shared on my staff blog in my Monday Musings Post.——————————————————————————— Monday Musings – Pathways to the Common Core: Part 3 I’ve finally made it to the section on Writing in Pathways to the Common Core. I will be completely honest with you all and admit … [Read more…]
Here is Part 2 on Pathways to the Common Core that I shared on my staff blog in my Monday Musings Post.————————————————————————————— Monday Musings – Pathways to the Common Core: Part 2 Last week I shared my first reflection with you as I am reading Pathways to the Common Core. This week I’ll share what I’ve learned … [Read more…]
Each week I share a “Monday Musings” post on my staff blog. I use this weekly post to share my own professional learning/reflections with staff. I am currently reading Pathways to the Common Core and plan to share what I’m learning in several parts with staff. Here is what I posted for them last week.—————————————————————————————– … [Read more…]
In my last post I shared my learning from a full day workshop with Donalyn Miller and what ideas we will be implementing in our school as a result of this learning. After grade level meetings and a full faculty meeting, here is a post on my staff memo that I shared with staff on … [Read more…]
Image from Sparkle and Shade I’ve previously shared how I used my staff memo blog to share weekly updates with staff, as well as a method to model my own personal reflections with staff (you can find my previous post explaining it HERE). Earlier this year I gave staff a survey to see what they … [Read more…]
*Here is another cross-post from my Friday Focus poston my staff memo blog: Photo courtesy of J. Lauzier Share Your Writing Life “I write out of ignorance…It’s what I don’t know that stimulates me. I merely know enough to get started.” ~Toni Morrison In Regie Routman’s book Writing Essentials, she discusses the importance of sharing … [Read more…]
Each week I post a “Friday Focus” for staff on my staff memo blog as a way to model professional reflection and hopefully inspire them each week. This week, I got a bit more personal than I ever have in the past, but I’ve learned from Regie Routman to “write what is in your heart.” … [Read more…]