She sad amid the silence, and between the breath and stillness around her, she realized That there are so very many shades of silence: The tight, cold waiting to see what that noise in the night was, The prickle-eared awareness of what children are up to on the opposite end of the house, The suddenContinue reading “#SOL20 Day 19: Shades of Silence”
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#SOL20 Day 18: What Today Has Brought
My district has gone to day 2 of e-learning, and I challenged my kids this morning to post more of themselves and how they were doing. And they did NOT disappoint. My students post the sweetest pep talks I’ve ever seen. They’ve shared playtimes with their dogs, ideas for group story activities, forts they’ve builtContinue reading “#SOL20 Day 18: What Today Has Brought”
#SOL20 Day 17: To My Loveys
note: I’ve decided to begin each day with a “pep talk” to my kids. I had a different video shot for tomorrow, but this is the one I’m now deciding to go with… Hi Friends! We’ve made it past the first part of our e-learning experience. You’ve all logged in, logged on, and you’ve startedContinue reading “#SOL20 Day 17: To My Loveys”
#SOL20 Day 16: Not that I’m a Perfectionist
…but I have spent way too many hours combing through and over all of the e-learning resources that I’m posting for my groups. I want for their experience to be smooth. I want for them to understand what I’m asking them to do. I want them to DO it. And, most importantly, I hope thatContinue reading “#SOL20 Day 16: Not that I’m a Perfectionist”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 