Well, it certainly has been a while since I’ve stopped by. I felt the pull to write once again as I am watch my fifth graders craft allegorical stories. Funny thing is, they’re the same group who formed trusted reader circles in fourth grade. And here they are, working with a new set of trustedContinue reading “On Feeling (not) Useful”
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On Parent Conferences
After about thirty parent-teacher conferences over the last few days, I have to admit that I’ve pretty well run out of articulate things to say. But if I could take the recommendations, advice and encouragement from those conferences and wrap it all up with a bow, it would look something like this: Your child isContinue reading “On Parent Conferences”
Priorities
Just had a teacher realize that she has four specialists working to meet the needs of her struggling readers. For her high kids (I’d say she’s got just about as many)? She has me. Just me. Me, and she has to share me with the other 7 teachers who have reading in that time slot.Continue reading “Priorities”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 