Everyday is Environmental Day
Yesterday. Friday was Arbor Day. Friday, April 28th, yesterday, was Environmental Day at our school. Approximately 24 hours ago, 375 students visited with me in K-5 grade level groups for…
Month: April 2017
Roots: Then and Now
via Daily Prompt: Roots At one time in my life, the word roots meant where you came from or what your ancestry happened to be. This was probably driven by…
Gray: A color poem
via Daily Prompt: Gray I worked on Color Poems with my Third Grade Writer’s Circle this March. No one picked to write about Gray, so here is what I did…
What I’ve learned about Procrastination
This semester I have learned a little about procrastination. Never considering myself to be one in the past, I can now claim the title of Procrastinator! Since this is…
The Great River Road – Three Hours By the Numbers.
Yesterday I drove I -35, otherwise known as The Great River Road that runs parallel to the Mighty Mississippi and divides the state borders of Minnesota and Iowa with Wisconsin.…
Outliers & The Gifted
If you’ve ever taken a statistics course, you’ve been warned about these. Outliers can throw your data off. If you’ve ever looked at a bell curve, you’ve seen a graphical…
What a Hoot!
Friday, my boys were off from school for the Easter holiday break. About mid-afternoon, I looked out our back window and saw a white patch in a tree at the…
