What do you consider important for students to know? Is it the content in your class? Is it how to apply that content to everyday life? Or, might it be how to keep working through a problem they might encounter along the way? Fostering resilience is part of an educator’s job. It is also a…
It was no surprise that I had a little visit from my friend, Insomnia, last night. We are in the midst of a very busy week. School started for my son and I on Tuesday. We also celebrate two birthdays this week. It is a time of transition and that is the time my friend…
Today is Slice of Life Tuesday. This means my blog is shared with other bloggers via the forum founded by TwoWritingTeachers.org. I am proud to have been a part of this supportive writing community, many of whom are educators, since March of 2017. School Year Commences Today, the school year begins for our resident school…
Stealing an idea from a fellow Slicer, who wrote about Ten Things Tuesday last week, I am going to recount ten things that mean September is here! 10. Cooler nights. We were able to open the windows for a couple of days this week, but rains moved in and humidity stayed high, so we ended…
If you’ve read any of my prior posts on color, you know that color means a lot to me. Invariably someone, at sometime in my life, has commented on the sense of color I seem to possess. While it might not be a rare quality – to have a heightened sense of color – it…