You Think You Know Me, But You Don’t!
I’m in kind of a quandry. I do not think people know what I do for a living, or in what disciplines I’ve been educated, nor do I have any…
Category: students
Poetry Friday: Frigid
Acrostic poems aren’t as easy as they seem. At the end of my last garden club meeting in mid-January, I gave the students a mini-lesson on writing acrostic poems. We…
Technology vs. Kindergarten Skills
Yesterday, I was on my way to grocery shop when I heard a local radio station announcer ask a question of the listening audience. It went something like this, “Today,…
Poetry Friday: Student Poetry Submissions
Today is Poetry Friday. We are headed into the time of year when I really miss writing poetry with students. For six years, I led a Third Grade Writer’s Circle…
The Unpublished Post
Today, I wrote a post that ended up being over 1300 words long. I worked on it, off and on, over the course of the whole day. Yet, I never…
An Enrichment Post: Forcing Paperwhite Bulbs
Today, I find myself in a quandary about what to write. I have a couple of ideas but both stem from irritations, one regarding education and one regarding sportsmanship. I…
The Pressure to Conform or Not
This morning I asked my son what day it was for week of special dress up days at the high school. I had seen that they had a theme for…
Professional Development & Environmental Education
Well, I am nine days into my final comprehensive exam for my graduate degree in Natural Resources. Two of three answers are fully drafted, and today, I am starting on…
