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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Discovering Calm

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Rejuvenating my energy will require me to find, embrace, and savor the calm when it presents itself.  Today calm found its way to me through...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

ENERGY

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Thinking about the year ahead connected me with many potential words to guide me through: ASPIRE, ACCOMPLISH, BALANCE, ENERGY, IMAGINE... I ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

The Power of One Word

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Another year with a single word by my side.  I still am amazed at how "one-little-word" can have such a positive, dynamic impact o...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Thinking Mathematically

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Our Classroom Poster of the 8 Mathematical Practices! Last spring I had the chance to gain a different perspective of our classroom, see...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Common Core Connections -- Breaking the Mold

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Last night I had a deep discussion with my husband, who does not work in education, about the Common Core State Standards. He was asking a...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Our Self Assessment Rubric

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With ROBOTS as our theme this year, we decided to name our standards-based grading scale in alignment with our theme! Moving beyond the...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Building Blocks to Success

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Our building blocks to success have replaced our traditional "rules."  Our focus is now directed to acting responsible as ...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

Starting the School Year with a Student-Centered Perspective

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Poster found here . Ann and I start the school year now from a completely different perspective:  We are facilitators in a student-ce...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

More Great Reading Moments

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Celina, as usual, inspired me to jump on the blog and reflect on what I have read so far this summer. So far my Kindle has been my go to res...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Summer Reading Recommendation #1

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Can be purchased here Summer brings about many things for me, one in particular being a summer reading list.  I have been an avid rea...
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