After An Educator's Journey
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Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.
Tag: classroom design
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The Daily Five Tip of the Week had a wonderful cover story this week. In it, Lori Sabo writes about the lasting impact Joan Moser had on a former first grader, recent high school graduate. In the end, the former student describes her current self through the books she loves. Beyond the well-deserved thanks that Joan…
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When you have pretty strong convictions about something, they are not always understood or shared by others. For me, one of my thoughts is that creating an environment of order and welcome is of high importance to my students’ frames of mind. With many of my students coming from existences that are not always orderly,…
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We will have a lot of changes this coming Fall. Some are more global: a new administrator, a new superintendent, new Core Curriculum. On a more local level, my grade level has made a decision to locate the Inclusion classrooms side-by-side, so next year I will be a SPED Inclusion room again. And there some…
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Boy do I ever need to redesign my classroom space. What I have is workable, but there’s much more to be done. What would my dream space look like? Here are some things I’m mulling over for next school year: 1. Removing the big old TV on the gigantic (and wobbly) stand. Yes, I do…
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This June, with just 3 years — or maybe 4 if the stock market takes a nose dive — left of my teaching career, I’ve started the process of streamlining. It seems like a good idea. I certainly don’t have an delusions that all that stuff I’ve been saving “just in case” is going to…
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