{write} five minute friday
Go I write to celebrate life. It’s Friday night and a whole long week is behind me. It was jammed-packed with opportunities that stem because I write. Speaking, video taping… Read more {write} five minute friday →
Go I write to celebrate life. It’s Friday night and a whole long week is behind me. It was jammed-packed with opportunities that stem because I write. Speaking, video taping… Read more {write} five minute friday →
{2008} Today marks the day when always becomes real for Hannah. She turns twelve and this will be the year when she will be with us longer than she lived… Read more Today Marks ALWAYS →
To print a copy of this chart, follow this link to the PDF in Google Drive. It prints nicely as a 36″ x 48″ chart. Then add your students’ names… Read more Follow Your Own Writing Process (Grades 3 & Up) →
I loved Literacy Connection on Saturday. Loved it! There were so many wise and passionate educators packed into the media center of an elementary school. Then to top it off,… Read more Favorite Bits →
This parenting gig is not an easy one. Sometimes when I think it’s too big and I’m not going to make it, I remember this story. It’s a story of… Read more Reforming a Liar {+ a MOPS Giveaway} →
These are the things I’m celebrating when I assess Sam’s writing. One By rereading his first few words, he realized he started with a dependent clause. Then he added a… Read more Nudging Growth through Celebration →
On the last day of the Beginning Writing Workshop I led, we had the privilege of listening to Barb Bean share her journey of implementing reading and writing workshop. She was quite inspiring (and I wasn’t the only one to notice — almost 1/3 of the participants commented on the uplifting impact Barb had on them!).Of all the uplifting tid-bits Barb shared, the one that impacted me the most was when she said, “Writing and reading workshop has helped me learn to be myself in the classroom.” She said she’s… Read more I Be Myself {Vintage Post} →
This week I was reminded that life is more about being than doing. Trevor Jones, our worship leader at church, asked us to remember that our purpose is linked to… Read more BE not DO →
“Ask Sam what he did to me today,” Andy said as we were driving to a soccer game. I look over my shoulder and Sam winks at me. “It was… Read more practical joker →