On Tuesday we had an awesome professional development seminar in our building that focused on vocabulary instruction. One strategy that I couldn’t wait to try with my second graders was List Group Label. A strategy from Reading Rockets, it’s a…
Read More »Last night I saw somebody tweeted: “The best way to get students to not act like the school year is over is by having teachers not act like the school year is over.” Guilty. as. charged. Well, sort of. I…
Read More »The day we decided to move in was a day of celebration and victory. We had found an apartment in the city. A real, three bedroom, beautiful old apartment. An apartment with a driveway! A backyard! A dishwasher! Fresh out…
Read More »Okay so I feel like a broken record… BUT I promised to become a better blogger- and that means posting about some things I did a little while ago. And by a little while, I mean back in November. I…
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