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Through the Looking Glass
While sparcing down my classroom kitsch, I found one of my favorite books. It is an old copy of Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures and Wonderland The...
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Geographies of Teaching
(Floating Keys) I totally have that song Breakout in my head by Swing Out Sister. I've been singing it around the house. In the Gilford House, my...
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Are PK-12 Teachers Blue-Collar?
(pic while doing laundry at our local laundromat) Are PK-12 teachers blue-collar? Duh-fa? I was talking with a friend a couple of years ago...
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Teaching Expiration Date?
With all that is going on now it is hard to keep up. Some days I totally want to unplug and I do. Other days I am hooked on the T.V. watching the...
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Virtual School Culture
Every time I try to organize my makeshift office in our dining room, I spend half the time taking a trip down memory lane. In a school box there was...
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Fe Fi Fo Fum
Fe Fi Fo Fum...the seeds have been flung and the stalk grows. I climb it and my foot gets stuck, I slide, stick back on, and slink back up. I face my...
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Where's the Red Cross?
Where's the Red Cross? Lately, I have been reading up on the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and the Red Cross played a central role in recovery. Many...
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Silverlining Sceneius
It occurred to me this morning, that I know some really smart people. One of them is Vicki Davis, she is an amazing teacher. She is one of the...
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Take Aways from HGSE's Education Now: What "Reopening" Means for Early Education
One of the awesome sliverlinings of this moment is that teachers have greater access to professional development opportunities for free!! I just...
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Yes, And...Virtual Clubs!
(Peanut Butter Jelly Time from The Gilfords' Kitchen circa 2020) Have you found yourself singing to your students when you are teaching? I have. In...
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Learning Coaches
Wow! It has been quite a week! Lots of data collection!! We had our 30 day IEPs for our new students to virtual school. Here are some quick takeaways...
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Aaaaargggg!!
(The Heat Escapes the Dryer at Laundromat, circa 2020) Arrrgggg!! Sometimes I feel like I am living in the purgatory of Group Projects!! Yes, I love...
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Grand Je·té
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over The candlestick. For some time, I have been thinking about nursery rhymes and fairy tales. How can I...
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Launch
(Down the Road from Our Apartment circa 2020) Can't get through, but I can go around. It is hard to believe that school has been in virtual session...
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Oratory
(Found Feather circa 2015) Oratory. When I taught 2nd grade at the Carmel Catholic Mission, there was an oratory balcony over the pews. I imagined...
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I'm Ready with Jazz Hands!
Sometimes you know when you are ready! Ready. You've had a dream for a while and know that fruition and harvest times are nearby. That is how I have...
