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Where did the summer go?
This was supposed to be a fairly quiet summer. But then things happened. My husband and I had to take an impromptu trip to Ecuador at the beginning of July. Two days after we got back, I had a sinus operation and couldn’t fly for a month. In the middle of my recuperation, my eldest Read more
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Children Need Choice
Source: Freepik Giving choice in the classroom gives students opportunities to learn to make decisions, even if it’s about what tools to use when they are working on a math problem. Making a wrong choice in a safe space, like the classroom, allows for risk-taking, which is a critical component to making good choices and Read more
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Today’s Rant
I wish I could shout this from the rooftops: Kids will learn to read (and write) if they have a knowledgeable teacher who reads (and writes) for pleasure; is familiar with appropriate age and grade level books for their students; knows their students well enough to bring books into the classroom that they will enjoy; Read more
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This summer…
This summer… I’m experimenting, exploring, and developing new habits. Letting go of what doesn’t work, and welcoming what does. It takes practice, and consistency. Courage, even. I’m experimenting with having a daily writing habit by creating daily results that are specific and measurable. Even though I don’t like the word measurable for many reasons, it really Read more
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Social Media Review
Every so often I make a resolve to say “No” to some things so that I can say “Yes” to what’s truly important…to me. But despite my best intentions, I tend to get lost in the fray that is social media. Fueled by the energy of other educators, and the “fear of missing out” (FOMO), Read more
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Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever experienced a situation where you procrastinated, but for a good reason? I know. I know. We rarely, if ever, procrastinate for a good reason. But I promise I had a good reason. My good reason was that I had misplaced a digital document that would make revising efficient: the feedback on the Read more
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What’s Your Superpower?
If you could have one superpower in the classroom, what would it be and how would it help? This question was posed on Twitter a while ago. I don’t remember who posted it or even when it was shared. I just know that I immediately wrote it down as a prompt for a future blog Read more
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One Small Self-Care Habit
Habits can be hard to commit to and maintain. Actually, let me rephrase that sentence: Habits are easy to commit to, but hard to maintain. Promising to create too many (new) habits at once can really derail any attempts to get better at something. My tendency is to want to do it all, but I Read more
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Being Busy Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Prior to this year, just thinking about all of the things on my to-do list would have made me nervous, but accomplished. Like I was doing important things. And, because I had chosen the majority of these projects myself I was compelled to follow through and complete them. Getting involved with yet another project seemed Read more
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Parenting & Teaching
Today was my 14-month old granddaughter’s first day in preschool. Throughout the day, my daughter shared pictures to our family chat to keep us in the loop. We saw her eating at a table with other children. She ate all of her fruits and vegetables first. We saw her sitting in one of the teacher’s Read more
Elisa Waingort 