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This SOL is a haiku in honor of poetry month. No matter what time I arrive at school, I’m in a race to catch up. Cross posted to the Two Writing Teachers Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge. Read more

Thank you to those slicers who have shared their good things this month. I found your posts inspiring, so I am sharing my own list as a way to celebrate and end the March SOL Challenge. 1. Books – lots of them. 2. Spotting my husband in a crowd and feeling blessed. 3. Watching movies Read more

I don’t know what to write about today. And, that’s OK. I do know what I will write about tomorrow, though. That’s a win, right? I am proud of myself for writing a blog post every day this month, so far. I consider that a major accomplishment. On April 1st, I will be switching to Read more

This morning we exited a live Coding Quest lesson 1/2 way through because our classroom iPads weren’t working well enough for us to follow along with the instructor. Everyone was frustrated so we took a quick break. We had a class meeting to talk about our Wonder Jar and instead ended up talking about Emily’s Read more

Today was our first day back after Spring Break. The kids were chatty at first, but quickly got down to the task at hand. They had think time. They talked. They read. They wrote. We laughed. And, I tried something new. Instead of the usual flow of a back and forth litany of questions and Read more

Today I participated in my first Circle for Reconciliation. It was an emotional and inspirational 1 1/2 hours. We introduced ourselves and shared why we were there. I chose to participate in a circle as part of my journey to being an anti racist teacher and person. I was nervous before the circle started because Read more

This morning I listened to Maureen Barbieri interview Shelley Harwayne about her new book, Above and Beyond the Writing Workshop. I was so inspired listening to Harwayne talk about wanting to find a way for teachers and students to reclaim the joy of writing workshop as it was initially envisioned and practiced. Harwayne’s new book, Read more

I’ve been thinking a lot about why I felt such relief at the end of the day yesterday. Why did I feel my body relax when my dentist appointment was done and the cleaner finished cleaning my house? Maybe because I don’t like going to the dentist or the doctor for anything (and I’m anticipating Read more

As this week winds down so does my Spring Break. Today was reserved for dentist appointments and to get the house professionally cleaned. Tomorrow it’s hair and mani-pedi appointments. And, on the weekend I’ll be taking some time for planning. But I’ll also go out for breakfast with my son and get a little bit Read more

Today I got together with some friends that I haven’t seen since the fall. We met about 15 years ago as new hires in one of the Spanish bilingual schools here in Calgary. Since then we’ve taught at several different schools in the city. Of the five of us there today (three from the original Read more