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Elisa Waingort

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A Teacher Musing Out Loud

  • A Teacher’s Ruminations: 2016 – Bring It On!

    This is my first post for the year. I posted on my teacher website first, but since it connects with other areas of my life, I am posting it here as well. Happy New Year! Source: A Teacher’s Ruminations: 2016 – Bring It On! Read more

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  • 2016 – Bring It On!

    I am a struggling writer. I struggle with topic selection, getting started and a lack of self-confidence. And, although I love to write, I realize that I love the IDEA of being a writer more. The process of writing, with its concomitant failures and less-than-perfect results, is not a selling point for me.In my mind’s… Read more

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  • A babe in the woods

    This has been a really difficult week.No time to stop and reflect about teaching and learning.I’m either running to meetings or running to go home.And, in between all of that, I try to clean up the mess I make on my desk every day. My work area is starting to look better.I cleared up the… Read more

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  • It’s gonna be all right

    I’m riding on a cloud at the moment,starting to relax. My relationship with my students is changing. Will it last? Maybe it started towards the end of our first read aloud, Rules by Cynthia Lord.Or it may it’s because of Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt.It doesn’t matter. But will it last? It feels right.It… Read more

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  • Back to School [2015]

    Source: http://www.kindredmedia.org/2013/07/the-yearly-back-to-school-push-to-vaccinate/ It is no surprise that everyone has a hard time going back to work after a long vacation, and teachers are no different. Vacation means we get to spend uninterrupted quality time with our families and friends doing what we like to do. In addition to enjoying a lot of unstructured time during the… Read more

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  • Summer PD – #CyberPD – Digital Reading, What’s Essential in Grades 3 – 8

    I’m on vacation mode right now, and I don’t just mean that I’m on vacation since that’s the case for those of us who happen to be classroom teachers. What I mean is that, at the moment, I am blogging from the comfort of my oldest daughter’s apartment in the heart of Manhattan, near Times… Read more

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  • The Writerly Ladies

    Source:http://www.novel-software.com/whyyoushouldjoinawritinggroup.aspx Two friends and I have started a writing group. Yes! A writing group! I am thrilled and scared to death at the same time. I’m afraid of exposing myself through my writing, and I’m afraid of revealing myself as a bad writer. I have stepped outside my comfort zone. There’s no going back. It’s… Read more

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  • End-of-the-year student surveys

    Source: http://laketrail.ca/?p=1261 I took the plunge this week and asked my students to complete a survey about our year together. The questions didn’t ask for direct feedback about my teaching like some other surveys I’ve seen. Instead, I asked about specific units and events that happened in our classroom during the year. I wanted feedback, but I… Read more

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  • End of year reflection

    It’s June 2nd.School ends on June 19th.That’s only 17 calendar days away;13 school days until summer vacation,and, I dread saying goodbye to my students,even though we’re all more than ready to leave school behind for fun, lazy summer days. I will miss…greetings in the mornings.unsolicited hugs.my crown and the title of class monarch. I will… Read more

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  • Small Reading Group Conversations #2

    As I wrote in my last post titled, Small Reading Group Conversations, I have been giving my students in grades 7 and 6 time to engage in small group conversations about books and reading. The latest iteration of these small group conversations in grade 7 has resulted in students selecting their own groups. Today students in… Read more

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