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Elisa Waingort

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A Teacher Musing Out Loud

  • Carnival Weekend

    This is a short week for schools here in the mountains of Ecuador. We just celebrated Carnival weekend, a four-day holiday that looks nothing like the famed Rio celebration or New Orleans’ Mardi Gras. Even though there are parades in many cities, this is primarily a time when people head to the beach. We too… Read more

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  • R.I.P. Mr. Lux – addendum

    As news of Mr. Lux’s passing travelled through the air waves, I began to reflect further on what I tentatively touched on in my post yesterday. (By the way, through most of this post, I refer to E.J. as Mr. Lux because this is more about him as a teacher to my daughter and her… Read more

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  • Easily Create a Free, Virtual Flipping Book!

    Originally posted on Ed Tech Ideas: There’s a great website called Flipsnack that allows you to create really slick looking flip books from any pdf or jpg file that you have. I use this with third graders so they can publish their writing from Google Docs to their Blogs in a new and fun way.… Read more

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  • R.I.P. Mr. Lux

    This is not the post I was intending to write. I was feeling guilty for having missed Day #1 of the March Slice of Life Challenge yesterday. And, as the clock ticked closer and closer to the 11:59 deadline on Day #2, I still didn’t know what I was going to write. That was when… Read more

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  • Bullying

    Disclaimer: I apologize to those of you who may think this is not a typical Slice of Life posting, but I’ve been thinking a lot about bullying lately and I’ve got to write this down. Source: http://bit.ly/1cmUJd5 I don’t know anyone who hasn’t experienced or witnessed bullying at some point during their lifetime. And, when I… Read more

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  • Pasochoa

                                      Source: http://bit.ly/1eO3nOJ On Sunday, my husband, my son and I went on an outing. First, let me say that although we’re not an outdoors kind of family we recognize the importance of getting outside for a hike as often… Read more

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  • The Laundromat

    When my family first arrived in the U.S. from Cuba we had very little that we could call our own. Not only did we rent a small apartment, but whatever furniture we had in our house we either begged, borrowed or stole (the last one metaphorically speaking, of course). In fact, if you sat in… Read more

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  • Writer’s Block

    I’m experiencing writer’s block.                                                   It’s good to have this happen once in a while.                                 … Read more

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  • Driving and Letting Go

    I think I’m a good driver.  Source: http://morganalyx.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/assertive-driving/ I’m careful, alert and follow traffic regulations. That’s why I get annoyed when other drivers aren’t the same way. When someone cuts me in traffic without signalling, speeds down a busy intersection, or is reckless in their driving, I get mad. But, I don’t just get mad and… Read more

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  • Writing Club and Letting Go

    Tuesday, after school, was the first day of writing club, an after school activity modelled after writing workshop. I had four students, three girls in grade 3 and one boy in grade 4. Whenever I’ve sponsored a writing club in the past, I’ve gotten at least 40 kids. This was in my previous school in… Read more

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