I have had the good fortune of working with amazing teachers for my entire 25 teaching career. On each team that I’ve been a part of, we have worked together, laughed together, cried together, shared ideas, lesson plans, successes and failures. Teaching in a silo, without the support of others, whether self-chosen or forced on … [Read more…]
I did not intend for this blog to be a confessional, yet I feel compelled to confess to yet another of my many missteps in the classroom, this time around spelling instruction. In the January 5, 2021 Psychology Today article “Why Spelling Instruction Should Be Hot in 2021,” J. Richard Gentry highlights the current research … [Read more…]
That’s wildly inappropriate for many, many reasons, but it brings up a big selling point of #balancedliteracy: If we just surround children with books and reading they will learn to read. This is a beautiful, terrible lie. — Briar in Blue (@auroraworeblue) January 1, 2021 This series of tweets prompted some thinking about misplaced blame … [Read more…]
The desire to maintain a blog has been with me for some time. My 5th and 6th grade students even dabbled in some form of a blog years ago when we had a “Book Blog” on our website. There are many reasons that I haven’t fulfilled the desire to begin a blog. Topping the list … [Read more…]
I am excited to launch my digital portfolio, under the direction of a course hosted by the one and only George Couros! My goals in maintaining this portfolio are shaped by my long-standing desire to create a blog and some clear direction from George Couros in his Digital Portfolio Master Course. My goals include: Document … [Read more…]