One of the closing lines of a recent Melissa and Lori Love Literacy Podcast addresses some angst that I have been carrying around supporting struggling middle and high school students. In episode # 237, phenom Jessica Toste says, “So if we do assessments [and] their fluency is not where we want it to be and … [Read more…]
The Reading League Iowa’s entire group of board members gathered in the windy city this week for The Reading League’s 9th Annual Conference. A flurry of text messages between our group reveals that our heads are still spinning from three days of intense and immense learning! We can’t wait to recap the conference on Tuesday, … [Read more…]
I went for a run yesterday and was frustrated, yet again, at my decreasing stamina when it comes to running. Several factors are contributing: a second bout with a respiratory illness, tiredness because of the illness, being out of shape due to lack of running, and sore hamstrings that have been a factor since late … [Read more…]
I wrote about leaning into routines last week. At the risk of sounding contradictory, I’ve been thinking about change a lot this week. George Couros has inspired much of my thinking around change and has been the impetus for my writing past posts about it. You see, change really is inevitable. Whether we decide to … [Read more…]
I had a completely different path for my writing journey this week, but something struck me on Saturday morning’s run: as I reflected on the past week, the word “flexibility” kept coming to mind. Flexibility, or lack thereof, is something that I battle with frequently. When I think about my October 17, 2021 post, I … [Read more…]