Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Reflections on Teaching High School

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     It is hard to fathom that I have finished my first year as a high school teacher. I spent 17 years in the elementary school classroom a...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Differentiated Word Work in High School

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     Wow! Testing is all that has been going on for what seems like forever now! In reality, it has only been 9 days, but as we all know tha...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

End of Year Panic, Plot Structure, and Characterization

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     I have found myself in a bit of a panic lately over the impending end of the school year. That panic does NOT involve the carefree sum...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Students' Priorities for Learning

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     I have not posted in what feels like forever . Heaven knows it is not for lack of things to share, but lack of time. I know you know wh...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Close Reading and a Choice: Laugh or Cry

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     I have always had a love-hate relationship with Close Reading. I mean, it is a challenge (read: often  impossible ) to get struggling r...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

Introducing CAFE to High School Students

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     One of the things that I wondered when I volunteered to teach this Reading class was: I say I can do this, I feel like I can do this, b...
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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Needing a Nap, Questioning Strategy, & Determining Importance in Text

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    The week before last was one of those weeks that left me in need of a nap. And by nap, I mean the kind bears take... also known as hiber...