Yesterday, I had a hard day in the classroom. It wasn’t for a typical reason, like an impromptu evaluation, a disgruntled parent, or yet another PD stacked onto your planning time. This bad day was due to grief. I had fallen asleep early the night before and awoke at 2:30 am anxious and not knowing …
Happy Women’s Day!! International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change, and to celebrate acts of courage and conviction of ordinary women who did extraordinary things. Today we celebrate the monumental efforts by women and girls around the world in helping to create an equal future for this generation …
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Today was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate reading aloud with my 4th-grade students. Not only is it Woman’s History Month, but today was also Global Read Aloud Day!! Reading aloud is one of the most important things we can do with children. It builds vocabulary, fluency, expressive reading, attention span, and grows their love of …
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