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Journey
Today’s writer’s group story spark was “Life is a journey”. One of the ideas was to write an acrostic poem entitled “JOURNEY” That’s what I chose to do. Following the writing of the acrostic poem, I went further and defined … Continue reading →
Here I sit
This piece was written at my writing group today: As I went through my teaching career I took a lot of courses that were required in order to get my Masters degree. Having received my degree there was no requirement … Continue reading →
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The Keeper of the Lists
I had started keeping the names and classes students were in back in the late 1990’s when I was the teacher of the gifted and talented in our district. I found it useful when doing record keeping for testing in … Continue reading →
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a tale of audiences
As a storyteller I get to experience a number of different types of audiences from very young children to adults. As such, I get to see many different types of reactions and behaviors attached to those different audiences. Spending time … Continue reading →
Way back then
As a storyteller and a technology integration specialist, I get to go into schools and classrooms and see all the changes that have occurred since I retired from classroom teaching in 2006. There are times that I wish that I … Continue reading →
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A technological reflection
Through all my years of teaching I never stopped writing about what teaching was like. My reflections on what was going on in my classroom were very helpful to me as I thought out problems, analyzed choices I had made, … Continue reading →
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Small victories – final chapter (for now)
The last two victories don’t really fall into the same categories as the other four. One might have been a small victory had I been able to complete it; the other wasn’t so much of a creative solution to a … Continue reading →
Small Victories Part 2
There’s no manual to follow when you become a teacher. I should be more specific. There are lots of manuals for different curriculum that you choose to teach, and nowadays there are even more manuals for curriculum that you have … Continue reading →
Small Victories
“A lot of kids won’t tell you, this is the day that you can reach me.” I heard this at a conference I attended many years ago. Over my 33+ years as an educator I have found this to be … Continue reading →
From farmer to hunter
I spent 33 years of my life as an educator on Long Island. Most of those years were spent in the same school district. During my tenure as an educator I would begin each year with an unknown group of … Continue reading →
