It’s been a good year. We’ve tried ballet, and soccer. We got to the city for pizza and burgers and museums and triathlons. We got to climb on a ship at the mouth of the Mississippi. We got to stand behind a podium and tell a story. I adore the family I’m in. This week, I’m website hopping. It’s similar… View Post

Harper wrote a story. It’s about a friend who recently moved away.   p. 5 – “When she left I gave her a wintery hug. p. 6 – “And she left. Waaaaa!” Yes, wouldn’t a snow party be grand? This last page slays me. “Well if you don’t have your friend then you can be mine or make new friends… View Post

Because sometimes it’s more important to create a secret sister handshake then making sure the toothpaste gets ON the toothbrush, and the toothbrush goes IN the mouth. There might’ve been some toothpaste flecks on cheeks and perhaps t-shirts that morning. We might’ve been late for school. But a secret sister handshake was made between these two.  I don’t worry about… View Post

I wanted to get the kiddos a little something for Christmas. I wrote them a little note sealed with some Smarties because, you know. I wrapped some small presents, and they can take one on their way out of class at the end of the week. They’re really nothing special. The presents, that is, not the students. The students ARE… View Post

Around here I have a piece of butcher paper on the classroom wall titled “Fridge Papers.”  These are papers I’d put on my refrigerator if at home to show off to my friends and family if I could. My students just finished working on Research Portfolios, and these are snippets of their projects.  One student studied photography and used what… View Post