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Time stood still and all else faded as I gazed at my newborn son. After 3 years of trying to get pregnant, 24 hours of incredibly painful natural childbirth that almost ended in tragedy for us both, and decades of dreaming of a child, here he was: perfect, precious, and beautiful. As I recovered from…
Continue reading: 5 Things I Learned from Leaving the Career of My Dreams to Become a Teacher
Years ago I struggled with differentiating for my 25 children. I taught 4th grade but purchased classroom materials for 3rd, 5th, and sometimes 2nd grade. As we all know, children come to us with varying abilities and in a multitude of developmental stages. Just because we teach 5th or 4th or 3rd grade doesn’t mean…
Continue reading: How a Growth Mindset Fosters Differentiation
I’m going to ask you a question and I want you to be completely honest here. It may be difficult to answer. Okay, here’s the question…are you ready? Do you ever run around your room like a chicken with your head cut off? I’m serious here. I know when I have a few minutes of…
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I see Back to School Sales all around, so why are temperatures still soaring and pools still beckoning? In our school district we return to our classrooms in a few short days. Yikes! We teachers face changes so much that we’re change masters. Yet we never experience as much change as at the beginning of…
A few years ago a kindergarten teacher enlisted me to help her integrate a growth mindset focus in her classroom. Macy taught at a magnet school with an honors class of children who began reading when they were 3 or 4. Many of her students had one challenge in common. They were children of doctors…
