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Once Upon a time
"One upon a time, there was a boy who was invincible," he whispered, breathing in deeply and filling his lungs with knight superpowers....
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The most important work
A few years ago I attended a conference where I was introduced to a speaker named Dr.Jody Carrington. The sessions discussed emotional...
What a team looks like
This time of year the Gilsons, when not teaching, are at basketball. If not working in the concession, I am sitting on the bench or in...
What do we do when the world is on fire?
Yesterday I was talking with a teacher in a very small school who has had 3 or 4 students this year attempt suicide or report suicidal...
Hello Tomorrow
Tomorrow we head back to school. The break has been pretty relaxing. I did less work than I should have, I watched a lot of movies and...
A Quick Post
Lately I have been a part of a lot of conversations around equity and antiracist pedagogy and how so much of the work is being left to...
Words Found
Ok so yesterday I wrote about the questions I have been struggling with and I don't want anyone to think that I have solved them because...
Not yet the word
The last few years I have taken part and had my students take part in the whole #oneword project. Pick a word to frame your year around...
Feats of Strength/Airing of Grievances
Background Last year I wrote and airing of grievances post in the tradition of Festivus and the hilarious holiday of Seinfeld. It was a...
Motivation
The Winter Break is upon us. I am sitting here watching the Mandalorian and pondering life. Earlier this week a friend and I were talking...
Here we are again
So I have had a bit of a writers block when it comes to my own blog. I think there is a lot of angst in the literacy world at the moment...
Language is Powerful
This week it seems the opportunity to discuss language be it written, read or spoken, and the power that comes with it has popped up many...
The Weaponization of Kindness
This week I read an amazing post by Doug Robertson also known as @TheWeirdTeacher on Twitter and it can be found here. It is a great post...
What is the message?
Basketball season is kicking off pretty quickly. The final days of football and volleyball season are fast approaching. Tryouts for...
With Gratitude 2019
Today I started the day by playing with a room of delightful 18-month to 3 year olds at church, had a delightful meal with family and...
Lifting Literacy- Training requires increase.
Sitting at PD with Donalyn Miller taking a little time to reflect on Monday and some moments. I spent the weekend reading through some of...
Digging Out
Last Friday night it started to snow. It started to snow a lot. By Saturday afternoon we had a couple inches of snow on the ground. By...
Just let them have a sticker
It is funny, a while back I saw a post that discussed how kids don't care about Gold Star stickers. In the moment I had read it and...
Lessons Learned in 3 Weeks
Ok I want to start by saying that today was a great day. It was the first full teaching day that I felt was a success in each class. I...
Notice and Note and the First Full Week
It is no secret to anyone that reads my blog, I am a huge fan of Notice and Note. I am a fan of the conversations and realizations my...
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