I've been having nightmares about returning to the classroom. The more I read about best teaching practices, participate in voxer book clubs about education books, talk with friends about their classrooms, the more clear and severe my nightmares are. In the most recent one, I was picking up two children at a time (by their …
Up!
My #oneword2016 is UP and over the past couple weeks I had trouble feeling it. Life had me all twisted and turned and I wasn't sure which way was straight. But TODAY is the day I get to start moving into my new classroom at the Lake Tahoe School. I won't start setting things up …
Project Based Living
I was recently in Montreal with my mom. Despite (or because of!) being in school and working at Holm Construction, I still found time to research accommodations, attractions, public transportation, airport/customs logistics and most importantly restaurants! It's funny how we find time to explore our curiosities and wonders even when we have lots of other responsibilities. …
Step Up Day
Several weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of hosting 8 students who were then in the pre-K4 (4 year olds) in our future kindergarten room for a half hour. We read a story, wrote our names in 10 frames and counted the letters, talked about our goals for next year (that will be another …
friends
I had the pleasure of working for a principal who empowered me to take on challenges, helped me work with a team to complement and push me, and grow as a teacher leader. I loved the teachers I worked with and know how lucky I am to have spent time with that lead learner at …
sitting on the sidelines
Lately I've been thinking a lot about perspective. This year I wasn't at a school during Teacher Appreciation Week. While I have many feelings about one week of appreciation for a year round job, I really enjoyed seeing pictures of happy educators around the country feeling appreciated and a little spoiled. Last week our schedules worked …
bursting with anticipation!
This snowy morning I got to meet more parents of incoming kindergarteners of my new school, the Lake Tahoe School. I was anxious because I've never been to a meet the teacher coffee before and in this case, I was the teacher. I was anxious because being the center of adult attention is one of my …
coming up on a year later …
As I posted on facebook this past weekend, we just passed a year of Zack's first weekend in the hospital. He was admitted to Renown in Reno after a ct scan in Truckee showed a subdural hematoma. We saw Dr. Lynch (our future neurosurgeon, Dr. Perry's, partner) in the icu, had a visit from an …
Top 10 Books … for today!
I am lucky enough to be participating in a Voxer book club for Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer. Though I am not great at keeping up with the group or staying on topic, I have loved listening to conversations about school libraries, reading cultures, excitement about reading, staff book sharing; dormant, developing and underground readers. …
dipping my toes in the water
Today while running, my friend Vicky was talking about how Lake Tahoe will be so cold this summer because of our big snow year. Regardless of how cold the lake is, I rarely swim in it. I'm mostly content sitting on a big rock watching Zack and Molly (dog) swim and chase tennis balls. I …
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