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My PD Journals, Part 2

My PD Journals, Part 2

March Slice of Life No. 29. In My PD Journals, Part 1, I share about the notebook I create when planning a workshop and another notebook I create during and after the workshop.  In the comments of that post, I was asked, “How do you use them once the workshops...
My PD Journals, Part 2

My PD Journals, Part 1

March Slice of Life No. 28. This morning, I was searching my PD journals for… Hmmm? What was I searching for?  At this very moment, I don’t recall what I was searching for, and since it isn’t pertinent to what I am now thinking about, I  won’t...
Interactive Poetry Notebook

Interactive Poetry Notebook

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.   -Carl Sandburg. OPEN enrollment.   Register now!   This workshop sold out in January 2017. View / Print Brochure & Registration Form. See our Special GIVEAWAY below! In this workshop, teachers will • Create their own...
Phonogram Pair Up

Phonogram Pair Up

Stand up. Hands up. Pair up with phonograms. Here’s how we do it. Each student is given a mini-phonogram card. Students stand up, put a hand up, and pair up (Kagan) with another student by putting their hands together. The paired students share with each other...
The Parkview Panther

The Parkview Panther

We were well into the morning session of the first day of professional development. It was a summer Monday, kinda laid back but with an undercurrent of eagerness–the kind of eagerness teachers have at the beginning of a new year. Most of the 30 plus...