Heart, Awakened
Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School is the title of a book written by Georgia Heard, an internationally famous poet and teacher. I studied poetry (and […]
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Kindergarten Reading Pandemonium
Actually, this started in our pre-K class. Six of the pre-K kids read very well now, and I work with them and their teacher, Ms. Velez, once a week on
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Iambic Pentameter: If Not Now, When?
As an undergraduate lit major, I read a lot about iambic pentameter. Ten beats per line, alternating weak with strong: weak strong weak strong weak strong weak strong weak strong Shakespeare’s sonnets
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1st Grade Writing Exercise
Yesterday a 1st Grade teacher and I worked with Mishaun, a boy who is moving very quickly through everything we give him. I gave him this page from a writing
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Poetry in 1st Grade
In the past week I collected two startling and fun pages out of our 1st Grade students’ poetry journals. First, a poem by a boy who’s very much into writing
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Children Write Poetry: Upbeat Stuff
Like the previous post, these poems were written by students at the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, where I work as Professional Development Specialist. Almost all were written in
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Children Write Poetry: Death and Tragedy
These poems were written by students at the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, where I work as Professional Development Specialist. Almost all were written in the classroom in journals and
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Pushing Up!
Andy Dousis, one of the many fabulous people at my charter school, challenged me to do 22 push-ups every day for 22 days. Why? To raise awareness that every day
Pre-K Holy Mackerel Follow Up!
A few days ago I blogged about how two students in our Pre-Kindergarten class can read shockingly well. I returned to their classroom today to investigate further. Their teacher (Ms.
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Pre-K Holy Mackerel!
Our school has a Pre-Kindergarten class, and until recently I stopped in only occasionally to marvel at the scene. However, the other day their teacher (“Ms. Preakness“) and I took
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