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Being Me: Teaching in a Social Media World

As this year comes to an end and I reflect on the school year so far, I am constantly amazed at how much teaching has changed since I started over 20 years ago. Even though I am not in the classroom anymore, I still spend time working with teachers and students and helping teachers to move their practice forward. In…
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Work-Life Balance in Teaching

There has been a lot of talk and buzz lately about work-life balance in the teaching world. Teaching is a demanding profession and any sort of balance that one can achieve would be wonderful, don’t you think? The point in trying to balance your work and personal life is so that you don’t load up on your stress during your…
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6 Tips to Implement Flexible Seating

Flexible seating has been trending for a couple of years now in education. While I have had flexible seating options in my classroom for over 20 years, I have never written about it until now. I wanted to wait for a while and let this “new” trend settle for a bit before diving in. Just what IS flexible seating? Probably the…
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3 Ways to Keep Kids Learning Through the Summer: STEAM Vacation

Summer learning. Two words that don’t seem to go together. Most students and teachers are happy to be able to have some down time. School is a very busy place and mental fatigue is a real thing, don’t you think? It’s important for kids to go off for summer break and relax, play, and stay up a bit later. But…
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Genius Hour in the Primary Classroom

It occurred to me today that I have written about Genius Hour before in quite a bit of detail as I was learning and going through the process but I really hadn’t summed up my learning overall. Not to mention, thoughts and ideas change over time as teaching and pedagogy changes as well. You can see some of the other…
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Creating a Writing Mindset With Primary Writers in the Classroom

I love to teach writing – that’s no surprise. As I reflected on the WHY, I have realized that it is bigger than just teaching the skills. It’s more about allowing students to construct their own meaning in the writing they do by building a writing mindset. When you do that, students are more engaged. Too often, writing is seen…
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