The best way I can start this blog post it to say a huge thank you and give recognition to my collaboration partner, Meghann Kenkel. We are currently in year three of an increasingly wide-ranging collaboration that is showing no signs of slowing down. The text messages, Facebook messages, Pinterest messages, emails, and in person … Continue reading
First of all, full disclosure: this is not my original idea. I saw the idea that sparked this blog post on a Facebook post from literacy specialist and teacher Adrienne Gear, linking to this blog post from author, poet and educator Sara Holbrooke. The idea is relatively simple. Students start with a piece of paper … Continue reading
On January 10, 2016, I received an email from a colleague with a picture of a book cover (the featured image on this post), telling me that she had just read the book and that she thought I should read it. I forgot about it until we exchanged another email a couple of weeks later, … Continue reading
I know what to plan for if I want to engage my students quickly - almost anything to do with culture. People love learning about other people. What food do they eat? What music do they listen to? What is school like there? And a million other questions. Culture works. It's interesting, memorable and fun. … Continue reading
