Learn, Unlearn, & Relearn

 As of March 17, 2023, my future blog posts will be posted on Get Flourishing , a collaboration with my husband, Michael.  To see my posts, ...

Moving on--new location, new work, new blog, but still learning and writing   Over 10 years ago I began this blog simply to process my summe...

If students understood experientially, deep in their bones, that writing accomplishes these 2 purposes , all worry about inappropriate assis...

I want students to be resilient individuals, who aren’t surprised by life’s difficulties or embarrassed by struggle, but who know how to id...

What did my 6th and 7th graders think of our book club experiment? This week I     surveyed the students on how it went and what they had l...

Here's an example of a free 90-minute learning activity you can participate in! Have you ever felt like you were going it alone in your ...

6th graders absorbed in  Because of Winn-Dixie I should learn from my mistakes because I do make the same mistakes over and over.  —Middle s...