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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Stepping Away For a Bit

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We had an unexpected death in the immediate family today. All my big plans for poetry month are now on hold, as I'll be stepping away fo...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Monday Poetry Stretch - I Left My Heart

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Last week's prompt was titled " I Left My Head ." Folks wrote some really wonderful poems about faulty memories and absent-min...
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Monday Math Freebies - Domino Dance

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Today's  Monday Math Freebie  is up over at  Bookish Ways in Math and Science . You'll find a problem solving activity where student...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Monday Poetry Stretch - I Left My Head

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I've been playing the absent-minded professor lately. I seem to be forgetting everything. In thinking about my seemingly constant state ...
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Monday Math Freebies - Add-it Bingo

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Today's Monday Math Freebie is up over at Bookish Ways in Math and Science . You'll find two versions of a bingo game that allows s...
Friday, March 09, 2012

Women in Science – Trailblazers of the 20th Century

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In part one of this series (over at Kidlit Celebrates Women’s History Month ), I wrote about women in science who boldly went where no women...
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Thursday, March 08, 2012

Women in Science is Up!

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Head on over to KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month and check out my guest post entitled Women in Science: Trailblazers Before the 20th...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Women's History Month in the Kidlitosphere

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KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month  is a blog that was founded in 2011 to commemorate Women's History Month across the kidlitospher...
Monday, March 05, 2012

Monday Math Freebies

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For a while now I have been encouraging my students and the teachers I work with to consider games for homework. Can you imagine what your v...

Monday Poetry Stretch - The Zeno

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Last week I was feeling Fibonacci.  Since I'm still in a mathematical mood, this week I'm feeling Zeno.  The Zeno is a poetic form t...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tuesday Poetry Stretch - Feeling Fibonnaci

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Have you seen this? If you want more, you check out Part 2 , and Part 3 of Doodling in Math Class: Spirals, Fibonnaci, and Being a Plant...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award 2011

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This year I had the pleasure of serving as a judge for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award . After months of reading, the committee of judg...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Cybils Winners Announced

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Yes, they're in. Go now! Cybils 2011 Winners And here are the short lists they were selected from. Cybils 2011 Finalists

Tuesday Poetry Stretch - NOT About WHO You Love, But WHAT You Love

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I was given a book of love poems (Shelley) when I was a teen. My response then was ... YUCK! Thirty+ years later, my opinion hasn't chan...
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Friday, February 10, 2012

Poetry Friday - A Happy Childhood

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I don't normally write about political issues, but today I must, so please bear with me. (If you just want the poetry without the prefac...
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Monday, February 06, 2012

Monday Poetry Stretch - Skeletonic Verse

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While looking over verse forms I came across some references to Skeletonic verse. Most references link back to Robert Lee Brewer's blog ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Award Winners and Poetry

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I know everyone is writing about ALA midwinter and all the awards announced yesterday. Have you taken stock of the poetry on the list? Here...
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Monday Poetry Stretch (On a Tuesday) - Homework

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I've had a hard time getting my homework done these days. Over the weekend my son asked why I still have homework if I'm not in scho...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Monday Poetry Stretch - Like LEMONADE or Lawson

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Okay, I know it's Tuesday (and late on Tuesday), but classes started yesterday and I got a bit behind. Please forgive me! I have been r...
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Monday, January 09, 2012

Resources on Pinterest

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I blame my students for seducing me, and Loreen Leedy for finally convincing me to take the plunge. Let me back up. Have you read the post P...
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