Technically Invisible

Today in class we watched a PBS documentary online video about the Decorah Eagle pair.  The kids LOVED it and a few asked me to post it on the blog.  I had them take notes about anything interesting they heard,…

“Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school.” Donna Brazile “The average juror wraps himself in civic virtue. He’s a judge now. He tries to act the part and do the right thing.” Jacob D. Fuchsberg I…

Today we started talking about persuasive writing — the art of convincing someone to agree with a particular belief or opinion you hold. So, I ask you, Room 309….  As a teacher, during the coming weeks, should I keep showing…

Here’s a pic I just snapped of E1 and E2 out from under their dad.  I’m getting to know who-is-who and I’m learning a lot! The littlest Eaglet is under dad’s tailfeathers. The other two squiggled out from under Dad,…

This is a week that I am truly thankful I was granted patience as a personality trait.  I’ve spent a LOT of time sitting, a LOT of time listening, a LOT of time watching, a LOT of time waiting and…

Tomorrow, for the first time in my teaching career, I am going to absent because of Jury Duty.  The teacher in me can’t help but consider the ways in which I can turn this into a teachable moment… Your kids…

Recently, we were notified that we would be receiving a SMARTBoard in our classroom.  If the schedule runs true, we’ll have one mounted on our wall as you sit here reading this! For those unfamiliar with this piece of technology,…

Science was a whole lot of fun today.  King Anole was nice enough to hang out in an observation container for a bit…  Each student had 16 questions to answer all about what they noticed when they look at an…

Afterward, we worked as a team to come up with names for our six new anoles…  We put the document camera on the cage so we could observe them on the big screen.  We then added a window to include…