“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” ~Sam Keen Here we are, past the middle of July – I can scarcely believe how quickly the summer is flying by. Though laziness is a bit elusive for me, I keep searching…
ISTE Newbies: Don’t Just Survive… Thrive!
::NEWS FLASH!!:: With thanks to the Mashpee Public Schools, I will be attending #ISTE2016! I’m very excited to go back, and am looking forward to visiting Denver as well. Hope to see lots of you there!! I’m excited to bring…
Roadtrip! Next stop… Our Future!
I am sad to see #ISTE2014 come to an end. What an amazing experience, with so much to absorb and carry home with me. I’m working on a blog post to be shared on the IntelEDU website soon…. But, in…
Seeking Balance at #ISTE2014
About an hour ago I arrived in Atlanta for ISTE 2014 and I’m raring to go. I’ve always wanted to attend ISTE, but it never came together for me. This year I was asked to work with IntelEDU as a…
Our Grade 3 Top 10
We just worked together as a class to come up with the best things about 3rd grade. Although we had over 20 ideas, we voted and narrowed down our choices and ranked them from 10 to 1. Here they are:…
The Great Summer State Plate Race
Our family is always reading license plates. We love keeping our eyes peeled for far-flung locations and have seen some unique ones over the years. . We enjoy license plates so much that we have been collecting them, too! Our…
Sliding Into Summer
It’s that time of year when students are ready to go running off into Summer and leave school far behind. I don’t blame them! I still fondly remember the Promise happily held by every Last Day of School: A summer…
My Friend Tippy
A few years ago, we had a tiny little friend who would come visit us every night on our front porch. [NO – this was not the tiny little friend who visited INSIDE our house – that’s a different story!!]…
Fly Higher, See Farther…
Room 204 students have been focused on eagles lately. “The bird that flies highest, sees farthest.” – Richard Bach We recently read a story entitled Fly, Eagle, Fly by Christopher Gregorowski. We often chat about the benefits of activating our…
Sunshine for Homework
Recently I was tagged by both Beth Holland (@brholland) and Drew Frank (@ugafrank) in a blogger challenge. I loved reading their posts, as it’s always fun to see what similarities we share across the World Wide Web. Thanks for including…