Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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The Big Fresh May 21, 2016 Taking Play Seriously
The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Artists play with color and space. Musicians play with sound and silence. Gods play with the universe. Children play with everything...
The Big Fresh May 14, 2016 Taking a Break
There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. Alan Cohen It’s late spring, the time of year for teachers when routines are...
The Big Fresh May 7, 2016 Gradual Release of the Library
To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books. Carlos María Domínguez When I visited Bitsy Parks’ first-grade classroom last October,...
The Big Fresh April 30, 2016 Dog Days and Watermelon
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein It was mid-July, and we were in the heat of summer. I was puttering in the kitchen while my kids...
The Big Fresh April 23, 2016 Standardized Test Unpreparation
Sometimes, the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds. Diane Ravitch In To Kill a Mockingbird, there is...
The Big Fresh April 16, 2016 Thought Partners
What others call you, you become. It’s a terrible magic that everyone can do — so do it. Call yourself what you wish to become. Catherynne M. Valente Last...
The Big Fresh April 9, 2016 Slow Swimmer
The water is your friend. You don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move. Aleksandr Popov I...
The Big Fresh April 2, 2016 Editing with a Writer’s Eyes
So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads. Dr. Seuss Top Chef is a reality cooking show in...
The Big Fresh March 26, 2016 The Mighty Minute
Good things, when short, are twice as good. Baltasar Gracian y Morales “I can do almost anything if it’s only for one minute.” My friend Darla was talking about...
The Big Fresh March 19, 2016 Long Day
Make no judgments where you have no compassion. Anne McCaffrey It was the end of a long day in the middle of a long week that was part of...
The Big Fresh March 12, 2016 Don’t Settle
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become. Steve Jobs Recently, I stumbled across a quote that instantly resonated...
The Big Fresh March 5, 2016 A Tower of Giraffes
Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary. Tim Gunn A tower of giraffes. A drove of pigs. A scurry of squirrels. A brand new picture book is...
The Big Fresh February 27, 2016 The Game of Life
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome. Michael Jordan We’re heading into March Madness, that nutty time when...
The Big Fresh February 20, 2016 Act the Way You Want to Feel
We won’t make ourselves more creative and productive by copying other people’s habits, even the habits of geniuses; we must know our own nature, and what habits serve us best....
The Big Fresh February 13, 2016 An Ear for Your Craft
Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out. ...
The Big Fresh February 6, 2016 Lessons from the Electrician
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ...
The Big Fresh January 30, 2016 What’s New and Good?
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Cynthia Ozick A friend I see once or twice a month always says the same words...
The Big Fresh January 23, 2016 No Balance
There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life. Alain de Botton If there is something people share as a struggle, it’s trying...
The Big Fresh January 16, 2016 Must Be Present to Win
Your true home is in the here and the now. ...
The Big Fresh January 9, 2016 Secret Messages
Your message means less than the way the message is delivered, because in actuality, the way the message is delivered, IS the message. Bryant McGill As we settled down...
The Big Fresh December 19, 2015 Unexpected
The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action. Andre Godin I am observing students in Katrina Edwards’ first-grade reading workshop during independent reading. It’s time to...
