Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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November 4, 2022: Engaging Secondary Students
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. —Robert F. Kennedy Straight from the Field Holly Wenning is a secondary instructional coach whom I first met many...
October 28, 2022: Getting to Know Digital Learners
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. —Epictetus Rocky Ground Recently I learned...
October 21, 2022: Ways to Hear and Respond to Student Voices
A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. —Oprah Winfrey The Importance of Guides I’ve been working with a business coach. Her name is Stephanie,...
October 14, 2022: Renewing Student Energy
Healing takes time, and so does not healing. Choose how you spend your time wisely. —Lalah Delia Renewing Energy In 2006 I gave up New Year’s resolutions and selected a...
October 7, 2022: Persistence and Progression to Grow Readers
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. —Albert Einstein First Persistence, Then Joy Entering the recess doors we discovered a mallard duck wedged into the far...
September 30, 2022: Math and Literacy Connections
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.—Confucius Choice Numeracy I’m always intrigued by people who know what they don’t know. It’s important...
September 23, 2022: Student-Built Classroom Libraries
Really, the more I cook the more I like to cook. —Julia Child The Satisfaction of Choice Andy (my husband) and I love to cook. Most evenings you’ll find us...
September 16, 2022: Little Things That Make a Difference
Life’s too short for bad coffee. —Gord Downie The Best Cup of Coffee There is a phenomenal coffee shop in my town, and my favorite coffee is a honeycomb lavender...
September 9, 2022: Setting the Year in Motion
Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect. —Alan Cohen In Motion Last February I broke my ankle and was not allowed to...
September 2, 2022: Choice in Book Selection
Each new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. —Seneca Beginning Again On the last day of school our student body planned to meet outside on our field, circling the...
August 26, 2022: Intentional Inclusivity
People do not reconsider what they mindlessly accepted as true. —Ellen Langer Reshape Your Story Matt Renwick wrote an article that has been sticking with me. Matt, in his no-nonsense...
August 19, 2022: Tailored Reading Instruction
Organizing is what you do before you do something so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. —A. A. Milne Get Organized When I was a...
August 12, 2022: Getting to Know Students
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. —Aristotle Imagining Students Outside of Our Classrooms When people hear that I’ve volunteered to be one of the...
August 5, 2022: Texts to Start the Year
Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. —Roy T. Bennett Inspired to Dream This winter when I broke my...
July 29, 2022: Create a Sense of Belonging
To see and be seen. That is the truest nature of love. —Brené Brown Have the Courage to Show Up Recently I read Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart: Mapping...
July 1, 2022: Booklists!
You don’t want to lose the things or people that leave imprints on your heart. —Elly Swartz Unanticipated Joy At the end of the school year there are always pockets...
June 24, 2022: Booklists!
We read to know we are not alone. —C.S. Lewis Readers Need One Another My mom was the librarian in my hometown. It’s a small town, the kind where the...
June 17, 2022: Booklists!
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. —Sir Francis Bacon Required Reading? I grew up surrounded by cornfields as a...
June 10, 2022: Deeper Thinking
Life is not testing you. She is rooting for you. —Danielle LaPorte Rooting for You We all have seasons of life when it feels like there is one thing after...
June 3, 2022: Celebrating Capability
Life is a flower of which love is the honey. —Victor Hugo Offer Joy My daughter Hannah is at Marine Base Camp Pendleton in California but had the opportunity to...
May 27, 2022: Read Aloud with a Twist
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift. —Kate DiCamillo Be Creative with Reading Aloud My...
