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Today, students are typing their first posts!  All is quiet as they anxiously type, edit, and insert away!!! Here is the initial worksheet I used to aid in their set-up.    Getting Started with Your Blog! ☺ Go to www.edublogs.org .  Click the box labeled “Sign up here” Create a Blog Domain – this will be the url address that everyone... [Read more of this review]

Screen Shot of Words from GG – go to Wordle.net, type your web site URL and watch the magic! This is something I started just for fun.  Can you think of others??? The Single Best Word:     Yes! The Two Best Two-Word Phrases:              I’m sorry.              ... [Read more of this review]

Clashing personalities or overblown egos often stand in the way of a productive meeting (or as my district identifies it – Professional Learning Communities).  Whether you are meeting with a larger or smaller group, the better ideas often seem to occur after the meeting is held.  How can we improve upon this?!   I read about this discussion-generating... [Read more of this review]

My family just held our first Christmas celebration of the year as out-of-town members came to town.  I’m completely in the spirit!  To jump start your holiday spirit, here are some thoughts about the season. “Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently... [Read more of this review]

I’m Thankful For . . . Purple tulips given to me by a student a few years ago - my favorite flower! This bunch lasted for weeks!! ~ my intelligent, dedicated, beautiful daughter . . . she amazes me every single day. ~ my selfless mother . . . she continues to be my role model. ~ my resourceful brother . . . I’ve been so proud of him since... [Read more of this review]

Shhhhh . . . Keep this a secret . . . Don’t tell a soul about this post . . . Read on only if you are ready to be enlightened, tickled and shocked.   Begin if you dare!  WARNING:  For maximum validity, enlightenment, and fun, do NOT read down to the bottom until you have completed the exercise in its entirety!!!       The Cube - compiled... [Read more of this review]

 Many newspapers faced their demise this year but I’m hopeful that we can still count on tucking the folded black and white newsprint under our arm as we scurry off, on catching a glimpse of the cover stories as we wait in the dentist’s office, and on spreading out the paper on a leisure Sunday morning.  It would be a great loss if we... [Read more of this review]

There’s a song that’s out right now by Michael Franti and Spearhead, Say Hey (I Love You), that makes me move in my seat whenever I hear it.  I enjoy happy songs that make you want to give a shout out to all those you love.  There is a line in the song that is inspiring me to write this list:  “Seems like everywhere I go, the more... [Read more of this review]

This week is Homecoming Spirit Week at my school.  This is one of my favorite weeks of the year!   MONDAY:   Roll Out Of Bed Day     Pigtails!   The Comfiest School Day of the Year! TUESDAY:  Tie-Dye Tuesday   Tie-Dye Tuesday! Yes, I bought these jeans like this!                           WEDNESDAY:  Wacky Wednesday   Gotta... [Read more of this review]

Grading Girl’s First Giveaway!! October 13th update:  The winner of this giveaway is Stefanie Dell’Aringa.  She will receive a set of the Yum Yum Time Bowls!  Check out her beautiful poem: Unwrap Me by Stefanie Dell’Aringa Scout’s honor, this is my life: I feel like an Egyptian mummy being wrapped in slow motion from the feet up My... [Read more of this review]