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“We have a problem…” Morgan began, opening her hand to show me three flair pens, which were missing caps. Problem five of five hundred yet to come, I geared up for resolution autopilot, What can you do to fix that … Continue reading De-centering Our Power in But First, a Trip Through Years Past. A leveled library, organized from A-K. Letters written on bright stickers — front cover. “Moving on up!” notes for kids to bring home after each independent running record. Or worse, no notes to … Continue reading Our move from a small town in WI to Brooklyn was a whirlwind. From the time I accepted a teaching position, we had two months to sell our house, find a place to live, and figure out 1,000 other little … Continue reading The Blank Canvas Clas*room Take a look at the posts I’ve published with Two Writing Teachers in the spring, covering the topics of: Flexible Seating, Poetry, Independent Writing Projects, Translanguaging, Writing at Home, and Fantasy Writing. Continue reading ICYMI: Posts for Two Writing Any day brings possibilities for new habits, to begin working toward a goal. But when we keep putting things off until the next day, days can quickly turn to weeks, months, or longer. Continue reading #SOL18 New Year, New Writing Routines It seems silly that the belief, children are capable is new to me this year.  I’m sure I’ve always felt this way, but it became a true part of my philosophy when there was a shift from my role as the sole … Continue reading Children Are Capable, But We Must Let Them As I watch the group of survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School spark a movement across the nation, one that has been unsuccessfully attempted by ad*lts, something inside me rejoices: CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE. I think about the much smaller … Continue