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There is a great deal of enthusiasm amongst teachers, administrators, and parents regarding using interactive games to help children, but what games prove to be worthwhile and really help children improve reading comprehension? This is the dilemma. Often teachers look to other resources such as teachers-pay-teachers and other teacher websites to find games to use […]
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The door creaked open, I heard it but I didn’t move from my bed. What opened it? No one is home with me “its just a draft” I though to myself. The doors are locked; I checked them before I came up to bed. The Alarm is on if anyone tried to come in it […]
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Frances Cleary/EDR 605 FV2 – Fiction Piece As she left work on Tuesday evening, Tara noticed that the soft contrast of the pink and white cherry tree blossoms against the jadeite green grass on the Boston Common resembled the colors in a delicate Chinese snuff bottle she had once seen in a museum. It was […]
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Collateral beauty-the ability to see the brilliance in even the most devastating situation; digging to the depths of your soul to find the passion that lives and breathes within; that beauty that can only be found when you truly connect with the world around you; letting go of all known realities to embrace a reality […]
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It’s Hard to Understand… 9:06 None of us understand why the principal asks Mr. Mick To step into the hall during second period English. Can’t they just use the phone? 9:08 He’s back. Look at his face. Confusion. Grief. Presence is blurred. We ask if he’s okay, but he doesn’t respond. Like there’s […]
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a teacher. In first grade, I remember doing a simple writing piece about what we wanted to be when we grew up. Even at six years old I said I wanted to be a teacher. As I got older, my desire to become a […]
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To fully understand my journey as an educator, it’s important to learn about my childhood experiences in school. Growing up, reading was a struggle for me. I would read, but wouldn’t be able to tell you anything about the story. What’s wrong with me? I’m looking at the words, sounding them out, reading them aloud, […]
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To fully understand my journey as an educator, it’s important to learn about my childhood experiences in school. Growing up, I remember reading not coming easily to me. I would read, but wouldn’t be able to tell you anything about the story. I didn’t understand what was wrong with me. I’m looking at the words, […]
