We missed posting a suggestion yesterday. So we’re posting two today from Teaching with Heart — under the category: Post Poetry Everywhere: At Home, in the Office, on Desks, on the Wall… Using Poetry: Suggestion #2 Melissa Madenski, a middle...
In honor of National Poetry Month, we will post daily suggestions for how to use poetry in the classroom and beyond. Here’s our first suggestion – which also seems appropriate for April Fool’s Day! One of the contributors* to Teaching...
How do you use poetry? April is Poetry Month and poetry is sure to be blooming all over! For our part, we’ll be posting daily suggestions for using poetry in the classroom and beyond. If you have any suggestions, please...
Name? Mel Glenn Current position? Retired teacher now teaching for the union (UFT). I am teaching poetry and creative writing. How long have you been in education? I have been in education my whole adult life – two years in...
A Miracle in the Classroom — by Owen M. Griffith As one veteran teacher told me, “Getting through the school year is like running a marathon where they expect you to sprint the whole 26.2 miles.” I knew I would need...
Why finding the right metaphor matters. The first day of spring – how better to celebrate the day than with daffodils? Even better, this post introduces a new feature to our blog. Since 2009, Dennis Huffman, program director of Prince...
“Notes from the Playground” is a regular feature on our blog. For this series, Greg John generously allows us to share his principal’s reflections and stories from his wonderful book, Notes from the Playground. In these stories, Greg enables us...
Sometimes the first days of March joyously herald the beginning of spring with blue skies, sunshine, and the welcome beginnings of color – crocuses, daffodils, cherry blossoms and more. But sometimes these days are gray, cold, rainy (or worse) still...
Name? Mindy Thierolf Current Position? Secondary Ed Teacher, WHS, Freshman English I, Yearbook Advisor. How long have you been in education? This is my eighth year....
There’s something exquisitely simple about being given an “extra day” in one’s life. A simple gift to make for a grander year. “Another” day, a gift to cherish. — some words that washed up on my shore from a salmon...