Posts, Presentations, and Projects. Donalyn Miller has taught 4. Grade language arts and social studies in the Fort Worth, TX area and was a finalist for 2010 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year. In her popular book, The Book Whisperer. Donalyn reflects on her journey to become a reading teacher and describes how she inspires and motivates her middle school students to read 40 or more books a year. In her latest book, Reading in the Wild.

Tuesday, September 02, 2014. Although this summer did not include an epic adventure to Disney Land or a cross country trip to the Grand Canyon I did manage to mindfully collect small moments along the way. Living life as a writer means that no matter where I go or what I do I am always seeking to find the magnificance in the mundane.

These are my small things that count. The earth slowly begins the warming process to encourage plants. One day it might be warm and sunny, but overnight winds bring snow to blanket the earth. Clocks spring forward an hour. An hour lost takes its toll on a body. I mentioned to my hus.

To be the best me I can be in the classroom . Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Join in and share a slice of your life. When they were little, it was so easy to buy online. I found cute, reasonable, practical shoes. And I bought two pairs in a click. What about this one? Wrinkled nose. They look for colors they like.

My classroom is not a quiet, orderly place. Students are constantly moving, thinking, talking, reading and writing. I do my best to help my students find success. Join us every Tuesday at. For Slice of Life stories. I made a decision this winter to pursue a reading position. To get back to my passion, and to work as a resource teacher again. I started sending out resumes and writing essays, and I started to feel lighter and excited. How am I feeling? July 10, 2015.

Fostering a love of stories, music, poetry, books, words, and more for babies, toddlers, and little kids. Wednesday, March 4, 2015. 2015 Slice of Life Story Challenge Hosted by Two Writing Teachers. Every day, for the month of March, teachers from all over the world are sharing stories from their lives.

Bees, Bugs and more Bees. I have an over abundance of pollinators in my garden. They are everywhere and that is a good thing. Right? Well, I thought so until I realize that one group of my friendly pollinators has taken up residence in the ground. We are now the proud owner of a large bubble bee colony. There is no mowing near the colony.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. The Poetry Friday Roundup is at My Juicy Little Universe. On Wednesday, he shared a poem about tomatoes which had me eating them for breakfast. Who would not want to, after reading this? Suddenly it is August again, so hot,. I sit on the ground. In the garden of Carmel,. They are so ripe that the skin is split,.

Join me on my journey to raise my daughter to read the word and read the world. Sometimes, when it seems like nothing is going right, we need to take a step back, look around, and count our blessings. Isabelle sits between Sophie and Tiny playing Candyland this morning.

Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion. Saturday, August 15, 2015. Join us each weekend for. When we pause to celebrate, we find the joy. A week filled with moments to celebrate and remember! 1 FREE THE BLACKBERRIES! But I hate to see such a bounteous harvest go to waste.