[Book Review] Not Really…

I will tell you up front that this is, in part, a smoke screen.  I have been staring at the “new post” page for more than two days* and don’t know where to start. This happened last year too.  So, I am posting this to entertain you while I come up with a clear thought.…

[Re-Post] First Day Thoughts

I am quite certain I will have a new set of first day thoughts to share, but in the meantime I will shamelessly re-post from last year.  I feel like this captures the first day for me. Originally posted August 17, 2010… Amid the hurley-burley of the new school year each little Lovie shakes out their feathers,…

[Random] Glabrous

I am not making this up.  The word of the day on my word-of-the-day app is, indeed, glabrous*. Not only do I love-love-love new words, but check out this word map… I am just fascinated by this.  So fascianted, in fact, that I just may pull all of my hair out and become glabrous. Won’t…

[Teacher Prep] Gearing Up

Well my caped friends, it’s nigh time to prepare for the return of my dear little poodle-heads. I have a fizzy energy about what this year might hold, but seem to be avoiding the classroom-preparation tasks ahead of me. My goal today?  I actually stop by my room. That’s enough for a day, yes?

[Techie Tech] Wee Hours

It is the wee hours of the night (only 2 hours before I’m supposed to be awake), and I’ve settled on some formatting changes.  I typically go for the black backgrounds, so other than asking me to change that, if you have feedback, please leave a comment!  I have lost all sense of reality and…

[CCW] Times Twenty-One

I haven’t posted a Caped Crusader of the Week in…  oh…  a gabillion weeks .  But that’s okay because I just spent a month with twenty-one of the most amazing teachers ever to sit in one room at the San Diego Writing Project Summer Institute.  I’ve met amazing teachers before (Lincoln Middle School–you rock for…

[Writing] Where I’ve been

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[Techie Tech] Tweetability

I took the plunge.  I started a Twitter account and linked it to Wear the Cape.  I thank SDAWP* and the National Writing Project for lighting a fire under my hiney and making me rethink my stance on Twittering (that it was evil and nasty and good-for-nuthin’).  You can follow me by clicking to the…

[Random] Oatmeal, Part Deux

On one hand I am sad I didn’t reach my goal of twenty posts by the end of the school year.  For that I apologize.  For those of you that know me, you know I have suffered an unreasonable and unnecessary amount of guilt over this. On the other, much sweeter and exciting hand, TOMORROW IS THE…