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Here's a Provocation!

8/27/2015

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WATER & PAINT

WATER & PAINT

Posted by DJ MISS FTV on Wednesday, August 12, 2015
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What I Learned at Hallowe'en....

11/3/2014

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Wearing a TuTu is Empowering.  I was instantly transformed into the most beautiful ballerina ever... and I just couldn't stop twirling!...
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"A Reflection Poem"

10/15/2014

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I'm preparing for the HWDSB LTO list interview and so I am sorting through all of the handy resources I have collected throughout the 13 years since I have graduated from Teacher's College.... this whole process has caused a whole lot of reflection, so much so, that it has found its way into a poem:


A Reflection Poem


Note-to-self: remember when the world was new.

It's a wonderful thing when you can see the change in those keen eyes staring at you from the hard green plastic chairs... 

The surprise of the voices - the messages - slamming into brains.

Power & passion

My recurring Epiphany - which occurs 
Every couple of months;
I re-realize that 
The kids ARE learning and excited
And excited ABOUT learning
And learning is EXCITING
because it is easy enough to forget
That we didn't always know


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A Work In Progress

7/9/2014

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I'm making myself an E-Folio! That means I am transferring old content from a Semi-professional Blog I was using, as well as uploading current content.  Please bar with me:)
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Crumb vs. Crust

2/21/2014

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A Fun Warm-Up Game for Gym Class found on the Internet…. If somebody knows where this originated, please post below… I simply saved the screen capture for future use… and now, I will use it when I am next a Gym Teacher!
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Oh, Whatta Winter!

2/21/2014

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A Journey Back in Time to First Snow of the season on Nov. 27, 2013…. I imagine this video shall become a series:) – created at http://animoto.com
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Now, I Get It...

2/21/2014

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So, this is how it feels...

As I sat watching 
a Japanese movie 
with French Subtitles, 
I kinda gleened an understanding how special learners feel… 

I can read French 
and understand better than just hearing it, 
but not if it goes too quickly; 
my processing & decoding take way too long… 

Feeling like understanding is      just     out     of      reach… 
This happens for longer than I can handle. 
I give up. 
I quit.
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Really?!

4/13/2013

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I gotta say, what’s very, VERY BAD for education in general, is very lucrative for supply teachers! – 87 unfilled elementary jobs in HWDSB on Friday… If nobody wants to come teach at your school, maybe you need to do something differently…

I feel bad for Liette and Steve… no wonder they are no longer involved; I’d run too:)  (I have no idea the story there, but, “Thank you for what you do, you two!”

No phone support for the vital service that hooks schools up with their support staff… Schools that are not getting these positions filled are probably noticing how vital we, the occasional teachers, really are in the smooth running of schools (a little tootin’ of thy own horn, every now and again, is healthy! – Do it!)

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Slow & Steady Progress...

7/16/2012

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 Like the Energizer Bunny…
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… the paper piles keep going and going and going!
I’d really love to just toss the whole mess (in the blue bin, of course!), but there are random pages of GOLD among the mess… like really great (online) portfolio pieces or those really awesome lesson ideas, so  I will trek away at it:)
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'Twas Just a Morning before Noon...

7/12/2012

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