Quick post to share a new strategy I'm using for displaying anchor charts. These clips are available with other poster strips and hooks at Walmart and Kroger. They can save money overall and are easy on the anchor charts-- especially if no one has gotten around to laminating them yet. 😉
Saturday Song: In Your Arms
This song came on the radio as I was working on a weekend project. With the busy-ness of this semester, it was a good reminder to rest in the peace of God and his great love. Click Here for music "In Your Arms" Meredith Andrews with Jason Anderson I'm turning the world off Embracing the… Continue reading Saturday Song: In Your Arms
And so
Last week, I came across one short phrase that, small and uninteresting as it seems, stopped my reading and demanded I give it my full attention. And so we came to Rome. Acts 28:14. Granted, not much there at first, except the sheer nonchalant nature of the phrase. καί οὕτω (kai hoútō) -- and in… Continue reading And so
Bright Hope for Tomorrow: A Teacher’s Sunday Night
It's no great secret. Ask any teacher what their least favorite time of the week is, and they'll most likely reply "Sunday Evening." It's the day before the start of a new week and a repeat of writing more lesson plans, grading more papers, observations, testing, and, heaven-forbid, another fire drill. And for many teachers,… Continue reading Bright Hope for Tomorrow: A Teacher’s Sunday Night
Snow Day Reading
Quotes from the Classroom… Teacher Edition
To be filed under the category "Things Teacher Said With A Straight Face Before 10am".
Perspective
Perspective To see with God' perspective, Because he knows the end, that good triumphs and peace endures; But my eyes are tired and my perspective is often prejudiced by disappointment and discouragement. To act with God's love, Because His love is perfect and steadfast and endures forever; But my love is tainted by self-pride and guarded… Continue reading Perspective
Winter Memories
I was going through old papers and found this memory from the growing up years of the view from our back door. Here's to the sounds, smells, and sights of those old Indiana winters.
The Desire for What is New
The desire for newness seems entrenched in the human soul. Not mere newness for the sake of being new, but newness in the sense of a better, pure, hopeful rebirth. Looking forward to the new year, we set goals for how the next year will be better, how we will have new adventures, how we… Continue reading The Desire for What is New
Classroom Sweet Classroom: student quotes
Things 5th graders say... He was drawing a horse.
thoughts and songs 