April 30, 2005
Hilliard Memorial Middle School Lunchtime Open Mikers
April 28, 2005
Maureen, Redbank Valley High School, New Bethlehem
April 28, 2005
Redbank Valley High School
This was a day of firsts —I was the first author ever invited to Redbank (thank you very much)and another first, which is somewhat embarrassing. There was a very cool display created by a student, Maureen, in the library. A weeping willow tree with portions of a poem dribbling down with the falling
April 25, 2005
Benny explains to Danny, “you are a big brother now.” To which Danny replies, “You mean we’re taking this home?”
April 23, 2005
Hilliard Weaver Middle School
Am I seeing spots?Whoa. Am I seeing spots!
The stage at Weaver Middle was banked by hula hoop sized yellow and black spots, the teacher’s lunchroom, more yellow and black — even the teachers were dressed in yellow and black. Now, where do you think they got an idea like that?????
Beyond the
April 22, 2005
Anonymous
The old saying is that Anonymous was a woman. In these instances, Anonymous is a teacher. Here are some comments I have heard from anonymous teachers over the last few months:
1. “I used to buy into the philosophy that schools should be patterned after business, that we didn’t know what we were
April 21, 2005
Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Poetic Karaoke?
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Here’s the plan: Kids had to find a song and print out the lyrics so that they could develop a good understanding of the rhythm of the language. Kids then wrote a poem to the rhythm of the song and created a power point presentation with
April 21, 2005
What does poetry do, really?
That was a question from a third grader at Edgewood Elementary today. I responded that I think that poetry brings folks together. I’m open for other responses if anyone reading this has a better one.
The fourth grade hallway at Edgewood was covered in red paper painted to look like brick. The
April 20, 2005
Clinton-Massie Middle School
Okay, how cool is this? I walked into the school and looked down and realized I was walking on poems written by CMMS kids and published in sidewalk chalk all over the place. One that sticks in my mind was an angry poem that involved finger pinching of a sister and some other
April 19, 2005
Recess
Lunch with students at Waynesville Middle School. I told them about a story I’d heard on the radio driving down – about the schools in New York City where they were cancelling recess for elementary kids, not temporarily but permanently, as a way to help kids prepare for proficiency tests. The kids had