I spent last week in Pennsylvania and worked in the city of Reading. How appropriate! (It’s pronounced red-ding, though). My drive there included driving through farmland in Lancaster County (where I grew up) and passing through city streets with woods in the background. Pennsylvania means “Penn’s Woods.” School starts here this week, and the 3rd-6th grade teachers [...]
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Reading in Reading, PA
Posted in Classroom makeovers, Classroom tips, My travels, tagged bulletin boards, Classroom tips, literacy work stations on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After pictures of Polly’s classroom in Ozark, MO
Posted in Classroom makeovers, My travels, tagged bulletin boards, classroom makeover, whole-group area on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We worked together last week to give Polly’s classroom a whole new look! She said that last year she moved things around every few weeks, but it never really felt right. We started with a plan for instruction, and that makes all the difference. As part of our summer workshop in Ozark, we met in [...]
