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Mindfulness for International Peace Day
On Monday, September 21, we will be observing International Peace Day. As a part of our involvement, we have been considering the importance of mindfulness for creating inner peace. A...
View ArticleWelcome Back!
As the second full week of your child’s eighth grade year at Brielle Elementary School draws to a close, I wish to welcome you and invite you to participate in the ongoing adventure this year will...
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“Raise Your Voice” on Blog Action Day 2015
This graphic, taken from Teach Thought, and created by Sylvia Duckworth and J Casa Todd, captures the essence of Blog Action Day. The second statement distinguishing a digital leader from a mere...
View ArticleIt’s Called the “Worldwide Web”
This Blog Action Day I don’t want to sound like a foot-stamping kindergartner who wants it HER way, but I am moved to write after reading an article from the thought-provoking blog Mindshift. At the...
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Halloween Thoughts!
Here’s a Padlet-for-fun. Tell me about Halloween for you. The password is Halloween; the comments will immediately post, so THINK before you write. Created with Padlet
View ArticleA Just and Lasting Peace
At the close of his second inaugural address, President Lincoln said: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to...
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2016 Is Here! (Your Child’s Graduation Year)
Oh, what a vacation this has been! Today when your children return, I will be asking them to do a “Best of Vacation” list. If they can come up with a few “moments” worthy of a second look, I will be...
View ArticleStudent Blogging Challenge
Due to the hectic schedule the eighth graders have during the third marking period with 20-Time Projects, online reading, and our ongoing study of legal justice, I have decided not to enter our...
View ArticleA Google Doodle Worth Watching
See the wonderful Google Doodle for today, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
View ArticleSeventh Grade Genius Hour Projects 2021
As we near the end of our year together as a virtual Reading and Language Arts class, I have high hopes for the students’ Genius Hour projects. It is not an easy task—monitoring one’s own learning—no...
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