Monthly Archives: February 2015

When time is short – the value of routines

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Joanne Toft

I was given what felt like an impossible task of working with a few high poverty classes on writing with just 2 hours to cover the material. Now that task is not really impossible when routines are in place. Here … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? adult reads

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Joanne Toft

Sometimes we need to change things up a bit.  Winter is long, cold and white. I needed to change what I was doing and reading so this last week and returned to adult fiction. I have enjoyed a deep dive … Continue reading →

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Told you so! Watching testing fail

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Joanne Toft

I told them so, they told me as well but rules are rules. So this morning I headed over to the school to test a third grade child with autism. This child is an ELL ( English Language Learner) student … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? girl books??

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Joanne Toft

I have to start by saying I didn’t think I would agree with a statement that there are boy books and girl books.  Book are books – yet I really know that is not true because there are books that … Continue reading →

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Review of my OLW – Organizing retirement

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Joanne Toft

This writing is for me to learn how to say no again or maybe where do I say yes. I came back to my One Little Word (OLW) after only a month and half to see if that might help … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? Frankenstein

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Joanne Toft

Looking for an intense read?  Take time to go back to the original story of Frankenstein written in 1818 but Mary Shelley. If you haven’t read it – I think you should. If you read it in high school you … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? -time traveling for strong female characters

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Joanne Toft

I had a long list of reading for this week and I was able to get through two of the titles before I got side tracked into reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818). ( That is another story – working on … Continue reading →

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