Jennifer Wolfe's Blog, page 3
February 22, 2020
3-2-1 Thinking Routine
Learn about thinking routines and grab a free template!
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February 16, 2020
Best Books I Read In 2019
I hope you love my collection of the best books of 2019 - and that you’ll share your favorites, too! Keep on reading!
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Best Books of 2019
I hope you love my collection of the best books of 2019 - and that you’ll share your favorites, too! Keep on reading!
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February 2, 2020
3-2-1 Thinking Routines: Deepen Your Students’ Learning
My 7th graders have been exploring perceptions and reality, starting out with a MMTS and moving on to a 3-2-1 Thinking Routine. Have you heard of thinking routines? They’re based off the work of Harvard... Read more 3-2-1 Thinking Routines: Deepen Your Students’ Learning
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January 19, 2020
I Breathe In When The Sirens Scream By…
When the sirens scream by breaking the silence, I tell myself to breathe in. Especially when I’m home alone, feeling small in a big big world. Where are you? Are they stopping on my street?... Read more I Breathe In When The Sirens Scream By…
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January 18, 2020
Using MMTS To Engage Students!
Using MMTS (multimedia text sets) is a simple, but not necessarily easy, strategy to engage students in topics, explore perceptions and get kids excited to learn! What is an MMTS? A multimedia text set –... Read more Using MMTS To Engage Students!
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January 4, 2020
Intention, Breath, Renewal, and Resolutions
I first noticed the lambs in the field. Two days ago, they grazed gracefully in the green grassy meadow. Babies spotted black and white and grey kicked their hind legs and nuzzled their mothers. Their... Read more Intention, Breath, Renewal, and Resolutions
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December 29, 2019
Harmony: A Teacher’s Work-Life Balance
Finding harmony, or a ‘work-life balance’, is not always so easy. Teachers work in environments where we are on display, constantly being asked to flex one way or another, to group and individualize, to plan, execute, reflect and regroup. Most of the time it’s doable – we find a rhythm to our classes and our workflow and especially after November […]
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December 1, 2019
World AIDS Day – What Teachers Can Do NOW
We are still fighting the battle with AIDS. It was the wake-up call to my generation, those in the 1980s and 1990s who first started dying – quickly, painfully, tragically – from AIDS. Today our children know about this evil disease and have overcome so much of the stigma attached to living with – and dying from – AIDS. But […]
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November 25, 2019
Goodbye, Dad
I’ve never been good at saying goodbye. Always, I look to poetry, prose, to the words of those that came before me for such ancient experiences as this. I search nature, beauty that I love and find solace in the starlings drawing on the sky, the frogs singing me to sleep, the owl perched high in the pine, watching over […]
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