Ruth Ayres invites us the celebrate each week. Click over to her site Discover. Play. Build. to read more celebrations.
Today I am glowing a little brighter. My students and I enjoyed a few blog shout-outs this week.
- My Spider zeno poem, along with a link to my Zeno Emaze was featured on Today’s Little Ditty.
- Amy Ludwig VanDerwater featured my student Emily’s Cloud Acrostic on The Poem Farm.
- Donna Smith was inspired by my Emaze presentation to create her own fall poetry Emaze.
Hedwig’s story: A few years ago one of my students, who was a huge Harry Potter reader, was struggling with writing. He just wouldn’t. I was shopping at Barnes and Noble and decided on a whim to buy a stuffed owl, Hedwig from the Harry Potter series. Matthew became totally attached to the owl. Hedwig stood on his shoulder whenever he was writing.
This year, after Emily’s mother died, I decided to take Hedwig to my second school. Hedwig has been a comforter to Emily and has become a part of our classroom family. So much so that Emily made him a bed out of an empty tissue box. (Emily finished off the box after crying over her dog’s death this week. How much can one little girl take?) I celebrate today that this small little impulse purchase has brought comfort and meaning to my students.
Reflections on the Teche 