Because I did not want to vote for Republicans, I chose these write-ins:
Sheriff: my manager’s spouse
County Treasurer: my officemate’s spouse
Regional Superintendent of Schools: my manager
Judge of the Circuit Court: my officemate
I couldn’t help it. I did stop the silliness at voting for a motion to impeach Bush and Cheney anyway.
In this new ReadWriteThink lesson, students evaluate published children’s picture storybooks. Students then plan, write, illustrate, and publish their own children’s picture books. The lesson was submitted by Junius Wright of Charleston, South Carolina.
This writing activity integrates mathematical graphing with writing and can be used to generate a number of different kinds of writing activities, but lends itself well to biographical and narrative writing. Students interview other students, choose significant life events, rate them, graph them, and write about one or more. The lesson plan was written by Susan Spangler of Fredonia, New York.
A manuscript has been submitted. Deadline met. And now, I’m allowed to sleep.
National American Indian Heritage Month is recognized each November as a time to learn more about the history and heritage of Native American peoples. These resources provide strategies to explore Native American literature and heritage in your own classroom.
With Halloween and DÃa de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in the next week, these resources provide seasonal activities that focus on language arts, literature, and writing.