look up!

my mom called me that when i was a kid. she was right. and still is. i hate it.

Was gifted several orchids this past summer, truly delighted to see our first flower buds. In my classroom.

i'm trying different things with graphic organizers: making sure they (1) work to answer a question, (2) are clear the direction or movement of where different items are placed and (3), paying attention to the verbs i use in the question the organizer asks.

this one seems to be working out well.

The desk (and the tea station, which is behind me) is organized!

can you tell what special day we are getting ready for next month???

theese markers rock! they're less expensive than crayola markers, last longer, wash well, are non-toxic and smell great.

i like choacolate.

this organizer is helping students review what they learned this semester. they're anwsering questions from their organizers before writing a reflective piece about their experience in class.

my roll book turned to where i keep attendance.

My Classroom is "Portland Water"

My Classroom is NFC Validation Lab at Intel

Amantha was one of a dozen presenters at my school's Culture Day today.

Three hours and three groups of students and teachers learned how to shake things up.

Students had a choice of going to workshops on caperia, bomba, African dance and drumming, Gay culture, salsa, Afro-Disapora Drumming, beading, international and cultural games, cooking, quilting and of course bellydance.

one of my students wears this chain and lock each and every day. he claims he had a vision-dream where a voice told him to wear it until the key of knowledge comes to unlock his mind.

Amantha was one of a dozen presenters at my school's Culture Day today.

Three hours and three groups of students and teachers learned how to shake things up.

Students had a choice of going to workshops on caperia, bomba, African dance and drumming, Gay culture, salsa, Afro-Disapora Drumming, beading, international and cultural games, cooking, quilting and of course bellydance.

apparently the most dangerous part of the mexican-american border is along the arizona desert. i've heard it said that there are days when more people die there trying to cross into the united states then are killed in the war in iraq.

this particular reading was from the new york times.

this works.