Finding New Opportunities and Joy: All It Takes Is A Slight Twist
This year presented my family and my teaching life with many changes, and each one took real focus for me. I had the opportunity to make a slight turn turning each into a change blessing or a change obstacle. The difference is in considering the intention.
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By: Deb Frazier,
on 12/15/2016
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By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 11/21/2016
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By: Tara Smith,
on 1/7/2016
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By: Stacey Shubitz,
on 1/6/2016
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By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 1/6/2016
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By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 1/4/2016
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By: Dana Murphy,
on 1/4/2016
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By: Deb Frazier,
on 1/3/2016
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By: Deb Frazier,
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By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 11/21/2016
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By: Tara Smith,
on 1/7/2016
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In the past, I have had to go hunting for my One Little Word, but this year I just knew what it would be. 
By: Stacey Shubitz,
on 1/6/2016
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2015 was not my best year ever. In April, my world felt like it was turned upside-down in a matter of 12 hours. Three months later, just as a new normal set in,… Continue reading 
By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 1/6/2016
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My fourth grade self's advice, my grandmother's influence, participating in the Literacy Leaders' Forum, and even a Facebook quiz and a fortune cookie have all pointed me in the direction of my One Little Word for 2016...HAPPY. 
By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 1/4/2016
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Play is at the top of my list for 2016, and I want to shout it from the rooftops. Pitting play against literacy is a false dichotomy. It's not either/or. The way to teach literacy is to provide time for kids to play, talk, dance and sing their little hearts out!
By: Dana Murphy,
on 1/4/2016
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I finally found my word. I had been looking everywhere, but my word escaped me. I was starting to panic. Was I going to begin 2016 wordless? I thought about all the ways I… Continue reading 
By: Deb Frazier,
on 1/3/2016
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When I reflect on the flux in my life, I waiver between pure joy of what's to come and loss of what has been. Moving forward is scary when you have so dearly loved all that has been. Just writing this makes me pause.