It’s rare to get a 2nd chance to make a good first impression. Do all you can to establish trusting relationships w/ Ss, staff, & families.

"As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together." - Parker J. Palmer

Watch how @Regieroutman uses scaffolded conversations to spark #Kindergarten writing in this single-session course! heinemann.com/products/dcscn…

A first grade friend unscrambling a sentence!

Word or letter?

Carol Dweck wins $4M prize for her #growthmindset research: blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-… Read her piece on the subject: edweek.org/ew/articles/20…

Literacy Day at Elm Grove! If you haven't read "Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm," well, you need to remedy that!

#tccaarea4

Saw my first 3D printer in action today at the TCCA! Fantastic!

#VariQuest! That's the 3D printer company!

It's good to be the Queen!

A house never divided! Team day at EGE!

EGE Garden Club hard at work with extra help from friendly volunteers.

Go EGE Garden Club!

Weeds and grubs BEWARE!!

Preparing the soil!

Puppet construction humor. 🤣

EGE Puppet Club - making puppets.

Coming into Houston and seeing the city, “Ms. Vetts! Where there’s cities, there’s tons of letters!”

I love being an honorary Kindergarten teacher!