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My baby girl, my only child has completed her Pre-K year. I couldn’t be more proud of her. I know, I know, it’s a little silly when you think about being proud of completing pre-k, right? It’s not like she wrote research papers or received an associate degree while taking high school classes or worked… Read more
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The posters are hung, the pencils are sharpened, and the acetaminophen is stocked. Although there isn’t the slightest nip of fall in the air, the calendar confirms that school begins tomorrow here in West Texas. Elementary Teachers all around my area have laminated, cut, pasted, and labeled until their fingertips bleed. Although the calendar confirms it,… Read more
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Class clowns. They’re in every classroom across America. Yes, even mine. Today before writing time (which I love to teach by the way), I read a sweet children’s book called The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant. It’s about this cute little old lady who’s outlived all her friends, so she reluctantly gets a dog and they become… Read more
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I opened my freezer and noticed a bowl of snow in there from last week. Anyone for snow ice-cream in 75 degree weather? When I was in 8th grade, I was sitting in the library, book in hand, talking and giggling with a girl across from me at the table. Suddenly our teacher starts fast walking towards us. We’d… Read more
Angel Wheeler 