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What grade do you teach?: 3rd

What are your favorite read-alouds?: - Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
- Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
- Thank You Mr. Faulker by Patricia Polacco
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

What are your favorite "professional" book?: - Starting From Scratch by Steven Levy
- Conferring with Readers by Gravity Goldberg and Jennifer Serravallo
- Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Jon Young

Here is your chance to wax on about yourself, your wonderful class, and more. What makes you tick?: Questioning and searching for the answer have been wonderful guiding forces in my life. So I like to ask the question, "What does my learning make me want to do?" or "What is this moment teaching me?" Let the search begin.

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At 3:36pm on October 28, 2008, Kate Droske said…: The year is going pretty well. I used your character dialogue template with the talking bubbles! Thanks for the great ideas. I need to upload some of our Somerville ideas soon.

At 6:07pm on October 21, 2008, Tav Jinivizian said…: thanks for the welcome! It's good to be here! So how 'bout the banner huh? Must've been one talented designer!

At 11:58pm on October 12, 2008, John Otterstedt said…: John.....Thank you for joining me on this journey. It should be fun!

It is great to see that Starting From Scratch is on your favorite books list. That is one of my favorite books of all time. I wish there were more like it!

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