#wordless wednesday

a glimpse of 2016 through photos

This is a long overdue post, about 3 months late of my travel highlights from last year. 2016 was indeed full of adventures close and far from Singapore. I started off 2016 in Batam, Indonesia and then traveled to Hong Kong, Thailand, LA, NY, Iceland, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Melbourne throughout the year. I loved being …

mid mini-lesson eureka Moment

Do you ever have those eureka moments teaching, when you get an idea all of a sudden, like mid mini-lesson? I had one of those moments today during reading workshop this afternoon. My lovely students were sitting in our rug area, and I was giving my mini-lesson about using learning progressions to analyze our responses …

the month of march

The Month of March Everyday a new post is up, from 22 fifth grade writers faced with a challenge. Small moments transformed into slices of life, captured through photos, poems, and stories. Everyday I learn something new, about the lives of our students. Reading all the posts, leaving as many comments as I can. When …