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Wisdom From an Elementary School Principal
Every morning my son’s kindergarten class starts off with reading time for the first 15 minutes of the school day. The children choose books from the class library, and parents and family members are...
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My 5-Year-Old CAN Read
One of the most-read posts here at Strocel.com is My 5-Year-Old Can’t Read, which I wrote more than four years ago about my daughter, Hannah. I wrote it after watching a four-year-old actually read...
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Just Call me Hermione
I am nearing the end of my second semester back at university, in my quest for my teaching degree. While there continue to be high points and low points, I have gotten into the swing of things. It’s...
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Confirmation
Okay, okay. It’s been two and a half months since I posted. A lot has happened. Right now I’d like to tell you about one of the big things that’s been going on in my world. A couple of days after I...
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Back to School
It has been a long time since I went to work or school full-time. In February of 2005 I was working full-time. Then, six weeks ahead of schedule, my daughter was born. Thanks to generous Canadian...
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Day Three
Back on Labour Day I shared some of my thoughts and concerns as I prepared to head back to school full-time. That was nine days ago. I am now mid-way through my first week as a student teacher, and I...
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Okay is … Okay
Oh man, you guys, I have been busy. I knew I would be when I started school full-time in September. Of course I knew. But it’s really only in the past few weeks that things have gotten real. I’m about...
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Precious Downtime
You guys, school. School! School. My desk at school is not a tidy placeI have finished the first six weeks of my student teaching practicum, and I have four weeks left to go (plus two weeks of Spring...
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The Official Summer Slurpee
Traditions start in a lot of different ways. Some of them are passed down to us – like Christmas trees and birthday cakes and making jack o’lanterns on Halloween. Others are started on purpose, like a...
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Finish Line
My last official day on campus as a student teacherAlmost three years ago now, in October 2013, I sat in a classroom in the Education Building at Simon Fraser University. I was there because I was...
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Graduation
I’ve written here about finishing school and starting my teaching career. It feels like I’ve mentioned that I’ve completed my education more than once, but here I am going to go and mention it again....
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