If Only I Had Super Powers....

• There's a hole...

  Number of comments: 12
  There's a dozen rat holes in the yard, dear Liza, dear Liza.
  There's a dozen rat holes in the yard, dear Liza
  A dozen holes.
  
  
  
  Then fill them dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry
  Then fill them dear Henry, dear Henry fix them.
  
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:36pm EST
  by CC

• Teaching Tuesday: Learning the states again (and again and again)

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  I have stuck with my type-A tradition of mailing out Christmas cards during Thanksgiving weekend. So, now that most of our cards are making their way to friends and family, all we have to do is sit back and wait for the cards to in-turn show up at our door. [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 4:05pm EST
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: Thanks and Giving Tree

  Number of comments: 9
  In the spirit of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's "Complaint-Free Day", I present to you not a laundry list of things that have s*cked about this year, but a reminder of all we have.
  
  The children filled up recycled packaging paper with beautiful fall colors, while I cut out a [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:07am EST
  by CC

• Teaching Tuesday: The 1st Thanksgiving in 4 parts

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  In my stash of resources, I found a simple, illustrated "First Thanksgiving" story from Parents Magazine, November 2003. By reading and sketching out this story, my students could (gasp) retell me about the first Thanksgiving.
  
  I began by drawing the Mayflower and labeling it with the word "May" and [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:53pm EST
  by CC

• Marvelous Monday Children's Books: Plump and Perky Turkey (re-post)

  Number of comments: 4
  This is a re-post from 11/17/08, but still my favorite Thanksgiving book...
  
  
  Plump and Perky Turkey
  
  Throughout my childhood I vividly remember Thanksgiving as the annual holiday when I ate potatoes. Lots and LOTS of mashed potatoes. Eventually I grew to love [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:22am EST
  by CC

• Turned

  Number of comments: 22
  
  
  
  I am an Ivy League Grad turned Special Educator.
  I am a prep school student turned couponer extraordinaire.
  I am an athlete turned caregiver.
  I am a healthy daughter turned adoptive mother.
  I am a scientist turned linguist.
  I am a book reader [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:26pm EST
  by CC

• Marvelous Children's Book Monday: Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

  Number of comments: 14
  Thanks to certain blogging friends, I was able to check out a few new Thanksgiving books this year. Although I still haven't found a fantastic one about the original Thanksgiving feast, this rhyming picture book has been fun new one to read and explore with my students.
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:48pm EST
  by CC

• It was a dark and spooky morning

  Number of comments: 19
  
  Hosted by Cecily and JENNIFER

  
  
  
  
  It was a dark and spooky morning.
  
  Super Woman stumbled into her tiny classroom and made a monumental decision. For the first time all year, she would make a pot [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:58pm EST
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: What Body Language Communicates

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 5:28pm EST
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• Reason for the Season 2009

  Number of comments: 7
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:03pm EST
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• RAWR!

  Number of comments: 19
  
  Hosted by Cecily and Emily

  
  
  
  
  Dragons
  
  Dragons are a strange lot
  No two are quite the same.
  Some like to scale tall mountains.
  Some don't even have a name.
  
  Some have horns' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:08pm EST
  by CC

• Teaching Tuesday: Thanksgiving lessons

  Number of comments: 7
  Check out this free printable gem I discovered this morning at Scholastic.com
  
  A simple Thanksgiving story, along with a 4 character Reader's Theater. Perfect both both The Flash and many of my students.
  
  The site also has interactive lessons about' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:40pm EST
  by CC

• Auctionable Cookies. Month 5.

  Number of comments: 17
  
  Hosted by Cecily and Carissa

  
  
  I know you are on pins and needs to discover what auctionable cookies I baked up for October...
  
  
  
  
  Thanks to my pal Martha, I delivered a [...]

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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
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• New Wheels

  Number of comments: 28
  
  Hosted by Cecily and Kelli

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  New wheels should bring excitement
  Victory! To be free!
  A timely rite of passage
  Trikes, Bikes, Jeep Cherokee.
  
  Our new wheels reflect sorrow
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 11:45pm EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: Not Getting Chosen

  Number of comments: 11
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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• Marvelous Children's Book Monday: Need your ideas

  Number of comments: 9
  I need suggestions for Thanksgiving books for next month. My "browsing" Amazon method has been relatively unsuccessful.
  
  I'm looking for picture books for children ages 5-12. Short stories (able to read within 15 minutes). Great vocabulary and interesting pictures are a must!
  
  thanks for your help! I'll get [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 11:06pm EDT
  by CC

• Marriage Encounters (aka Bootcamp)

  Number of comments: 35
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Being married is a lot of work. Especially as time passes, life happens, and communication wanes. Kids add beaucoup stress to a marriage (although possibly not as much as wanting kids [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 9:35pm EDT
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• Marvelous Children's Book Monday: The Little Old Lady

  Number of comments: 11
  The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
  
  
  Phew! What a title. I'm almost exhausted just typing it out.
  
  I am continuing to plan for students through the month of October and decided that this was the perfect book for' [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  by CC

• Going, going, gone!

  Number of comments: 28
  
  Hosted by Cecily and Linds

  
  
  Remember that Marvel Girl both attended and hosted a fancy party earlier this month?
  
  Well, I figured out quite quickly that what she has in style, she definitely lacks in grace.
  
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 11:30pm EDT
  by CC

• 58 Uninteresting Things About Me

  Number of comments: 10
  I saw this at Tiaras & Tantrums and had to swipe it. Since I promised I'd post more about myself and all...
  
  The phone rings. Who will it to be?
  My mom is the only one who tries to call me. Everyone else knows I don't answer [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
  by CC

• Marvelous Children's Book Monday: Sheep Trick or Treat

  Number of comments: 6
  Sheep Trick or Treat
  
  This could be the ideal book to use next month with my second-grade student working on /sh/ sounds! Our silly sheep friends decide to go trick-or-treating, create their own costumes, and fetch goodies at the near-by barn. Like other books [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 6:31pm EDT
  by CC

• My girl likes to...

  Number of comments: 20
  party all the time, party all the time, party all the tiiiiiime!
  
  
  
  After two consecutive days of "fancy" parties (one of which was her own!), we were fancied out.
  
  Her four year old fancy festivities [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 7:38pm EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: Social Stories on the Fly

  Number of comments: 3
  I was sitting with one of my new students this week and said his name to get his attention. He did not respond, in spite of several repetitions and a tap on the shoulder. So I grabbed a sheet of paper and started to write a social story--an instruction manual [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 12:03pm EDT
  by CC

• Auctionable Cookies. Month 4.

  Number of comments: 6
  
  
  
  The ongoing dilemma of what to bake for the highest bidder continues...
  
  I wanted to whip something up that reminded me of school beginning: new clothes, children's voices, clean backpacks and joyful parents. Of the changing season: leaves' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 1:41pm EDT
  by CC

• Coastal Girl

  Number of comments: 20
  
  Hosted by Cecily and Izzy 'N Emmy

  
  
  
  
  I'm a coastal girl. I've always been a coastal girl. Of the 14 colleges I applied to, all but one were on a' [...]

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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 1:34pm EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: What we "do" in speech

  Number of comments: 8
  My principal challenged us to consider our students in twenty years. What values and life skills do we hope they will learn from our class. Beyond the day to day articulation drills, what impact do we aspire for in their lives.
  
  After reflecting for some time, I had Spencer [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: Including Samuel

  Number of comments: 7
  (I realize I'm a day late...but this is the first week of school. So be patient with me.)
  
  This morning he threw his chair, chanted "poopy poopy" for 10 minutes, and ran away from his teacher and disrupted the class in numerous other ways. Some of his behaviors stem' [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
  by CC

• Steppin' out of summer

  Number of comments: 15
  
  Hosted by Cecily and Chris

  
  
  
  
  Six summers ago I spent my excruciatingly long days awaiting my son's referral. To help pass the time, I agreed to take a step aerobics class with a friend (taught' [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 2:11pm EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: Speech Mascot

  Number of comments: 11
  
  Meet my new speech mascot: Spencer the Super Speech Penguin.
  
  I can't recall how or why I started with the Super Hero theme on this blog when it began in January 2008. Although Professor X loves comic books, I have never been a fan.' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 2:03pm EDT
  by CC

• Twas the Night Before First Work

  Number of comments: 14
  
  
  
  'Twas the night before first work
  And the temp cool and nice
  Not a creature was stirring
  'Cept two little mice?
  
  
  
  My lunch was all packed
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 1:23pm EDT
  by CC

• Legacy

  Number of comments: 21
  
  Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

  
  
  
  
  I want to leave a legacy
  How will they remember me?
  
  Have you ever heard the Nicole Nordeman song 'Legacy'? I will not [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 9:22pm EDT
  by CC

• Teaching Tuesday: Back to School Nightmare

  Number of comments: 18
  Did I wake up sweating and panicked Monday morning in anticipation of The Flash's first grade year?
  
  Or because of my large number of high-needs students that will be shoved into our over-crowded classrooms?
  
  No. I dreamed that the number of adults in my room was highly disproportionate' [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
  by CC

• They used to hate sand

  Number of comments: 19
  
  
  
  
  
  The first time my son touched sand, he immediately recoiled his feet and started whimpering.
  
  On my daughter's first beach trip, she stayed resolutely on the blanket. Except for occasional taste testing.
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
  by CC

• caucASIAN

  Number of comments: 25
  One lunch in college, I sat with my friends in my university cafeteria and listened to my friend comment, “Look. Everyone here is Asian.” Several seconds later, she looked at me and added, “Oops! I forgot that you weren’t Asian!”
  
  On another occasion, a large group of us visited [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
  by CC

• POOF!

  Number of comments: 31
  Or should I say Puff???
  
  
  
  Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

  
  
  
  Poof! The Super Woman vanished from the net
  And frolicked in the summer sun, watching her children get wet,
  "Vacationing" Super Woman became her kids' chauffeur,
  Driving to' [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
  by CC

• It's too hot to think

  Number of comments: 30
  
  
  When we visited cousins in central California last month, we thought it was very hot.
  
  The kids played in the hose for hours, while the adults sipped iced tea in a lovely air conditioned home.
  
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 10:33am EDT
  by CC

• Vroom, vroom

  Number of comments: 23
  
  
  Every Super Hero family has its thorn(s) in the side.
  
  For us, it is my husband's chronic pain, in multiple body areas. The pain affects his ability to think, sleep, remember, and walk. The former are okay when you are on vacation. The [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 12:05am EDT
  by CC

• Look out Michael Phelps

  Number of comments: 22
  
  Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

  
  
  Sometime between March and June, The Flash transformed from a guppy (no offense guppies!) to a sea otter.
  
  5 years of swimming lessons didn't do it. Summers in grandma's pool didn't do it. Something just [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 5:03pm EDT
  by CC

• His Mansion

  Number of comments: 12
  
  
  One of the amazing experiences we encountered on our recent vacation was a trip to His Mansion in rural New Hampshire.
  
  
  
  His Mansion is a Christian counseling and residential care community [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 5:51pm EDT
  by CC

• Marvelous Children's Book Monday: George and the Dragon

  Number of comments: 5
  Twas the book that launched a six year old's birthday party...
  
  Until checking this book out of the library, The Flash was going to have a "robot" themed party. Afterward... it had to be a DRAGON theme (pictures to follow in the next few weeks).
  
  George and [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 6:06pm EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly

  Number of comments: 5
  As you may have noted from my extended blogging absence, I have been on holiday. But never fear, Super Woman is here! Did you figure I was captured by my evil nemesis, or off saving the world?
  
  
  After ignoring my library book for 12 consecutive weeks (no joke), [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: Listening Activities

  Number of comments: 19
  If you are like me, you had a heck of a time learning foreign languages. Too many of the sounds seem similar and the words sound indistinguishable. To a native speaker, however, these differences are vast and very clear. Just as a native Japanese speaker may not hear the difference [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  by CC

• Teaching Tuesday: Tracking reading time

  Number of comments: 14
  Participating in a summer reading program?
  
  We are.
  
  And as much as the Flash does not want to read for a full 30 minutes, I'm going to be a stickler on this one. Just think of all the hours spent reading he will have accumulated by the end' [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
  by CC

• You jump, I jump.

  Number of comments: 15
  The Teachers Jumped Out of the Windows
  
  The teachers jumped out of the windows.
  The principal ran for the door.
  The nurse and librarian bolted.
  They're not coming back anymore.
  
  The counselor, hollering madly,
  escaped out the door of the gym.
  The coach and custodian shouted
  and ran' [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 2:28pm EDT
  by CC

• My Shadow

  Number of comments: 30
  
  Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

  
  
  
  
  
  
  My shadow documents a time
  When the sun shone upon my back.
  This one is from 2 weeks ago
  It hides the things [...]

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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 12:14pm EDT
  by CC

• Auctionable Cookies. Month 3.

  Number of comments: 20
  
  
  
  Snickerdoodley-Doodley-Yumm-O.
  
  To my son's shock and horror, the cookie he had reserved for himself disappeared during the school day. You know, after the rest of the batch was given to the auction winner.
  
  Oops! Guess mommy should have mentioned to the' [...]
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  Posted: June 10, 2009, 1:53am EDT
  by CC

• Teaching Tuesday: Online Teaching Games

  Number of comments: 6
  Apparently I'm a little behind on the interactive teaching tools.
  
  I recently discovered Portaportal, a compilation of my favorite websites and can direct my children (or students) to play these pre-selected sites. Since children easily can be re-directed to other sites, they must still be monitored, but this' [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
  by CC

• Marvelous Children's Book Monday: Wink: The Ninja Who Wanted To Be Noticed

  Number of comments: 8
  Trust me, the humor is this book selection choice does not escape my notice. In an effort to maintain my family's secret identities, however, please refrain from any "revealing" comments. ;)
  
  What is a super talented ninja, who just wants recognition for his skills, to do when he is' [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
  by CC

• Life. Turned down a notch.

  Number of comments: 31
  
  Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

  
  
  
  
  Remember the camping trip with co-ed bunks and co-ed bathrooms?
  
  Well, it wasn't all sleeping-bag changes...
  
  In fact, it was lovely to' [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2009, 7:36pm EDT
  by CC

• Therapy Thursday: The Same Game

  Number of comments: 5
  Looking for some language practice this summer for your late preschool/ early elementary school aged child?
  
  I found a great game last year. Fun to play (even for older siblings) and works on the concepts of "same", colors, numbers, and categories.
  
  The Same Game
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  Posted: June 04, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
  by CC