A while back, I deleted by personal blog because I wanted to have one for work and it seemed silly to have to maintain two. However, many times since deleting this blog, I wanted to share stories, resources, or ideas that didn't quite seem relevant for the work blog. So, here I am again with a fresh page-kind of nice to start with a clean slate.
Don't we all need that sometimes? A clean slate? I think that's one of the things teachers love about a new school year. Everyone wants and deserves a fresh start-administrators, teachers, students. Struggling readers, especially, can demonstrate some pretty unappealing behaviors. And when those behaviors surface in April, May, and June, teachers can simply be too exhausted to dig deeper and try to uncover the real issues.
However, it's a new school year. If you are a teacher, and you find some of the same challenging students' names on your rosters this year, channel some of that 'new year energy' and do your best to give all of your students the benefit of a clean slate. If they can, they will. If they can't, they need you desperately.
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