This was the area in my yard which housed the strawberry plants. I think I should have just called them plants, because they never actually produced strawberries. It’s a fairly sunny spot, but just not sunny enough for berries. On Friday I dug up all of the strawberry plants to make room for something new.
I love using the five senses as a springboard for writing in the classroom. When a child writes a simple sentence about how much they like ice cream, the five senses are a natural way to invite the writer to tell you more. We talk about the flavors and how it feels on your tongue
Schema is one of those buzzwords you hear all the time in education right now. Schema is background knowledge. It’s all the “stuff” you have in your brain about a particular topic. For example, if I’m learning about the topic of flight, my schema on the topic will be everything I have ever read, listened