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Something to Write About…

jocelynrsmith March 20, 2014 Something to Write About…2014-07-06T15:29:50+00:00 SY 13-14

Write a new blog post. It must be at least one GOOD paragraph long. Remember a good paragraph has...

River Recipe – Add Wolves

jocelynrsmith March 4, 2014 River Recipe – Add Wolves2014-07-06T15:30:22+00:00 SY 13-14

I hope you are all enjoying your snow days! In case you’re bored, here’s a wonderful video for you to watch. As soon as I finished watching it,...

Celebrating Having Choices

jocelynrsmith February 22, 2014 Celebrating Having Choices2014-07-06T15:30:33+00:00 Celebrate This Week

I woke up a bit before five this morning. Since it’s Saturday, I turned over and attempted to go back to sleep, then I thought, what the heck, I’ll...

Too Many Sentence Fragments!

jocelynrsmith February 17, 2014 Too Many Sentence Fragments!2014-07-06T15:30:45+00:00 Miscellaneous

There are too many sentence fragments in my students’ writing! It’s frustrating to read writing that has so much creativity and insight, but that suffers from basic grammatical errors. I feel...

Hello, My Name Is…

jocelynrsmith February 4, 2014 Hello, My Name Is…2014-07-06T15:32:39+00:00 Blog Post Assignments

Recently, my friend, Blair, posted on Facebook, “Over the years I have been accidentally called by many different names on a regular basis, nine times out of ten...

Giving Thanks

jocelynrsmith November 26, 2013 Giving Thanks2014-07-06T15:32:55+00:00 SY 13-14

You can never be too grateful, can you? If you did an internet search on being grateful, I bet you’d have enough reading material for the entire five...

Working Together!

jocelynrsmith November 14, 2013 Working Together!2014-07-06T15:33:09+00:00 SY 13-14

Collaboration is the key word for second quarter! We’ll be working together in book clubs discussing great books and asking each other thought provoking questions to increase the...

Chchchchanges!

jocelynrsmith October 6, 2013 Chchchchanges!2013-10-06T21:07:03+00:00 Miscellaneous

Having children changed my life forever – in a good way. I loved my babies so much! But, after they were born, my husband and I had so much...

Fall is here!

jocelynrsmith September 25, 2013 Fall is here!2013-09-25T11:47:02+00:00 Miscellaneous

Fall – red and gold leaves floating to the ground, pumpkins and chrysanthemums – it’s such a beautiful and festive time of year! Chili and cornbread, hot soups and...

Setting Goals

jocelynrsmith September 16, 2013 Setting Goals2013-09-17T13:35:55+00:00 Miscellaneous

I set a goal for myself at the end of school in June. I wanted to lose the almost ten pounds I had gained in the last year or...

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