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Choice Boards are nothing new...I distinctly remember my teachers handing out paper choice boards that resembled a tic-tac-toe board in school. My excitement at being able to "choose my own adventure" with an assignment was palpable. ("You mean I get to PICK what assignment I want to do? Seriously?!") There is a lot of pedagogical research to support student choice for both acquisition of knowledge and demonstrating mastery. This article from Leadered.com discusses how to in

This blog post is so very hard to write. My younger brother is in ICU fighting for his life many, many miles away. As I look for flights and hotel rooms, I am struck with the thought that I have so much to be grateful for. I have a job that will give me time off, funds to purchase a last minute flight, and family (both at home and away) to offer support. We never know when and where a curve ball will be thrown in this game called Life. Hold your loved ones close. Previously r

Happy Monday, everyone! This post is just a tad late due to unforeseen traffic on the way home from a whirlwind long weekend trip to Southern Idaho (the pic below is from my Grandparent's back porch ⬇️). It was the first "real" vacation that I have taken in over a year and what a trip! My boys and I drove a cumulative amount of over 1800+ miles in about 6 days. We had a lot of time in the car to chat, sing to music that we all love, listen to audiobooks for their summer readi