About Family, Family History, and Proximity. On March 24, 2015 by Vince. My childhood home was at the north end of Colorado Springs. Not the Historic Northend as some of the new street signs read. Where Cascade Avenue basically came to an end cutting through fields of yucca and prickly pear cactus and few trees. Nothing really historic or glamorous about it. Just the outskirts of town.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Or rather, I have.

Writing, Reading, Teaching, Life, Attempting to Balance it All. What if there was the daily equivalent of motivational personal development for teachers.

Posts, Presentations, and Projects. Donalyn Miller has taught 4. Grade language arts and social studies in the Fort Worth, TX area and was a finalist for 2010 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year. In her popular book, The Book Whisperer. Donalyn reflects on her journey to become a reading teacher and describes how she inspires and motivates her middle school students to read 40 or more books a year. In her latest book, Reading in the Wild.

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By Denise Borck, William James Middle School Media Specialist. May 1, 2017 by dborck. January 18, 2017 by dborck. There are twelve book titles for the contest written using emojis only! Can you figure out all of them? October 28, 2016 by dborck.

Saturday, July 30, 2011. She had the characters, a premise, and a beginning. How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour? How can a person be wrong-thinking but good hearted? Conor feels guilty because in his heart he wants his mother to die so her suffering, and in many ways his own, can end. His guilt is tearing him apart.