It's the end of Teacher Appreciation Week and so I really should be posting something about all the great "gifts" I've gotten this week (papers to grade, notebooks to read, emails to answer....) but before I put MY words down on papers this morning, I'm sharing some words that are a profound reminder about the power of what we say and do.
Please head over to Sandy McClure's post on Reading Today (May 9th). http://www.reading.org/general/Publications/blog/engage/engage-single-post/engage/2013/05/09/the-power-of-the-early-reading-teacher Every teacher should read it. Yup, EVERY teacher should read it!*
The post, The Power of the Early Reading Teacher, is a beautifully written tale of the power of a teacher's words to change the future (not always for the better). McClure wrote about her first grade teacher's life-changing words, “You even missed the same problem!”....McClure has held onto those words for a lifetime commenting, [those words] "single-handedly transformed a little six-year-old girl from a child who could barely contain her enthusiasm for books and learning, to a child who absolutely dreaded each subsequent school day."
Please head over to Sandy McClure's post on Reading Today (May 9th). http://www.reading.org/general/Publications/blog/engage/engage-single-post/engage/2013/05/09/the-power-of-the-early-reading-teacher Every teacher should read it. Yup, EVERY teacher should read it!*
The post, The Power of the Early Reading Teacher, is a beautifully written tale of the power of a teacher's words to change the future (not always for the better). McClure wrote about her first grade teacher's life-changing words, “You even missed the same problem!”....McClure has held onto those words for a lifetime commenting, [those words] "single-handedly transformed a little six-year-old girl from a child who could barely contain her enthusiasm for books and learning, to a child who absolutely dreaded each subsequent school day."
Thomas Jefferson suggested, when angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred!
* Every parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, coach, friend, colleague, neighbor........should read it!
* Every parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, coach, friend, colleague, neighbor........should read it!
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