That was the trouble with straight-A students: they thought up positions and then thought up a thousand insane defenses for their instant policies. - Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
Stopped by @BardsAlley and picked up a new visual masterpiece by @donkennmonster 👀 This is fueling Blake's creativity as she makes up stories for each new image.
"They were my teachers and my advisors." Books contain a certain knowledge we sometimes forget is there. They teach. They show. They allow for so much... It takes so little to just pick up and read a book. #bookquotes#NeilGaiman#TheOceanAtTheEndOfTheLane
"Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths..." #bookquote#NeilGaiman#TheOceanAtTheEndOfTheLane
Students spent the quarter building their way up to final presentations that they presented today in front of all of their classmates, as well as members of the community with related professions. This is cross-curricular learning! #mykms@fcpssecliteracy@FCPSR2@kilmercougars
Monday, March 16, will be designated as a staff development day/student holiday, in order to provide an opportunity for staff to prepare for the possibility of distance learning in the event of a school(s) closure.
More details to follow.
Students are using art to draft their own original poems today! Showing them that writing can also be a form of art and expression 🎨 @kilmercougars@fcpssecliteracy @jogordon66 #mykms
"I just felt to be a good writer, you have to be a good reader. And I consider myself a good reader because I read and therefore I write." - Gabriela Orozco, 16 y.o. https://t.co/0eXUoXT79N