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Tony Keefer
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Usually thinking way too much about way too many things.
Interests: Family, friends, books, soccer, TOSU, and good food.
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Moving Again
I have decided to move my online home to acychiphobia 2.0 on tumblr. Hopefully you things will be a little more productive for me over there. Later, Tony Continue reading
Posted Jul 10, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Refinding a Thin Place
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Yesterday afternoon my family went to Indian Run Falls here in Dublin. It is about 10 minutes from where we live, but we don't seem to head there as often as we should. The woods... Continue reading
Posted Mar 23, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Uncommon Core
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers There has been this nagging little itch in the back of my brain for the last few months. Our district, like many others is in a full blown "Common Core-itis" stage of transition. As a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2012 at atychiphobia
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"Cheap" Date Night
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers My two children got to spend the first part of their spring break with their grandparents, which was awesome for many reasons, but the best part of the awesomeness happened on Monday. I was reminded... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Sweatbox
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers I got to school a little early this morning. It is the last day before spring break and I have some grading to do before I leave today. Not that I am going on a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Jump, Jump, Jump Around
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers This is going to be a very tiny post. It has been a long day and I want to be able to catch just a little basketball before I go to bed. I think I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Stories from Room 226: The Bracket Buster
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Yes, I have already written about March "Book" Madness before, but yesterday we had our first big time "Bracket Buster". Think VCU, Butler, or George Mason. Think Gus Johnson giving us an "HA! HAAA!" or... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Interesting Feedback
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Our school is in the midst of our second round of parent-teacher conferences. Last Thusday day night I ripped through 13 in a row with no break. Ahhh the pleasures of having 28 students seem... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Waiting For Wonder
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Just in case you have been disconnected from the Slice of Life Challenge, Twitter and haven't talked to a librarian in the last few weeks watch the video below. If that disn't suck you in... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Awestruck
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers I really don't know Sarah. I've have seen her when my family goes to Camp Akita because she has worked there as a counselor and assistant director. By all accounts Sarah seems to be an... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Kind of Stuck
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers I missed my first slice of this challenge yesterday. I made a commitment to do better this year and so far I have. My goal was to write at least 20 this year, so I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Baseball on the Brain
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Even though I am a soccer guy, I also have a love affair with baseball. Spring Training is in full force and I am very optimistic about my team, the Detroit Tigers. Because of this... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Stories From Room 226: Buzzing About Books
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers On Monday, I shared the March "Book" Madness tournament that our class started. In order to get the 52 book bracket complete by Monday, April 2 we have already had 22 "games." So far each... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Seriously Not Ready
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers My daughter Ellie is about twelve weeks from officially being a high school student. I say 'officially' because she already takes a class at the high school as an 8th grader, so she is kind... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2012 at atychiphobia
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March "Book" Madness
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Last Friday I wrote about the excitement of Read Across America in our school and my classroom. This morning, I set this up in my classroom. I think it will definitely continue the celebration of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 5, 2012 at atychiphobia
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meh
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Image by Doug Savage Today is turning out to be just one of those days. I have a mountain of work to do, but I am in world of "meh." Looking to get myself out... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Pitch-itis
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers I am a soccer guy. Have been for a very long time, hope to be one for quite a bit longer. Today has been a great day that started with a phone call this morning.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Stories From Room 226: books, Books, BOOKS!
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Like many schools around the country, mine celebrated Read Across America this week. We try to keep it realtively simple, but also have lots of fun. Our students were encouraged to do some things to... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Humorati
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This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers Humor plays a significant role in my life. It started with my dad. He may not be the funniest guy on the planet, but he joked around constantly. He is also the one who introducd... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Jennifer, I do agree that many things do revolve around the idea of balance. Work and Home, Process and Product, Reading Late at Night and Sleeping just to name a few. I am still wrestling with volume and complexity. I have been grounded for many years in the ideas of Stephen Krashen and volume of reading, but the question I struggle with still is, "Does a reader grow if she or he ravenously consumes material that doesn't stretch his or her thinking?" Since I only work with children for one year of their life it is hard for me to really know. Thanks, Tony
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The Power of Conversation
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Talk is the sea in which all else floats. -James Britton This past Saturday was the annual Dublin Literacy Conference. It was a ridiculously good day of learning for me. Since I presented this year, I only went to three sessions but each one was great. I have seen Donalyn... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2012 at atychiphobia
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It's Monday What are You Reading?
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Note: Thanks for Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts for inspiring many of us to share what we have been reading. I will try to join the fun as regularly as possible. I had a great reading week this week. With the exception of a book I haven't finished,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2012 at atychiphobia
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It's Monday What are You Reading?
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Note: Thanks for Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts for inspiring many of us to share what we have been reading. I will try to join the fun as regularly as possible. I kind of unplugged from the web last week to get caught up on a lot of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2012 at atychiphobia
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Stories From Room 226: The WolfCott goes to ......
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As I wrote in my last "Stories from Room 226" post, we have been exploring potential Caldecott Award Winners. After reading and thinking about 15 high quality picture books, we had our class vote today. The final winner of the WolfCott (my class nickname is the Wolfhounds) was Me ...... Continue reading
Posted Jan 20, 2012 at atychiphobia
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It's Monday What are You Reading?
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Note: Thanks for Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts for inspiring many of us to share what we have been reading. I will try to join the fun as regularly as possible. This past week was a busy week of diving into picture books for me and my class.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2012 at atychiphobia
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