A Singular Sloth

Details, I tell my students, bring the poem to life. Recently I saw how details bring life to me.
On my recent trip to Costa Rica, I met Millie, an orphaned sloth. Since she was not raised by her mother, Millie can’t return to the jungle, and thus lives a quiet life swinging from a wicker [...]

With Apologies to the Rainforest

In my classroom my students think twice about asking me for an extra piece of paper unless they’ve filled both sides of their first piece, or a clean, new sticky note. They know my tirades.
 
Example: I keep a box of used sticky notes handy, so that if a student wants a note with which [...]