Tag Archives: students

Teacher Quilts: Lesson Plan for the Three R’s

“Because you have taken hands, touched hearts and opened minds, you will never be forgotten. Love and best wishes.”                                       Dedication on retired teacher’s quilt   Phyllis Stephens, Quilt artist Brooklynartscouncil.org Every teacher needs to put this advice into her daily lesson plan book. It is the Three R’s to an educator’s peace of mind. […]

Star in the Hood

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”   Isaiah 9:2   Snowflakes drifted in the sky. A cold wind from the north whistled against the bricks of our classroom. My six behavior-disordered fifth grade boys and I enjoyed […]