Leaving+a+Legacy--Gift+to+the+group

__**From Terje**__-
 * __From Erika__**-
 * Touching email
 * Inkheart by Conelia Funke inspired a fourth grade boy to write the following poem:.

Reading is Endless joy Fun waits Between covers.

Enjoyment time, In my opinion It is a cage Trapping you into the story.

An amusement for life, A friend with many gifts, A charm Keeping boredom away.

Different world Grasps you and Sucks you Into a land of adventures.

__**From Alex**__- The Everyday Hymn by Clare CarlileSmall Pleasures Like opening a can, putting pressure down And pulling back the rounded metal tag, Forefinger slipped under, braced against the hiss Of hydrogen, the give of metal against the thumb And the kick as the seal passes out. Even like the low crunch as the speckled, Porcelain egg shell collides with the thick rimmed Bakers bowl and splits, just round the side, Into one thousand geometric shapes. Or, smaller still, the just audible shake In a person's voice when a laugh Is yearning to escape.
 * Reader: But What is Poetry? by Adrian Mitchell (4th grader)
 * The Everyday Hymn by Clare Carlile
 * Kit Kat from with a picture of a troll drawn by a 2nd grade student. Alex changed from troll to billy goat. (metaphor)

__**From Nuri**__-- media type="youtube" key="1TZCP6OqRlE" height="315" width="420" __**From Cathy--**__ __**From Lauren--**__ media type="youtube" key="TZWasH_YfBg" height="315" width="560" __**From Jen Hughes**__-- (5 minute video) "Passion and Persistence" media type="youtube" key="3B6jKnPcGYo" height="315" width="420" From Jimena Zalba Here is the power point presentation that I shared with you!
 * Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
 * Boa Constrictor by Shel Silverstein
 * //Stretch, Swallow & Stare// is an adaptation of a Czech fairytale. The three protagonists are females and the names are the girls. The three are misfits because of their characteristics. There on a mission b/c a little boy has lost his sister. The wizard has taken children. Eventually they find the child in the end and they made friends and they're never alone again. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED read aloud.
 * //Plant a// //Kiss// by Amy Krauss Rosenthal
 * "Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead

__**From**__ **Maria:** Pre-assessment story by a first-grade student in her school about a boy making a Valentine story and a boy falling in love. When I come back from our coaching cohort she feels like this boy who feels he is in heaven.


 * __From Carrie:__**

//The Wise Woman and Her Secret// Choose this book because many of us came to find her secret about how to ...They were all looking for her secret, but always they kept looking for the secret to find the wisdom. One girl who was less intense--and the secret of widsom--stop be curious and you'll learn each and every day to grow wiser and wiser.

I think, hope, and dream that through this cohort you have learned that wisdom that by being curious, slowing down, and collaborating to deepen your learning you have found it.

__**From Dana:**__ media type="youtube" key="wv7O8DPpcSk" height="315" width="420" My Wish by Rascal Flatts

I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow, And each road leads you where you want to go, And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose, I hope you choose the one that means the most to you. And if one door opens to another door closed, I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window, If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything, My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, And while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">I hope you never look back, but ya never forget, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">All the ones who love you, in the place you left, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">I hope you always forgive, and you never regret, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">And you help somebody every chance you get, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">And you always give more than you take.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">You never need to carry more than you can hold, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">And while you're out there getting where you're getting to, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Yeah, this, is my wish.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">You never need to carry more than you can hold, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">And while you're out there getting where you're getting to, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Yeah, this, is my wish.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">This is my wish <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">I hope you know somebody loves you <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">May all your dreams stay big

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">__**From Beth:**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Felt like a foreign language student when learning the langauge of literacy coaches. Shared the book of a Kindergarten:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">How to Play Bowling <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">by Kazuma (Beginning ELL student)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">__From Tracy__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Worried that it was not a JR book b/c lots of kids tried to read this book when they weren't just right for them. Even though she hated this book b/c of her kids, I couldn't put it down...and she was a reader. One question your assumptions. Try something you haven't tried before that a friend recommends and if you haven't read the Harry Potter books, you should read them.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">__From Vicki__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> //Again// by Emily Garrett.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Friends,

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">You are so so special. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">I know as we leave this room, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">We'll have to stay in touch...

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">So as we say farewell to Carrie, Shannon, and Glen <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">I hope that we will all get the chance to meet again.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">From Claudia <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Flotsam by David Wiesner <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Wordless Picture Book (About Changing Perspective) This is all about perspectives and the vantage point that you're looking at. There is a lot to say about this book, but one of the things I really like, is that the camera that we all share will take us to many magical places and we'll discover things we never saw before because we thought it was just a camera but it was really just the whole world. Points of view will always find a new place.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">From Heidi <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Ish by Peter Reynolds <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">All of you remind me what a journey life is and sometimes I've been overwhelmed thinking about all your expertise and sometimes I've felt really empowered and inspired. I remember that one of my favorite teachers said, "Just take one thing and start there." --That was Bonnie Campbell Hill. She kept coming up in my mind. She really believed in me more than I believed in myself. One book she read to me was, Ish. We can stay professional without getting overwhelmed and we can all be coachish.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">From Elise

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Her kids love to read. Kids are becoming 7th graders and they're not as motivated as they were before. Looking for books for her readers...but then I discovered all these graphic novels--so got graphic novels for ELL students. I brought a suitcase full of books back here. They're reading and talking. Aren't you going to tell everyone about these books. They were so empowered to read and think and talk about these books. This group is our small group thank you for empowering her!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> From Tenley <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">//The Curious Garden// by Peter Brown

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">From Joe <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">//My Boat// by Raymond Carver

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">From James <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">//When I Grow Up// by Mary Ann

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">From M.J. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #676767; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Simpletruths.com