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Here’s Looking at You!

23 Jan 2014

For our second week at Skinner, we had a little more time to discuss the poet and poem, to write, and then share the finished products in class. In honor of Martin Luther King, […]

I’ll Have a Slice of Poetry, Please!

17 Jan 2014

We had our first classes this week at Skinner. I enjoyed getting reacquainted with the 2nd grade teachers from last year—Ms. Ellis, Mrs. Beaudry, and Mrs. Rupp—as well as meeting Mrs. Stone, and of […]

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