Marsha Ingrao – Always Write – Page 37 – Having fun blogging with friends

Authentic Assessments for History-Social Science

Introduction Multiple-choice, true false, short answer, matching, and other types […]

Fires of Jubilee

I’m reading this book in preparation for a book chat on September 17 for a completely different book,“Why Won’t You Just Tell Us the Answer?” by Bruce Lesh. I don’t […]

Travel

Biking/Walking in Davis

Today in LA at the Project-Based Learning Training I attended, the question came up, “Should we develop bike paths in the wilderness areas, such as in Sequoia National Park? I […]

Personal Stories

“I’ve Got Potential”

More than anyone in my life, I loved my mom. I fought for her to live when she had kidney cancer in her good kidney. I fought for her through […]

Travel

Six Shifts in ELA: More Informational Text

Bill and Melinda Gates want our students reading more informational texts. Actually, that’s what we do primarily as adults, so much so that many people don’t have left over time […]

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A Tall Tale By An Average Size Boy

Written by: Paula Terrill In Collaboration with Edward Haney Illustrations by: Kara-Lynn Smith My name is Edward. I know what you are thinking, that is a boring and common name. […]

Blogging

The Importance of Writing in the History-Social Science Class

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you […]

Travel

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY Academic Vocabulary is one of the six major shifts in language arts standards as states are moving to implement the Common Core Standards. Teaching academic vocabulary is going […]

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University Park Inn & Suites

Lodging, like rental housing, in university towns are in much demand during part of the year. Sometimes you can be picky and sometimes you just can’t. Our travel was paid […]

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The Ubiquitous Abizia

ABIZIA JULIBRISSIN are beautiful, but DON’T plant these trees in your back yard unless you have at least an acre! We tried it once in a little PUD that had a […]

Hobbies

Toy Trains and Other Stuff in the California State Railroad Museum

Yesterday I promised you that I would finish the story […]

Travel

California State Railroad Museum

How many times do you visit an area, and think, “I really want to go there”, but then you don’t go. That was me and the Railroad Museum. Yesterday the […]

Travel

Free Wheeling

When you think about American history, probably the first thought that comes to mind is not the bicycle. However, in Davis, CA, bicycles are VERY important, so this is the […]

Travel

Mikuni’s

This is the place to go, the Davis Commons, a little mall that used to have a Borders. Now you can find lots of little eating places with plenty […]

Travel

Just Finish It

Such the Like motivated her with her blog post about what books she is reading. I, too, love to read, at least I think I do. If it’s not fiction […]

Blogging

Common Core Reading Assessment Analyzed

As the Common Core Standards attempt to put rigor and relevance back into reading programs, students will be assessed on their ability to analyze primary source documents. This is one […]

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Blogger’s Block

So what have you accomplished today, Marsha? I can’t even answer that question to get me out of blocked status. My new blog buddy, Cristian from Romania, reminds me that […]

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Old Sacramento

I don’t know how a person can turn a fun day into a boring article, but I’ve started this at least three times, and I have succeeded in boring even […]

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Yard Art Springing into Summer

Some of our yard art automatically changes with the seasons even though California is not as seasonal as Indiana where I grew up. When I started this website, the creek […]

Travel

Lee Skywatcher

What fascinated me today was the sky. On the way home from work in the west was a block of grisly gray from high in the sky to the ground. […]

Travel

Relaxing After Work

A technician told me the other day that he didn’t mind driving home 35 minutes from work. When he had lived 2 minutes from work, he always took a drive […]

Blogging

Central California Bird: Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Submitted from my archives for Bird Weekly My husband suggested […]

Personal Stories

Kalev

People choose dogs based on their personalities. Those who choose small dogs love adventure and are confident. Kalev is small and very confident, but how do dogs choose people? […]

Blogging

Dropbox v Google Docs

Not all technology eliminates frustration and irritation from my life, but for the most part, these two applications do. Although I use Google Docs almost daily, I should be a […]

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