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chungwipff-blog · 24 days

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How to Haiku

I was teaching my sixth-grade students a mini-lesson on writing Haiku. 5-7-5 syllabic pattern. Nature. I considered it a review lesson since we wrote some last year, so I was surprised at all their questions. “How many syllables in ‘miles’?” One. “Does it have to be about nature?” Yes. “Please, can we write about something besides nature?” I envision 33 Haikus about flowers. Ugh. “OK, I’ll…

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#6th graders #funny #Haiku #poetry #teaching

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chungwipff-blog · 2 months

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Current Project

I am working on my 5th children’s book. It is about the death of a loved one: Kevin learns how to accept the inevitable loss of his grandmother. I am inspired to address this topic because of personal losses I’ve experienced in the past few years as well as seeing my students (ages 10-13) grieve the deaths of mothers, fathers, and other family members. From “Kevin and His YouTube Channel

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chungwipff-blog · 9 months

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Gouache Still Life

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#art #domestika #fun #gouache #painting

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chungwipff-blog · 10 months

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Getting Back to Painting

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#art #domestika #floral #flowers #fun #watercolor

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chungwipff-blog · 1 year

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Students Can be Persuasive!

I had my students create posters for the dogs at the Maricopa County Animal Care & Control Center. They chose a dog and read the background and then drew/colored their picture and wrote a letter from the dog’s POV. Check ’em out – don’t they pull on your heart strings?

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#adopt dogs #Arizona #persuasive #Phoenix #rescue dogs #shelter dogs #students

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chungwipff-blog · 1 year

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And You Wonder Why There is a Teacher Shortage...(a series)

From CNN.com 6-year-old who allegedly shot teacher in January will not face charges, report says The shooting was followed by weeks of questions from concerned community members and parents about how the school and district handled potential red flags ahead of the violence. A January 24 legal notice sent to the Newport News School Board by Zwerner’s attorney alleged that the boy had a history…

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#teachers #teaching

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chungwipff-blog · 1 year

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