Author Archives: cmoffitt

If you loved The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, chances are you will love his latest book, Wonderstruck.  This is a graphic-novel style book about two deaf students from different generations who must go to a school for … Continue reading →

Have you heard about the latest effort by Google?  If you know anything about Google Earth, this will seem familiar.  Google Art Project is a virtual tour of famous art museums where you can stroll virtually through the museums, zoom into … Continue reading →

Interested EL students submitted Doodle for Google entries for the Theme “What I’d like to do someday.”  A gallery of EL submissions is featured below.  Click on individual doodles to get a better look.  Mrs. Adams and I were very … Continue reading →

As students are receiving letters from Mr. Weiler regarding changes to the Broken Arrow EL Center (Mrs. Adams’ reassignment), they are expressing very good ideas to help maintain the excellence of the EL program in SMSD.  If you have a … Continue reading →

This goes out to the fifth graders (especially Jacey) who have patiently waited for a good Cadenism story.  I finally came up with a couple of new ones: 1.  He was telling me about his school day, and mentioned ‘workshop.’  … Continue reading →

No one was happier than I to be finished reading The Red Pyramid!  Mrs. Adams and I had planned to be finished with it by Christmas, so finishing it mid-April with all the grades seems excessive.  Now, don’t get me … Continue reading →

  Recently I was made aware of a live eagle cam that is online courtesy of The Raptor Resource Project.  The Decorah Eagles may be viewed 24/7 from atop their tree at the fish hatchery in Decorah, Iowa.  At the … Continue reading →

The fourth graders helped to solve the mystery of several unfinished stories.  The Harris Burdick Mysteries is a book with several beautiful pictures and captions.  The story goes that Harris Burdick created these pictures with captions to show a publisher, … Continue reading →

A friend sent me these pictures in an e-mail.  I really admire photographers who are this creative!  I have tried to do things like this (making it look like my husband had the Disney castle in his hands, etc) and … Continue reading →

I remember my mom and dad saying “sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite!” when they would tuck me in as a child.  I recall thinking these bedbugs were mythical creatures, that would never invade my home.  Recently I have … Continue reading →