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Vol. 8 Winter 2022
LITERACY NEWS
The NW Arkansas ESC Literacy Newsletter
In This Issue: Winter Reflections
Literacy Squad
During the winter, I am content--or try to think I am--making my head-
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quarters within the pages of a book I meant to read during the summer
RISE/Student Contests months. For all practical purposes Nature has taken a pause to replenish
itself deep in its core and I want to do that too. It is hard, though, for we
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humans to do the same—to simply slow down and reflect on our work and
Working & Learning the year ahead. For teachers, it is often a fast-paced time from the moment
Online the new year begins. Who has time to pause? To reflect? Wasn’t that what
My Fave Contest winter break was for?
Winners
We ponder these questions when the bell is getting ready to ring and
In the Spotlight students are anxious to spend their last minutes talking to friends or packing
up to go to the next class. But taking time to reflect on our learning is
actually good practice and helping our students learn this practice can be life
Contact Us changing.
Phone: Reflect we must! It is a way to remember what went well about a lesson, to
have our students think about what they have learned, to think about how we
(479) 267-7450 were present in the moment - giving purpose to our lives and touching the
lives of those around us. We can easily be overwhelmed by the awesome
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responsibility we have and the many hats we wear throughout the day.
Farmington Sometimes we feel like a mouse on a wheel, working so very hard and feeling
M - Th: like we are getting nowhere and not feeling the love, so to speak.
7:30am - 4:00pm But Nature has a way of reminding us - if we are attuned, that everything and
EVERYONE needs time to pause, to reflect. As educators we do incredible
Friday: things everyday. We need to take time to remember WE ARE AWESOME.
7:30am - 3:30pm Take Care Fellow Educators,
Angie, Meredith, Judy, & Madison
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