High Five For Friday! 1/24/14

S’long week 20, and welcome Quarter 3! Here are the week’s highlights.

Transcripts (c) Kristen Dembroski

1. Transcripts – A huge milestone on my way of reaching my New Year’s Goal to finish my dissertation, I finally finished transcribing over 24 hours of videotapes and interviews. You’re looking at 12 two-hour student interviews, over 120 pages. Feels so good to be on to data analysis now!

Egg Breakfast Muffins (c) Kristen Dembroski

2. Breakfast – These egg muffins are the perfect grab-and-go breakfast for teachers. I can’t even believe I’ve gone my whole career and never discovered these. So easy! I make a big batch on the weekends, and my husband and I have them as a quick breakfast on the run. I microwave them for 1 minute, et voila! To make them, I begin by sautéing any vegetables I happen to have in my fridge, add diced ham or bacon, then stir that all into 8 eggs, a dash of coconut milk, and a dash of coconut flour (with lemon zest and fresh cracked pepper). YUM! And it’s all of your food groups in one healthy bite!

PBIS Videos (c) Kristen Dembroski  Outdoor Recess (c) Kristen Dembroski

3. PBIS Videos – You may have seen my post from earlier in the week about the PBIS Video Project that my students are working on this week. They are having so much fun, and I love seeing how creative they can get. Across 3 classes, I have 20 different groups making 20 very different final products. In the photos above, you can see on the left that they are editing using iMovie. I love the picture on the right of my brave group that is demonstrating how to behave appropriately on the playground (Side note: It is 3 degrees outside, and they are coming inside to warm up between takes. “Where are your mittens?” I ask, and am answered with blank stares…) It’s been a great week, and a much needed break from traditional reading and writing! 

Florida Oranges (c) Kristen Dembroski

4. Florida Oranges – We have a sweet aunt who lives in Naples. For the past couple of years, just when Winter has officially overstayed its welcome, she sends us a care package of native Florida Citrus. This is a LOT of oranges, people! We can’t possibly eat them all, so I will enjoy spreading the sunshine even more! Mmmmm… delicious!

Adolescent Literature Book Study (c) Kristen Dembroski

5. Adolescent Literature – To gear up for my upcoming graduate class that I will be teaching, I am reading and rereading a few favorites that will become required texts for my class. We are definitely going to read Readicide and The Book Whisperer, but then as a class we will select 3 other adolescent fiction books to read and use for our book chats. Which 3 would you pick? Or did I miss your favorite?

Jay the Great (c) Kristen Dembroski

A BONUS:
6. Minor Disruption – Okay so you tell me how productive you think we were after the custodian zipped by our room on a giant Zamboni. Hilarious! I just had to pause and take a picture, because we were all laughing so hard!

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4 Comments on High Five For Friday! 1/24/14

  1. Stephanie Rye
    January 24, 2014 at 4:21 pm (11 years ago)

    Okay, that zamboni thing is hilarious! I definitely wouldn’t be able to concentrate. Those breakfast muffins look delicious, and it sound like they are gluten free. I’m allergic to wheat, so I’m always on the look out for new recipes. I’ve only read three of the books in your group, but I loved all of them, The Book Whisperer, The Book Thief, and Divergent. I just finished The Book Thief a couple nights ago, and the sequels of both of the other books are at the top of my read list. I’ll have to check out the other books you mentioned.

    Stephanie

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    • kdembro
      January 24, 2014 at 5:16 pm (11 years ago)

      Yes – the breakfast muffins are gluten free. I got the recipe idea from Paleo Lunches On The Go, but I take artistic license with the ingredients 🙂 My other favorite gluten free books are Practically Paleo, Against All Grain, Well Fed, and Nom Nom Paleo. If you have some favorite recipes or books, I’d love to hear about them! I love new ideas, too!

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  2. Carla Fedeler
    January 24, 2014 at 10:21 pm (11 years ago)

    Hi Kristen! I am a reading specialist in Virginia, and I love finding other reading blogs. I enjoyed reading about the class you’re teaching. Let me guess…adolescent lit?? My son is a voracious reader, and from this list…I could narrow it to four… Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Peak, The Book Thief, and Divergent based on what I know he’s read and commented about. I also love the egg muffin recipe and Zamboni shot. I think my children would like them too minus the vegetables (the egg muffins that is). 🙂 You might be interested in visiting my blog, Comprehension Connection or a new collaborative blog I’m contributing to…Adventures in Literacy Land. Glad to meet you.

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    • kdembro
      February 26, 2014 at 8:59 am (11 years ago)

      Hi Carla – I am so glad you stopped by my blog and I’m glad to meet you, too! I will certainly check out Comprehension Connection – what a great idea! Thanks so much!

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