National Poetry Month is ending... or is it?
It’s the end of National Poetry Month! For the second in-service course I am teaching this year, called Creative Connections: Art &...
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Alana DeVito
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What do Galaxy Cat Murals & Novels in Verse have in common? Jumping in.
If that makes no sense, stay with me a minute... My youngest son and I talked about painting a cat mural for his room. He has had a HUGE...
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Alana DeVito
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An exciting week of cutting words
It's been an exciting week in the kidlit world: PBParty and the 50 Precious Words contest both within a few days of each other. They're...
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Alana DeVito
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50 Precious Words
I'm excited to enter Vivian Kirkfield's 50 Precious Words writing contest for the second time. It is such a fun challenge to write an...
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Alana DeVito
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New Year, New Words
Hey, there, Happy New Year! I should start by saying I don't love New Year's Day. It's always a reminder that the holidays are over and...
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Alana DeVito
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Lovin' the Landscape
After an amazing family trip to Acadia National Park in Maine, I was freshly inspired to create some landscape paintings. I've always...
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Alana DeVito
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Courageous Creativity & Murals
Hey, folks, it's been a while. I had planned to keep up with this blog, but, well, summer & life happened! I have gotten a lot of writing...
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Alana DeVito
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Picture Book-Inspired Artwork: Run, Little Chaski!
One of my favorite things is combining different modes of expression and creativity, and seeing how they inspire and influence one...
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Alana DeVito
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Imperfect II & Happy Poetry Month!
Happy Book Birthday to Imperfect II: poems about perspective: an anthology for middle schoolers! I'm so excited to share that two of my...
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Alana DeVito
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50 Precious Words
I'm entering Vivan Kirkfield's #50PreciousWords writing contest. More details and all the amazing submissions can be read at her website....
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Alana DeVito
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Looking Back Before Looking Forward...
Children's author Julie Hedlund, challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than...
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Alana DeVito
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Read... Create... Action!
My fourth grade students recently finished a "figure in action" art project. I love this lesson for the beginning of the year, because it...
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Alana DeVito
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Happy Halloweensie... from my crew to yours!
I'm so excited to participate in Susanna Leonard Hill's 11th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest this year! The basics: write a story for...
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Alana DeVito
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That New Crayon Smell
the scent of new crayons -- like that sweet inhale while cradling a newborn -- defies description... almost... it’s a fresh start...
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Alana DeVito
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Fall Writing Frenzy!
I'm participating in the annual #FallWritingFrenzy and I couldn't be more excited. For those of you who don't know, it's a contest hosted...
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Alana DeVito
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Blending it all together...
A couple years ago, I was at an art teacher conference and the amazing #CassieStephens was the keynote. She spoke about how when your...
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Alana DeVito
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Summer Morning Haikus
Here's to the often-difficult but highly-satisfied feeling that comes with waking up early... Get up! Get coffee and stretch -- Quick!...
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Alana DeVito
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Signs & Exits
I always strive to be positive, but sometimes I can't help but feel overwhelmed. (9 more days of teaching this year, but who's counting?)...
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Alana DeVito
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Saved by the Car Radio
I was driving my child to an after-school activity, and he had been falling apart. Hungry, tired, overwhelmed, sad -- and his ADHD was...
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Alana DeVito
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Weaving Together Color & Emotion
At my previous school, our community read the book Color Monster by Anna Llenas as well as My Many Colored Days by Dr. Suess. These books...
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