Who Wants To Come Help Me Clean My House and Prep for the Turkey to Come? We Got This!

Started my Tuesday morning editing a paper with Liz Lewis and Kelly Chandler-Olcott on iterations of our summer programs to be more inclusive of students with learning disabilities, then traveled to campus to work on it some more, all while taking care of the CWP budgetary work I've been neglecting.

Also hit send on the 283 6th edition of Pow! Power of Words, our student and teacher anthology.

A 34-page paper and a 283 page book. I guess that is a reason to be thankful.

Actually, I also met with graduate students working on their final projects and when I was caught working on the LRA paper, one of them said, "Oh, you're writing with KCO?" - we've been reading her A Good Fit For All Kids: Collaborating to Teach Writing in Inclusive, Diverse Settings and it has been a tremendous hit - "She's getting rid of the highway lanes, fast tracking for all the disability roads."

When I asked for clarification, she shared her son has dysgraphia and she loves the way that KCO's book names writing practices that work for all students - so much so, she's thinking about sending her son to our literacy labs next summer (programs built from collaborating with Kelly in Syracuse).

It was such a great metaphor, I had to share it with Kelly, just like the video my mom posted on Facebook about the AWA dance troupe, Autism with Attitude. That was another metaphor for the work we're doing. Dancing is a form of writing, and when coached correctly, the performance of all youth can be amazing.

Okay, it's time to get the vacuum out, to terrorize Glamis, and to de-hair the entire house for Chitunga's return. Tonight, we'll prep the turkey and think about what dish he can contribute. This time tomorrow, the Macy's Day parade will be on, and I'll be peeling potatoes.

Feeling somewhat accomplished for the work that was done before basting the bird.