On the hunt for Hooks! by Melissa McNeilly https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p With a partner, listen to the beginning of several commentaries (you may want to search to see if there are any on your same topic) Choose the 2 BEST hooks you find & add it on the Hook Wall - bit.ly/DigCitHooks (see Mrs. McNeilly’s example). Be ready to tell us about your great finds! en-us 2018-01-10 11:54:52 UTC 2018-05-08 00:44:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png (Ms. McNeilly) Joshua Clayton: There Are No Children in Oakland SraMcNeilly https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220117311 I grew up in the West. They call it the Lower Bottoms.

Everybody in my neighborhood would always tell me, "This is where you're from." "12th street is your home." I became programmed. And lately, that mentality started feeling like a jail. I feel trapped. Like my entire universe is just one block long.
]]> 2018-01-10 11:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220117311 Congrats, Fellow Humans https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220184619 With all the negative stuff going on in the world, we've forgotten one thing; humans are incredible. 
Megan and Jace ]]> 2018-01-10 14:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220184619 Youssef & Jake https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220184752 " O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how past the sell date are thy branches. Not decorated, lit-up Christmas trees. I’m talking discarded Christmas trees, dumped on the sidewalk. "

" 37 years ago, I arrived in America, an 8-year-old Vietnamese refugee. We landed in Seattle where I saw snow for the first time. Everything was clean, white and light-filled. I thought we were in heaven. The first American I met was a little girl with blond curls and blue eyes. She looked exactly like a cherub. I was convinced we were in heaven. "]]> 2018-01-10 14:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220184752 Janais and Rachel https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220185840  There is an old saying in medicine “when you hear hoof beats, think of horses not zebras”. But what if you’re the one zebra in a herd of 50,000? Say hello to my son, the zebra. He is three and a half and has a condition known as Common Variable Immune Deficiency. ]]> 2018-01-10 14:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220185840 Josie and Caitlin https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220185940 "Before Suicide A Parents Journey Stefanie Hoffman 
Its funny how we only hear about suicide when its too late."

 My OCD by Sophie Smith "My nightly routine consist of walking upstairs, making sure I start with my left foot and end with my right foot."]]> 2018-01-10 14:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220185940 Understory https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220186578 2018-01-10 14:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220186578 Janais and Rachel https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220187201 We were on our way to Garner State Park. It was after church, so my wife packed a lunch for the drive out. Everyone was enjoying each new treat until my youngest daughter discovered the Mint Milano Cookie she was eating would be her last. Her wail was heartrending. At two and a half-years of age, she knew the decibel limits allowed in the car, but she was distraught. Her sorrow knew no bounds]]> 2018-01-10 14:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220187201 Alexandra and Aneesah https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220188258 "It’s funny how we only hear about suicide when it’s too late – after it’s been committed."

"There is an old saying in medicine “when you hear hoof beats, think of horses not zebras”. But what if you’re the one zebra in a herd of 50,000? Say hello to my son, the zebra."]]> 2018-01-10 14:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220188258 "My Cat is on Prozac" https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220188896  "We'd spent a year cleaning cat pee from our bath mats, our children's toys, and our clean laundry basket. The vet had run tests ruling out urinary tract infections, kidney stones, parasites, thyroid disease, gastrointestinal disturbances, neuromuscular problems, infectious diseases and cancer. We'd gotten a special litter box and a new type of cat door and different food. In the end, the vet told us that the standard treatment for what he called "inappropriate elimination," or "house soiling," was Prozac.
 
And so we put our cat on antidepressants."]]> 2018-01-10 14:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220188896 "Of Cats and Dogs" https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220189675 " The human urge to place things into neat little categories is at once a necessary tool for survival as well as a sometimes useless — and even harmful — instinct."]]> 2018-01-10 14:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220189675 Congrats fellow humans https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220190404  "With all the negative stuff going on in the world, we’ve forgotten one thing. Humans are incredible. Take your hand, reach up over your head and pat yourself on the back. If you hear this and you don’t have four paws, you’re in the club. Sorry Haters, but we’re not all bad." ]]> 2018-01-10 14:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220190404 Rescue https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220191291 "37 years ago, I arrived in America, an 8-year-old Vietnamese refugee. We landed in Seattle where I saw snow for the first time. Everything was clean, white and light-filled. I thought we were in heaven. The first American I met was a little girl with blond curls and blue eyes. She looked exactly like a cherub. I was convinced we were in heaven."]]> 2018-01-10 14:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/z8yfl7qup51p/wish/220191291