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rattlesnake footprints
May 10, 2017 Recently there was a news story about a child and his stepfather who were lost in a nearby woods. When interviewed the child (around 8) said there weren’t any rattlesnakes or anything, but there were a lot of … Continue reading
View from the Balcony #sol17
A View from the Balcony May 2, 2017 I’ve been rushed lately or at least I feel rushed, like my to-do list is too long and I’m just racing through the days. But today something slowed me down. Today I … Continue reading
Posted in coaching, elementary, literacy, reading instruction, team spirit, Uncategorized
Tagged coaching, Fourth Grade, observing, taking time, teachers for teachers, third grade
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#IMWAYR Opening Day Edition
It’s Monday What are You Reading: Opening Day Edition April 3, 2017 I was raised on baseball and have lived in baseball towns most of my life. The St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and White Sox, and now Boston Red … Continue reading
Sweet Dreams are Made of These #sol17
Contents of my Bedside Table March 31, 2017 Philosophy or Reading or philosophy of reading. xxoo Thank you to Two Writing Teachers and the March Slice of Life Challenge Community for inspiration and encouragement. Read their amazing blogs … Continue reading
Posted in coaching, elementary, literacy, Slice of Life #SOL17, Uncategorized
Tagged education, inspiration, literacy, slice of life, spine poetry
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Writers are Readers #sol17
Reducing Cognitive Load by Pairing Reading/Writing Work March 30, 2017 Lucy Calkins says in the The Art of Teaching Reading that reading and writing are like ‘running from one side of the boat to the other’. Thinking about that movement … Continue reading
content driven literacy #sol17
“Without systematic attention to reading and writing in subjects like science and history, students will leave schools with an impoverished sense of what it means to use the tools of literacy for learning or even to reason within various disciplines.” … Continue reading
Reading with Rigor: Teacher Edition #sol17
It’s Monday What Are You Reading? Cognitive Load Edition March 27, 2017 Recently, I have been lingering over lessons and concepts, giving students time to understand more fully, considering the gradual release of responsibility in a more thoughtful way, scaffolding … Continue reading
24:7 The Unexpected Benefits of Blogging #sol17
24/7 The Unexpected Benefits of Blogging March 25, 2017 I write to figure out what I’m thinking. Joan Didion I’ve almost done it. I have successful completed 25 blogs. (I have one on reserve #planner) Here are a … Continue reading
Posted in challenges, coaching, literacy, Slice of Life #SOL17, Uncategorized
Tagged benefits, blogging, writerly life
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It’s Not Me, It’s Them #sol17
#IMWAYR (It’s Monday, What are You Reading?) March 20, 2017 For fans of What Readers Really Do? , you already know that Dorothy Barnhouse is nothing short of amazingly inspiring. In What Readers Really Do, Barnhouse taught us to … Continue reading
Reading Biographies with a New Lens #sol17
Reading Biographies with a New Lens March 15, 2017 The fourth graders are reading biography this month. What should a competent reader of biography know and do? As Dorothy Barnhouse writes in Readers Front and Center, the classroom is … Continue reading
Posted in challenges, coaching, elementary, literacy, reading instruction, Slice of Life #SOL17
Tagged biography, elementary, project based, reading, Story Arcs, women's history
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