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Teaching and Learning in Community: The 40 Book Challenge - Teachers Can Do It Too!

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. September 7, 2013. The 40 Book Challenge - Teachers Can Do It Too! In her groundbreaking book on reading instruction, The Book Whisperer. Donalyn Miller describes the challenge that she sets out each year for her middle grade students - to read 40 books. And not just any 40 books! 1 Changed the name from 40 Book Requirement to 40 Book Challenge. To make it seem less threatening. I'm a reader&#46...

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Teaching and Learning in Community: Big Ol' Changes

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. June 20, 2015. I've been at the same school and lived in the same small city for the last TWELVE. Now all that is changing. And I'm feeling a bit like this:. So - I'm kind of very nervous about the whole thing. But there are some great potentials in the next adventure for me. My new classroom is:. 1 A multiage class with half 4th graders and half 5th graders. Basically, we're going for:. In shor...

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Teaching and Learning in Community: 40 Book Challenge: Student Progress Update

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. July 2, 2014. 40 Book Challenge: Student Progress Update. One of my goals in taking on the 40 book challenge. Was to encourage more students to complete the 40 Book Challenge themselves. Last year, 5 of my 22 students completed the challenge and the others each read at least 20 books. Hold on - wait - really! That is simply amazing. So what did I do differently this year. It's been 3 weeks!

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Teaching and Learning in Community: Engaging Every Student with Mystery Skype

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. January 7, 2012. Engaging Every Student with Mystery Skype. I first learned about Mystery Skype from Shawn Avery (@mr avery) during the weekly Twitter #5thchat - a time for teachers to share ideas, thoughts, and questions about topics related to teaching. Everyone was excited about the idea, including me! His introduction to Mystery Skype is here. 2 people who keep track of the questions and the...

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Teaching and Learning in Community: My Favorite Heat Transfer Experiment

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. April 28, 2013. My Favorite Heat Transfer Experiment. My students and I both love. Doing science experiments. Last week we did my favorite experiment for introducing the concept of heat transfer. As I circulated among the groups, leaning in to ask questions and make observations, I was reminded of just why. This experiment rocks my socks. 1 cup of cold water. 1/2 cup of warm water. At the end of...

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Teaching and Learning in Community: Student Top Ten Books So Far This Year

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. February 10, 2014. Student Top Ten Books So Far This Year. This week we decided to vote on our favorite books for this year, even though it's only February. There are some wonderful winners, and I was glad to see that all 5 of our read aloud novels made the cut. The only rules were that you had to select books that you read during this. And the winners are. 1 The Graveyard Book. We Are The Ship.

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Teaching and Learning in Community: Exploring Volume With Minecraft

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. March 6, 2013. Exploring Volume With Minecraft. In the course of play, I couldn't help but think about the awesome learning potential of this game. One idea that struck me especially, is that Minecraft is perfect for exploring the volume of rectangular prisms. Since, the entire world of Minecraft is basically made out of 1x1x1 cubes like these, t hey are perfect for building rectangular prisms!

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Teaching and Learning in Community: Mystery Skype Hooks Another Group

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. October 20, 2014. Mystery Skype Hooks Another Group. Last week we did our first Mystery Skype. We improve our practice and learn new things. Things We Did Well. Finally figured out how to keep the Messengers organized. Every group had lots of maps. Our questions and answers were better, as a result. The webcam and questions doc team worked seamlessly together. The digital maps group was SO slow!

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Teaching and Learning in Community: Quick Update

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. January 19, 2015. Rather than feeling guilty for not posting for two-ish months, I thought I'd drop a quick update for you. Do you remember back in November 2013, when I let you know that we had had a miscarriage. This isn't me, but it totally captures the feeling. Teaching and Blogging Note:. Do an awesome Mystery Skype. In summary - I have two posts planned for this week! The 40 Book Challenge...

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Teaching and Learning in Community: Non-Fiction is for Reading Aloud, Too

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Teaching and Learning in Community. An extension of one fifth grade teacher's Professional Learning Community. January 7, 2014. Non-Fiction is for Reading Aloud, Too. I read aloud to my 5th graders every day. It's our favorite time of day. For years I only read fiction aloud to them, usually novels. But lately I've been trying to read aloud more non-fiction because we know that read aloud boosts comprehension. And non-fiction text is an area that students sometimes struggle with. We Are The Ship. What a ...