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The Mighty Pencil:: March 2010
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Literacy in a Title I Classroom. Monday, March 29, 2010. Book Reports and Review. Here is another blog by one of my students: Book Reports and Review. This new use of technology in my classroom is growing completely organically, and I couldn't be more excited about it. It's also giving me good ideas for next year's plans. Friday, March 26, 2010. Is my student Dale's blog about writing. I am so proud of him! Sunday, March 21, 2010. Final Student Poetry Post. They hit the beach. With a fierce slam. Scatter...
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The Mighty Pencil:: October 2009
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Literacy in a Title I Classroom. Sunday, October 25, 2009. The Process of Teaching the Feature Article. After getting married earlier this month, it's been a struggle getting back into my routine. The honeymoon? Swimming in a sea of student work and administrative documentation rather than on some Caribbean beach. Almost four weeks later, I'm finally starting to feel back on top of things. And just in time, too - this weekend I'm grading feature article rough drafts. Then I had the students propose topic...
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The Mighty Pencil:: April 2010
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Literacy in a Title I Classroom. Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Publishing Poems as Movies with Windows Movie Maker. For the last unit of the year, my students will be creating movies from their poems and publishing them on YouTube. Here is the initial planning guide I created for them to get started. Publish Your Poem as a Movie. I'll be creating my own movie this week to show as a model for my students. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sarah Yost, author. ELA Teacher and Literacy Resource. On The Mighty Pencil:.
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Questions for Schools: March 2009
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Questions for Schools blog promotes the thoughtful critique of educational status-quos. It is our belief that challenging conventional wisdom, as it relates to classroom structure, philosophy, homework, curriculum, and discourse- among other issues- will result in positive changes in our public school classrooms. Sunday, March 15, 2009. Major Assessment Changes Ahead. The bill dismantles many elements. Main provisions of the bill:. Criterion and norm-referenced testing will be used. So I'm going to creat...
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The Mighty Pencil:: February 2010
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Literacy in a Title I Classroom. Sunday, February 28, 2010. Poems for Fathers III. I am a part of a man. That I can call dad. But I never get to see again. And the old pictures. That I can hardly remember. It started at home. You can hear the crying. And the car starting. If we can stay. The long night with no sleep. And walking to the bus stop. Up the long gravel road,. Seeing dad's truck not there. At school thinking,. After a long day at school. Getting off the bus,. And walking down,. The creepy road,.
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The Mighty Pencil:: Apps, Apps, Apps!
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Literacy in a Title I Classroom. Saturday, October 22, 2011. Apps, Apps, Apps! An amazing presentation at the LWP Technology Conference on Sunday by Amy Vujaklija enlightened me to a number of amazing smart phone applications that can be utilized in the classroom. View the standards for math and literacy by grade level - no more lugging around heavy and cumbersome binders! GoodReads and GoodReads BookScanner. Great for special needs students who have "scribe" as an accommodation on their IEP. Student...
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The Mighty Pencil:: July 2010
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Literacy in a Title I Classroom. Saturday, July 31, 2010. Have I mentioned how thrilled I am to be at my new school, working for Dr. Staci Eddleman, my new principal? So much storage space, I don't even have to get creative. Here it is, in all its yet-to-be-organized glory:. Originally uploaded by Yost4Yost1981. Sunday, July 25, 2010. New Year, New School. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sarah Yost, author. ELA Teacher and Literacy Resource. On The Mighty Pencil:. New Year, New School. Subscribe To This Blog.
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The Mighty Pencil:: May 2010
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Literacy in a Title I Classroom. Friday, May 14, 2010. Here is my student, Anastasia's, digital poem - the first finished. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sarah Yost, author. ELA Teacher and Literacy Resource. On The Mighty Pencil:. Shared lessons, strategies and insights gained from 8 years experience teaching reading and writing in a low income, public school classroom. Subscribe To This Blog. There was an error in this gadget. Web Resources for the Title I Writing Teacher. A Language Arts Website. The Cir...
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Questions for Schools: January 2009
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Questions for Schools blog promotes the thoughtful critique of educational status-quos. It is our belief that challenging conventional wisdom, as it relates to classroom structure, philosophy, homework, curriculum, and discourse- among other issues- will result in positive changes in our public school classrooms. Thursday, January 29, 2009. Having administrators who remain part-time classroom teachers should be the norm, not the exception. Far removed from teaching. Is this right? Sunday, January 25, 2009.
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Questions for Schools: October 2008
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Questions for Schools blog promotes the thoughtful critique of educational status-quos. It is our belief that challenging conventional wisdom, as it relates to classroom structure, philosophy, homework, curriculum, and discourse- among other issues- will result in positive changes in our public school classrooms. Monday, October 27, 2008. Kohn, Part II. On Rewards and Positive Behavior. It seems counterintuitive to avoid praising students too much for doing the right thing, right? There is a missing deba...
