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A Better Summer Slide Graphic? | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. A Better Summer Slide Graphic? This entry was posted on June 9, 2015, in Education. Well, folks, it’s that time of year! Time when we reflect on the past school year, dream about all of the ways we will be a better teacher come September, and curse the custodial staff for refusing to let us install air conditioners in our classrooms. It’s also that time of year when we begin to warn our students’ families about the dreaded summer slide. The intent of our a...
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Hey Teach #3 (Comic). Hello educator friends, Over the past several years–hell, for almost two decades now–I’ve been thinking a lot about how to express my discomfort with the dichotomous nature of a lot that we see, hear, and talk about in education. For example, I’ve written about growth mindset before here, and about the messages about learning we … Continue reading →. A Call to Educational Filmmakers. Originally posted on Nerdy Book Club. At the risk o...
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January | 2015 | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Posted in January 2015. Balance, Obscenity, and Our Future Citizenry. Unique Insight Into Schools? If you haven’t been living under a rock, you are aware of the Twitter hashtag #whatif that almost immediately went viral after Secretary of Education (sic) Arne Duncan tweeted this question on December 30: What if every district committed both to identifying what made their 5 best schools successful and providing those opps to all their … Continu...Have You J...
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The Problem with (Most) Units of Study | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. The Problem with (Most) Units of Study. This entry was posted on May 18, 2015, in Education. Now they stare at this. Believe me, it’s an improvement. High five, Me. Thus, each summer I happily plowed on, arbitrarily selecting which kinds of writing I felt my students should be exposed to and planning activities that I felt would motivate them to “buy in” to my skeletal curriculum. During these summers and throughout the academic years that followed, I fool...
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February | 2015 | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Posted in February 2015. Have You Caught the Lifelong Learning Bug? Most educators I know who bemoan the current wave of ed reform and its focus on so-called “college and career readiness” believe that an enormous part of their job is to help their students catch the lifelong learning bug— that intrinsic sense of curiosity, of wonder, and of wanting to know, seek, explore not just … Continue reading →. Crawling Out of the Classroom. Progress, Not Perfection.
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April | 2015 | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Posted in April 2015. Um, Yeah–It Actually IS about Testing. Reblogged: Math, Literacy, and the Need for More Blank Paper. The Latest Worksheet Fail. Recently, a colleague of mine drew my attention to this poor excuse for what some would consider reading “assessment”: I feel okay tearing it apart here because 1) it didn’t come from my kids’ school, 2) I blurred out the author’s name, and 3) it’s freaking horrible. (I...If yours is anything like mine, it...
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July | 2015 | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Posted in July 2015. Write On: Short, Easy Ways to Nurture Your Writing Habit. Crawling Out of the Classroom. The Educator Collaborative Community. Progress, Not Perfection. Tweets N’ Stuff. Curating Your TBR Stack: A Primer. New #NerdyBookClub Post: The In-Between. Your First Inquiry: Design a Collaborative Learning Space. Have You Joined the #DoodleRevolution? Comics, jargon, education, buzz words. Lessons Learned In Combat. Follow Blog via Email. Join 1...
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Beware Grade-Level Reading and the Cult of Proficiency | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Beware Grade-Level Reading and the Cult of Proficiency. This entry was posted on May 26, 2015, in Education. This is such an amazing post that I’ve read it three times already. You should too. Enjoy! Few issues in education seem more important or more universally embraced (from so-called progressive educators to right-wing politicians such as Jeb Bush) than the need to have all children reading on grade level specifically by that magical third grade. You a...
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Why I Reread A Childhood Fave Every Summer | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Why I Reread A Childhood Fave Every Summer. This entry was posted on June 28, 2015, in Education. And tagged Harper Lee. One of my favorite summer traditions is not dependent on sunny, dry weather. It costs little to no money. And it fills my heart with more joy than watching contestants from. Duke it out over a woman who has no intention of. Marrying a dude she became engaged to after six short weeks of simultaneously dating him and 24 other dudes. Of the...
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June | 2015 | My So-Called Literacy Life
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My So-Called Literacy Life. My Just Right Texts. Posted in June 2015. Why I Reread A Childhood Fave Every Summer. One of my favorite summer traditions is not dependent on sunny, dry weather. It costs little to no money. And it fills my heart with more joy than watching contestants from The Bachelorette duke it out over a woman who has no intention of actually marrying a dude she became engaged to after six short weeks of simultaneously dating him … Continue reading →. A Better Summer Slide Graphic? As I ...
