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Link2Literacy: May 2011
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Addressing Students' Concerns about MY Access Online Writing Program. The three also feared that their teachers NEVER even read their work to see if they agreed with the MY Access scores. Although the district could not find the students in our system, I was still asked to reply to these mystery students' valid concerns. (Think they used aliases? So read on and tell me what you think. I'd love to hear from you! First I com...
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Link2Literacy: Read 180 Revealed
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Thursday, May 21, 2009. Image created at Wordle. Scholastic’s Read 180. Curriculum is a reading intervention program to help students at the Tier 2 level, as described by the Response to Intervention. Model It is designed to support secondary students who are two or more years behind grade-level reading. (Scholastic also offers System 44. A program for Tier 3 students.) To follow the. Hey, do like this book? Yeah, it's pretty good," she answered.
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Link2Literacy: "Warrants" vs. "Reasons" vs. "Rules:" Understanding CCSS Terms
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Friday, February 10, 2012. Warrants" vs. "Reasons" vs. "Rules:" Understanding CCSS Terms. Utah has adopted the Common Core State Standards. One consistent concern deals with College and Career Writing Anchor Standard 1:. Write arguments to support claims. In an analysis of substantive topics or texts. And sufficient evidence.". Recently Tami E., a teacher in our district, posed this question:. Carolyn Gough, the district's Secondary Language Arts...
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Link2Literacy: BEST Ideas: Teaching Text Features
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Tuesday, January 5, 2010. BEST Ideas: Teaching Text Features. I thought I updated this post a number of days ago, however, it seems I did not save it. The creator of the "Text Features" unit requested that I delete this post and access to the unit. Brenna has updated the unit and is now offering it on the "Teachers Pay Teachers". Please go to this website for more information: http:/ www. March 16, 2010 at 12:25 PM. April 10, 2010 at 10:24 AM.
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Link2Literacy: November 2011
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Monday, November 14, 2011. How Does Inquiry Mesh with the Common Core State Standards? It has been SUPER ages since I've posted, and man, the reasons for such neglect are really good ones, but that's a story for another time and another blog! Instead, let's jump into a topic of interest to Jordan School District (JSD) teachers and possibly some other educators as well. Carolyn Gough, District English/Language Arts consultant states,. To further e...
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Link2Literacy: October 2014
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. What is Young Adult/Teen Literature? A teacher once asked me, " What is your definition of YA (Young Adult) lit. I have yet to find one all agree on." A good question I wasn't sure how to answer. And since he asked the question close to my retirement date, I didn't reply because I didn't have time to research the question before saying my "fare-thee-wells". This dedicated teacher wanted to use Snow Falling on Cedars.
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Link2Literacy: July 2014
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Response to Utah Governor's Invitation for Public Comment on the State's ELA and Math Standards. If you want your voice heard, here is where you go: http:/ www.utah.gov/governor/priorities/education.html. Once you arrive at the site, you will find links to the actual standards for ELA and Math, along with the following statement:. Next, you are invited to take the survey which asks a few basic questions: your level of supp...
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Link2Literacy: Yet ANOTHER Picture Book I'd Use in the Classroom - GOING PLACES
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Yet ANOTHER Picture Book I'd Use in the Classroom - GOING PLACES. The Reynolds brothers - Peter and Paul - collaborated on a picture book about thinking outside the box (literally) and collaboration (ironically)! Based upon Fablevision Learning's animated short film Above and Beyond. Peter and Paul (I wonder if they have a sister named Mary) wrote and illustrated Going Places. Activities - a PDF file. BEST Ideas: Teac...
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Link2Literacy: ANOTHER Picture Book I Would Use in the Classroom
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Thursday, October 2, 2014. ANOTHER Picture Book I Would Use in the Classroom. Chalk sitting = school". Chalk jumping = hopscotch". Clever words lively illustrations = This Plus That: Life's Little Equations. Amy Krouse Rosenthal is the author of this delightful book that adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides experiences, feelings, challenges, and celebrations. And Jen Corace's fun artwork is the perfect complement! This can also be a fun start...
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Link2Literacy: August 2014
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Link2Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Discussing. Friday, August 1, 2014. Picture Books I Would Use in the Classroom, part 1. I LOVE all books, but I have a special fondness for picture books. And even though I finally broke down and gave away about 150 tomes, I could not part with but a handful of my picture books. To my delight, when I said auf Wiedersehen. By Drew Daywalt with pictures by Oliver Jeffers; Going Places. By Peter and Paul Reynolds; and This Plus That,. The Day the Crayons Quit.
