Monday, September 28, 2015

Comprehension Processing Question (CPQ) - Fiction

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This summer, I was introduced to a simple little strategy that has completely changed the way I have been teaching this year: the Comprehens...
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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Getting to know you: Super Empowered Student

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In addition to getting to know my students during the first week of school, I wanted my new kids to get to know them...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Community Building Activity: Hands On

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Tomorrow is the first day of school with my 2015-2016 students. I will have 118 (at last count) new bodies in my classroom, some of whom I...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

It's poker time!

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Well, not really, but now that I have your attention, let me share a seating/grouping strategy that I learned about this summer at AVID Cu...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

My BEAM Symposium Workshop: Teaching Poetry with the ELPS

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Years ago, I was asked to present an in-service workshop for other ELA teachers in my district, and I did it because I do not like (or know ...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

May I now present myself as...

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Until this week, winning and acknowledgement were in no way synonymous in my brain. As a teacher, I have never been concerned with winning s...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

"You can't write a poem about McDonald's"

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"You can't write a poem about McDonald's" has been one of my favorite poems for years now. I have been teaching it annuall...
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