The Secret’s Out – Boys’ Reading Achievement CAN be improved…

March 26, 2012 in Literacy, Reading, Struggling Readers

Sometimes it takes someone else to tell us what we already know! So it is with the vexed issue of boys’ reading achievement. In its 2009 report, the OECD acknowledged
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“Different”- How my class dealt with mainstreamed special ed students.

March 19, 2012 in In the Classroom, Special Education, Stories and Examples

Kelli was a kind soul.  A sweet girl, sensitive and strong.  She had endured so much already in her five short years on earth.  Her mother was diagnosed with Leukemia
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Celebrating WRAD with our Family Literacy programs!

March 9, 2012 in Family Literacy, Parent Involvement, World Read Aloud Day

On the evening of March 7, I visited Mt. Vernon Woods Elementary to see how our Family Literacy program there was celebrating World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). It was a
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“Hello, this is Your Book Speaking.” Act II.

March 5, 2012 in Reading, Tips & Strategies

“Hello, this is Your Book Speaking” (Without the help of electronics!) Did you read Act I? If not, click here to read it first. Act II Book:  I guess I really should
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