“Are you the CSI guy?”

May 28, 2012 in Comprehension, Stories and Examples

“Are you the CSI guy? Please come and see my graphic organizers – I think they might be better than yours…” What a way to be greeted at the classroom
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Are Best Practices the Same in Oz? Part 2.

May 21, 2012 in In the Classroom, Stories and Examples

Read Part 1. Let’s get back to my fabulous trip to Australia and Best Practices teaching.  When we left off, the students had just left the gathering area with Independent
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My kid’s teacher is an iPad.

May 14, 2012 in Digital Literacy, Interactive Media

Would it make me a bad parent to say that I have a two and a half year old and a four year old and have taught them nothing?  Okay,
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Different ways to use PACT time.

May 7, 2012 in After School Program, Family Literacy, Parent Involvement

In a Family Literacy model that offers the four components outlined in the federal definition of Family Literacy (Adult education, Child education, Parenting skills, Parent and Child Together Time-PACT), the
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