Reading Revelations: Boys!

June 25, 2012 in Guest Posts, Struggling Readers

(Guest post by Phil Kettle, author of the TOOCOOL book series. This article was originally posted March 6, 2011, on Phil Kettle’s blog, which you can read here. ) While everyone
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Family Literacy – More than just learning English

June 18, 2012 in ELL and ESL, Family Literacy

School is out – Family Literacy classes ended for us in May. Celebrations were held at each of our twelve elementary school sites. Congratulations were offered, along with words of
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What’s That I Smell?

June 11, 2012 in Parent Involvement, Tips & Strategies

Oh that!  It’s summertime!  Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and everything your child learned this year is slowly leaking out of their head!  How do we prevent our kids
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How Does Using our Schema Help us Read?

June 4, 2012 in Comprehension, For Educators, In the Classroom, Stories and Examples

A True Story   This was the kind of math problem a third grade boy (let’s call him Tommy) in a special education class was trying to solve. It was
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