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Journeys Reading Series

by Ruth

Jan 29, 2013

Anyone use Journeys? Pros? Cons?

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How to: Problem Based Learning (parts 1, 2,3)

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Feb 4, 2013

Do you want your students to develop high-level communication skills? The ability to arrive at informed judgments? The ability to function in a global community? Flexibility, persistence, and resourcefulness? Try Problem-Based Learning.

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7 Ways to Encourage Reluctant Readers

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Feb 7, 2013

By employing the strategies described below, reading will become something that students do willingly, even eagerly, and the adults in their lives will not have to resort to trickery, bribery, manipulation, or any other tactic that will, at best, lead to temporary compliance. After all, we’re striving to make reading a joyous lifelong habit.

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Typed papers

by Janette

Feb 12, 2013

Do you require fifth graders to turn in typed papers? If you do, have your students been taught typing in earlier grades?

Fifth grade here requires major projects to be typed, but some parents have (correctly) pointed out that keyboarding instruction does not begin until 7th grade. Of course many kids have figured out typing on their own, ...See More

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Sara On 2/12/13, Janette wrote: > Do you require fifth graders to turn in typed papers? If > you do, have your students been taught typing in earlier > grades? > > Fifth grade here requires major projects to be typed, but > some parents have (correctly) pointed out that keyboarding > instruction does not begin until 7th grade. Of co...See More

Feb 27, 2013

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multiple meaning words and MORE!

by Kyle

Feb 16, 2013

I stumbled upon this free activity called Vocabulary Avenue. I've provided the link for those of you who don't use it, but if you do use it, I'd love to hear how you have implemented it in your classroom.

It's on the free downloads page then Language Arts at the bottom.

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School Sorts Kids into Winners and Losers

by By Bill Page

Feb 20, 2013

School Sorts Kids into Winners and Losers

School is a game of winners and losers with the winning always at the expense of losing. School cannot have a valedictorian without a class goat; the top third of a class without the bottom third; a good student without a bad student (otherwise they would just be students); an honor roll without an...See More

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Sunny Isn't life kind of like that? After all, none of us are ever good at everything. I don't think of that as a bummer, however. Whether you win or lose, there's always a lesson to learn. For example, a "winner" that's worked hard for the victory may have learned perseverance, and a winner who was at the top with little effort might learn humility. (Th...See More

Feb 25, 2013

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Jonah Except that in most arenas, if you are really bad at something, you have the option of quitting and working on something else. I'm really bad at baseball, so I choose not to play it and therefore I am not humiliated.

But if you are a kid and you are bad at, say, reading, you are forced to keep at it every day, no matter how much you hate i...See More

Mar 1, 2013

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Here's some read-alongs to songs for struggling readers

by Randall

Feb 22, 2013

Check out these read-alongs I've posted. It's a great way for struggling readers to sharpen up their reading skills!

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John Thanks for sharing! I am always looking for resource reading materials.

On 2/22/13, Randall wrote: > Check out these read-alongs I've posted. It's a great way > for struggling readers to sharpen up their reading skills!

May 13, 2013

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Close Reading: The Text, the Students, and [Teacher]

by Sarah Powley in Teachers.Net Gazette

Mar 8, 2013

Click below to read how I came to “close reading,” even though I had never heard the term - Sarah Powley

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4 most-requested articles on Differentiation of Instruction

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Mar 20, 2013

Hop over and bookmark the page, then share the link with educators everywhere. The 4 articles are our most requested on Differentiation of Instruction.

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