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Short Story about man with umbrella?

by Novel

Aug 19, 2018

Does anyone know of a short story about a man who picks up and umbrella and it helps him to fly?

I'd be really grateful to find it again.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

(Posted on a couple of other boards too.)

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Have you used the Listen/Sketch/Draft strategy?

by Carol McNaly

Jul 16, 2018

This strategy works great for read alouds and can be adapted to "Read/Sketch/Draft" for individual use by students.

AND...this strategy works across content areas!

https://neverstoplearning.education/why-is-the-liste…rategy-effective/

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The Subtle Art of Reading Aloud to Children

by Carol McNaly

Jun 4, 2018

Everyone has heard that it is important to read to children from a very early age; but, do you know WHY it is important? What are the benefits of reading aloud to children, and what can the reader to maximize the benefits of those reading experiences?

https://neverstoplearning.education/the-subtle-art-of-reading-aloud-to-children/

The Subtle Art of Reading Aloud to Children - Never Stop Learning

Never Stop Learning | neverstoplearning.education

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Sharun Latif Thanks for sharing this educational site. There are some great strategies to use with the grade 1 students. I totally agree with the benefits of reading aloud to lower primary students. I usually read aloud in my class, at least 2 to 3 books during the day and have seen the interest my students show. They really look forward for this session. They ...See More

Jul 15, 2018

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Samantha Thanks for these great tips, tricks and strategies. Yes the more we read aloud to our kids, it helps develop their interest in reading.I also agree with the great benefit reading aloud has on our kids as well. There are some good books on storyline online library, https://www.storylineonline.net/library/ . Try this your kids will love it.

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Revitalizing the Way You Teach Students Dialogue

by Carol McNaly

Jun 4, 2018

Teaching students to write dialogue can be a daunting proposition. For guidance on how to teach students the basics of dialogue writing and having them practice what they have learned so they can write awesome dialogue themselves, please read my blog post:

https://neverstoplearning.education/revitalizing-the-way-you-teach-students-dialogue...See More

Revitalizing the Way You Teach Students Dialogue - Never Stop Learning

By the time a student is in second or third grade, she should consistently be reading texts in which dialogue is punctuated with quotation marks. That’s the time students should first be taught how to punctuate dialogue in their own writing. For the

Never Stop Learning | neverstoplearning.education

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Improving ACT Reading Score

by WinnieC76

May 2, 2018

Many students complain about getting low ACT Reading scores that tend to range from 14-24 when they usually target a score of 26. This is the standard required by their chosen colleges. According to Test Prep Toolkit, the ACT Reading test can quite be demanding, especially because it deals with meaning, unlike other subjects in the test. Then again...See More

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Writeplacer test

by nnjrich

Feb 20, 2018

Hello. I am looking for support as I improve as a writing teacher. This year I have been tasked with supporting students writing the Writeplacer/Accuplacer test and I realize how much I still need to learn.

Any thoughts, resources, support is welcome. Thank you!

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Postcard Exchange

by Miss Megin

Jan 9, 2018

Good Afternoon! I am looking for schools to participate in a Postcard Exchange. I teach 5th grade students, ages 10-11, in central Kansas. This is a high poverty building and many students will not have the opportunities to leave the city limits. I believe this would be a phenomenal project for all involved! Imagine how much we could learn from eac...See More

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CKLA

by Banach

Oct 28, 2017

I'm looking for opinions regarding the reading program CKLA for grade 4? Does anyone use this?

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SRA

by luvtoteach

May 15, 2017

I am trying to find the reading levels for SRA. I have used an old RFU assessment but don't have the chart with the levels....anyone know how to score this??

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