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testing

by lynn

Oct 31, 2010

What do you find hardest about testing?

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testing

by lynn

Oct 31, 2010

What do you find hardest about testing?

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testing

by lynn

Oct 31, 2010

What do you find hardest about testing?

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Calkins on Summarizing

by Julia

Nov 1, 2010

Has Lucy Calkins or Teachers College put together some materials regarding how to teach students to create a written summary of a book/text? I thought I recently heard about some new materials on this topic, but cannot find anything online right now. Thanks!

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Mark Pennington Would love to see that summary material. I just posted an article on How to Write a Summary at [link removed].

Nov 2, 2010

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The Funniest Book Ever

by Rachel Bramson

Nov 1, 2010

I just read "Freddi the Dog" to the students in my classes and they loved it. I am getting kids interested in reading like never before with this book. It is so funny. The web site is so fantastic. My students spend hours each night playing the educational games and I have many students entering the drawing contest to get their character in the nex...See More

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Susan Warner That book is so awesome. My grand kids love it. They cannot put down "Freddi The Dog". We all laugh so hard and the kids made us read it 5 times in a row!!!! I also love the web site. It is the cutest childrens web site and it is nice to know my grandkids have a safe outlet on the web. I even couldn't stop playing the games. SO Cute!!!!!!

Nov 1, 2010

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Seriously self published...at least be honest...nfm On 11/01/10, Rachel Bramson wrote: > I just read "Freddi the Dog" to the students in my classes > and they loved it. I am getting kids interested in reading > like never before with this book. It is so funny. The web > site is so fantastic. My students spend hours each night > playing the educational games and I have many students &g...See More

Nov 3, 2010

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Teacher Interview

by Jen

Nov 3, 2010

Hi I am a college student and I need to interview a teacher about teaching reading. I am really curious as to what different teachers do, so I decided to post here to see all the different responses that I can get. Thank you for helping a future teacher.

1. What type of informal assessments do you use to monitor students and plan for instr...See More

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My kids HATE to read & I think I did something dumb

by BethAnn

Nov 5, 2010

These two posts kind of relate to each other, so...

Last year I was really lucky and had many avid readers. Well, I'm paying for that now. These kids HATE to read!!!!! HATE, HATE, HATE! We have A.R.P., and the kids who earn 50 points by Christmas go on a bowling trip. Out of 42 kids, I have 5 so far who have their points. FIVE!!

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BethAnn This place really needs a preview post button! Lots of errors in that post!!

Nov 6, 2010

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Mae in Texas 1. Look at what I do to "Add Up the Books". It's highly motivating -much better than ARP. 2. Don't make a big deal out of ARP. Either they do it or they don't. 3. Don't "require" parents to sign. They will sign even if the kid doesn't read -believe me on that oen. Offer an incentive instead -something like extra credit. 4. Read aloud. Read aloud. R...See More

Nov 6, 2010

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Citation

by Jaz

Nov 6, 2010

Does punctuation marks come before or after citation. , () or (), ???

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Teri after

On 11/06/10, Jaz wrote: > Does punctuation marks come before or after citation. , () > or (), ???

Nov 7, 2010

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Reading vs Literature

by Pre-Service Teacher

Nov 6, 2010

I have a question. This might be a dumb question but here goes. I am student teaching right now in an 11th grade English class. I am thinking of going straight through and get my Masters in Reading. But I hear that teaching Reading and teaching English is completely different. This program would certify me K-12 Reading then I will have my 7-12 Engl...See More

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Teri Not a dumb question. A lot of people don't understand the difference.

Reading teachers at the secondary level teach reading skills such as identifying the main idea, comparing/contrasting, deciding if an author's argument is valid, etc. This is done, primarily, through nonfiction texts. The focus is to help our students pass the state rea...See More

Nov 7, 2010

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good luck So, in the secondary 7- > 12 setting, how does a reading class and an English class > differ?

I'd say for the most part that 'reading classes' in secondary ed tend to be remedial classes for weaker readers. English class is now often called Language Arts class and it's a hodgepodge of reading, writing, and speaking.

I thoug...See More

Nov 10, 2010

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Writing Lessons

by IrishRose

Nov 7, 2010

What techniques do you use for teaching writing to 1st graders? I want to allow them to be creative, but I also need to actually give some structure and expectations.

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