As an author and retired Teacher's Aide, I am happy to offer FREE Skype Author Visits to classrooms anywhere there is a Skype connection. I love to HOOK kids on reading, and I also encourage them to write. For me, reading is a Magic Carpet Ride to fun and adventure. A wonderful book is always an awesome companion.
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Assessing students' progress in reading, writing, math, science and social studies doesn't have to depend upon paper, pencil and bubble sheets! Here are 40 unique ways to observe and assess students' understanding of subject matter.
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"Here’s what I learned from our Spanish-speaking ELL students, and here are the suggestions I will be passing on to content-area teachers about what they can do to help ELL students learn English and learn their content. (And by the way, these ideas will help everyone in the room. There’s nothing strictly ELL about them.)"
Click below to access the article in Teachers.Net Gazette.
You are about to be exposed to a highly dangerous and contagious phrase. These words, when used together in a sentence, can be toxic to others, and cause damage that can take years to repair.....
So awkward English became a status symbol, much like the crazy big hooped skirts that made it hard for upper-crust women to walk around or do much of anything, or huge, elaborate wigs that were beastly hot to wear and often crawling with lice. On 5/05/15, MarkB/GA wrote: > Here are two sentences -- > "What do you base your opinion on?" > "On what do you base your opinion?" > Which is correct? If they are both correct, is one more > correct than the other. > I'm only 50, but I have always tried to follow the second > sentence structure (no sentence should end with a > preposition). But, because just about everyone talks like > the first sentence structure, I've been told it sounds > too "pretentious". > Is there ever a case (today) where it is considered wrong > to put the preposition at the end of the sentence? Thanks. > MarkB/GA
I find that the more a student reads, the better he or she writes. It is not only the message that is relevant, but how it is presented. A student who reads increases vocabulary and acquires different styles. A reading writer learns different styles, when to use personal experiences and when to use just informational text. I don't believe a non-reader CAN'T write, I just find that my best writers are always reading.
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> Assessing students' progress in reading, writing, math,
> science and social studies doesn't have to depend upon
> paper, pencil and bubble sheets! Here are 40 unique ways to
> observe and assess students' understanding of subject matter.
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