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How teachers unite when we feel we are being attacked by bureaucrats
The tumblr #Education community in a GIF.
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One more update.
Thanks again for everyone who donated to my students. I couldn’t be more grateful and have never been more moved by the generosity...
Talks about using what you know about yourself as a reader and what you DO as a reader to inform and develop reading curriculum. Bookmarking for this summer, when I (hopefully) backward plan reading for the year.
Love the instructional points that are bulleted here.
Too tired to elaborate anymore tonight, but you should check it out.
Are you doing anything for Read Across America week? I didn’t even realize it was coming up, but now that I do, I want to at least address it. I would LOVE to see teachers at my school doing this kind of thing. At the very least, I think I’ll make my own poster or try to share with my kids. It’s something I’m trying to do more with my students anyway, so this might be a great way to get me to do more.
I love them. My students love them. I can use them as a jumping point for what I want and need to do, and the resources & ideas are all there.
I love Junior Great Books so. I just wish we had enough copies of the student books for all the kids in my reading groups. That’d be dandy.
I love books like this.
Some theory, which aligns largely with my own (which means I can easily fit ideas from the book into my own classroom).
Breakdowns of the finer points and strategies for easy application in the classroom.
Notebook Connections: Strategies for the Reader’s Notebook by Aimee Buckner. I shall provide a further review after I read more, but so far I’m loving it.
50 Book Challenge: #3
Wonderrstruck by Brian Selznick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the third book I’ve read during 2012, but I already know that this is going to be one of my favorite books of the year. It is a book that stays with you long after it has been read. As a New Yorker, I found this particularly intriguing as the American Museum of Natural History is one of my favorite places in the city.
View all my reviewsReading this right now, and almost couldn’t put it down last night. Loving it.
Okay. It has officially been added to my to-read list. I’ve picked it up, then put it back down several times at the store… guess it’s time to give in and buy it.
Yep, you should. It really is excellent. Of course, I love museums/cabinets of wonder and that kind of thing, which is a big part of the story, so it had me from there. I just love how Brian Selznick uses both text and pictures to tell two complete stories, and the artfulness with which he connects the text and pictures. I also am amazed by his illustrations- I can feel the care with which he draws, and how much he loves his characters, just by looking at those illustrations.
So yes, read this.
50 Book Challenge 2012: #2
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Lee Stewart
I have to say, The Mysterious Benedict Society was lengthy, yet completely satisfying. You can clearly see how the author values intelligence, courage, honesty, creativity, and most importantly children. Apparently, it is often compared to Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events, but having never read that I can say I enjoyed it for it’s own sake.
How timely! I just started this as a read-aloud with my crew today. So far they’re liking it, although it will take a LONG time to get through… Hrm…
The Art of Reading - check it out. Seriously.
I don’t know why our reading curriculum has synthesis in the 3rd month.
In any case, a good site with resources and ideas for teaching different comprehension strategies.
I am making one of these (or a few of these…) to put around my classroom. Yay books!
