Posts Tagged ‘thinking’
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Read MoreModeling + Content Area = Better Writing
From the desk of Carol C… Writing in the content or subject areas has never been easy for me to teach. Part of my problem, I think, was I didn’t know what to expect from my students. After I figured that out, I struggled with how to teach them to meet my expectations. Here’s how…
Read MoreAnd the Answer Is…
From the desk of Carol C… I’ve thought a lot about the role of questioning in our classrooms and its effect on students. Questioning, if used to help students think more critically is a vital part of any high achieving classroom. Lately though I’ve started thinking about the answers we give children. Whether kids are…
Read MoreLose Weight Fast
From the desk of Alice… There is an advertisement in one of my favorite magazines that suggests you can lose weight fast “and safely” by replacing all your meals for an entire week with a liquid concoction. Hmmm- I don’t think replacing my meals for a week with just liquid sounds safe. It is not…
Read MoreUsing Conferencing as an Instructional Strategy
From the desk of Hope… When I was teaching, I felt like I never knew enough about my students. I took every opportunity to learn more about them as individuals and as learners. It seemed pretty simple to me — the more we knew about each other, the easier it was going to be to…
Read MoreCommon Core Standards and Implications For Our Gifted Students: More Rigor? Keep it Coming!
From the desk of Michelle… By now we’ve all heard about this new little movement called the Common Core Standards. According to the Council of Chief State School Officers, The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and…
Read MoreAsking Our Questions for the First Time
From the desk of Karen…. This true story demonstrates why I am so grateful to Debbie Miller, Stephanie Harvey, and Cris Tovani. I share this short transcript of the first time this group of struggling readers brought their own questions to a reading group like these ladies taught me. Jerome began our discussion by asking,…
Read MoreA Question about Questioning
From the desk of Amanda… I’m a rule follower. This is a good thing if you’re riding in a car with me, but sometimes following the rules can be a bad thing. Let me explain what I mean. When I was still teaching, I followed the rules. Whatever my principal said to do, I did—even…
Read MoreTest Prep
From the Desk of Hope… Anxious. Frustrated. Unmotivated. Worried. These are all adjectives that describe the behaviors I see in some lessons centered around test preparation. Teachers feel tremendous pressure to prepare students for high stakes tests. In response they spend considerable time (sometimes months) before the test on test-like items and teaching test-taking strategies.…
Read MoreWriting is constructing thoughts. Writing is NOT copying.
From the desk of Hope… My blog topics are inspired by the work I do in classrooms as a literacy specialist, my 13 year old son’s educational experiences and my own literacy life. This particular topic hit me slap in the face this week as I was out and about “living literacy”. (This is a…
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