http://teacherlingo.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=reading,big+questions&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'reading' and 'big questions'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2011/05/26/relevance.aspxThu, 26 May 2011 16:27:36 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:490501AnonymousYou may all think I am evangelizing the mighty gospel of gaming, but that is not true. What I am promoting is relevance. My brother-in-law works for Blizzard games. He has been working 60-90 hour weeks for months on end. He is extremely talented and intelligent, like all of the Love brothers. He sent thise-mail about his [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/08/09/if-i-blog-it-they-will-read.aspxMon, 09 Aug 2010 15:09:09 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:352008AnonymousI think if I say it publicly, I’ll have to honor the promise to myself to write about reading. Disclosure statement: This is not everything I know about teaching reading, and I don’t know much, paradoxically! My experience is with “average” middle school-aged students, 11 to 15, with a large population of diverse languages, backgrounds, [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/08/08/leveling-up-pathways-to-reading.aspxSun, 08 Aug 2010 16:08:57 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:351822AnonymousWonderful colleague posts this question to the universe: Calling ALL opinions: students are reading below grade level (anywhere from 5 to 1 year behind) and I want to do a book study to meet some CORE standards. Can I use one that isn’t at grade level? Or is that just making it too easy? Is it [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/06/16/books-you-should-read.aspxWed, 16 Jun 2010 15:02:09 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:347637AnonymousExcerpt: Chapter 20: Dying Languages Speaking, writing, and signing are the three ways in which a language lives and breathes. They are the three mediums through which a language is passed on from one generation to the next. If a language is a healthy language, this is happening all the time. Parents pass their language on [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/06/07/remember-to-read.aspxMon, 07 Jun 2010 15:46:53 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:346652AnonymousNo matter who you are, your ability to read is so important to making who you are. I have spent hours myself, reading about my burning question of “Why should we read?” and its sister question, “How do we read?” So, why should you? The reasons for reading are as many as there are words on a [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/01/10/no-excuses-book-blogs.aspxSun, 10 Jan 2010 15:24:36 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:326903AnonymousPlease don’t ever say to me you can’t find SOMETHING to read. After we’ve exhausted the possibilities in my classroom library, and in the school’s library, you may want to check out these blogs. In reality, you should be checking them out anyway to keep up with new titles, authors you love, new authors, new [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2009/12/24/charting-your-journey.aspxThu, 24 Dec 2009 15:53:57 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:325442AnonymousThis article link content is NOT about your personal  beliefs, or mine. It is about what we talked about (briefly) the other day — in addition to books, poetry and songs can also help us find answers to our questions–they speak to us. Another path is reading what other great thinkers/philosphers reflect upon, and consider. This [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2009/12/10/impulsivity-meanness-regret.aspxThu, 10 Dec 2009 15:06:12 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:323309AnonymousI am still trying to find forgiveness for something I did when I was about seven or eight years old. When I was on the playground, one cold, crisp Texan school yard afternoon, the bell rang, and we went to line up. One of my classmates, a sweet, shy boy, while running to line up, [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2009/10/18/giving-wolves-a-bad-name.aspxSun, 18 Oct 2009 19:15:55 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:310449AnonymousI really hate lies. Lies make the world so…diminished. I’m not talking about the “little white lies” that we use to not hurt someone’s feelings, although those can be pretty dreadful, too. I’m talking about the big whoppers that put people’s lives, time, and trust at risk. Lies are as old as time. I’m also [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2009/10/03/burning-questions.aspxSat, 03 Oct 2009 12:17:28 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:295212AnonymousOne of my all-time, absolute, fantastically favorite enduring understandings to discuss with students is my “Burning Questions” lesson. I developed this with my friends and colleagues, Dr. Laura and Dr. Holly, two of the smartest people I know; so smart, in fact, that you don’t even know how smart they are because they make everyone [...]