See on Scoop.it - Education Matters - (tech and non-tech) 9 issues available to teachers, librarians and parents to print out and use with kids/classes.” KB…Konnected’s insight: Wow! Literacy Lava offers more than a boatload of ideas, strategies, resources from people passionate about children’s literacy and learning. Scroll down the page ...

Probably a subtitle more like: “Bravely going where no language arts teacher has gone before” might’ve been more appropriate. Our middle school language arts teachers have been on quite a journey this year, and we’re capping it off with our second joint meeting tomorrow (ALL 14 teachers from grades 6-8 at both MS buildings, plus an intervention ...

I’ve been working recently to realign lesson plans and strategies available through the Ohio Resource Center (yes, my place of employment) to help teachers/districts begin implementing the Third Grade Reading Guarantee (3GRG) this year (keeping in mind that although required reading diagnostics begin this year, it doesn’t begin impacting students ...

I was checking out the Google searches that were leading people to my blog today, and I saw an overabundance (over the last month) of people searching for “posting ‘I Can’” statements.  Once the images of automaton teachers and automaton students reciting the daily learning objectives in monotonous, synchronized voices subsided, I decided I ...

At IRA I stopped at the Subtext booth and was completely surprised to find out that it was a FREE app for iPads.  I just started exploring it today to see how it might be used in a classroom, and I thought I’d pass along what I’ve found. First, you have to download it.  Search the app store for Subtext.  Download it.  Ta-da!  Step one complete ...

I just read this post by Vicki Vinton (at the suggestion of Darren Burris–@dgburris–thanks!), and it raised a couple of points I hadn’t thought of in regards to using Coleman’s text-dependent questioning strategy. Vinton says, “But the text dependent question approach relies on teachers directing and prompting students to what they want them to ...

Just got back from IRA last night and what a fantastic trip!!!  Being both my first ever conference experience greater than 20 miles away from my home as well as my first ever trip to Chicago, this was one of the best learning experiences I have ever had the opportunity to take. Sunday– Arrived.  Stayed at the Sheraton.  Was surprised by the ...

I posted the following comment in response to Kathleen Porter-Magee’s post “Are ‘just right’ books right for the Common Core?”  Kathleen discusses three types of reading levels: independent (those students can read on their own), instructional (those that are slightly challenging), and frustration (those that cause too much frustration). Though ...

One great way to keep your students engaged during novel-studies is to assign them all jobs.  There are lots of neat variants of these on the web, but I found the one listed below last year sometime online, and saved it for future use.  I would source it, but I can’t remember or find the link. Via Wikipedia Here is the plan: Students are each ...

Welcome to the age of electronic books infestation. You would think that book publishers are shaking in their boots by their threat. In my humble opinion, I believe that they pose a significant threat to the publishing industry. However, children picture books will remain “king” in the traditional paper form. Can you imagine being in […]