“Why Should We Do That?” The Impact of Trust on Buy-In in Schools
by: James McGuire “Why should we do that?” “What a waste of time.” These are frequently heard phrases in a school. A secret that teachers […]
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In Defense of the Five-Paragraph Essay
By Rita Platt I believe in the good old fashioned 5 paragraph essay for teaching elementary school students. There. I said it. It may not […]
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Homework is a Gift
By Rita Platt and John Wolfe Assigning students carefully prepared homework is a gift we give them. In American schools there are a wide range […]
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Is “College and Career Ready” a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes?
By Rita Platt and John Wolfe These days it is almost impossible to escape the phrase “college and career ready.” It is the new battle […]
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3 Reasons to Celebrate the Common Core State Standards, and 3 to Be Cautious
By Rita Platt The debate about the pros and cons of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is raging! At this point most of the […]
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“Slant” it: An Alternative to the Flipped Classroom for Practical Teachers
By: Rita Platt The “Flipped Classroom” is all the rage these days. Educational journals, blogs, and chat rooms, are flooded with the concept of “flipping.” […]
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The Impact of Active Rhyming Strategies
There is a movement to teach children to read at a younger age and it may help to incorporate short periods of intentional training every day in the area of rhyming in order to move along the continuum of learning in a reasonable, developmentally appropriate manner. The focus and goal of this action research project was to increase students’ understanding and use of rhyming words as a pre-literacy skill.
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Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Chapter 9
SCHOOLS CANNOT DO IT ALONE by Jamie Vollmer A book study: Please participate in the discussion by leaving a comment below. Part 10 in a […]
Read more ›Effects of rhyming, vocabulary and phonemic awareness instruction on phoneme awareness
An Annotation by Andrea Wondra In this journal of research in reading, the results suggest that instruction emphasizing phoneme segmentation, blending, and letter–sound relationships are […]
Read more ›Weekly Reader Teacher’s Guide Edition
An Annotation by Andrea Wondra This edition states that April is National Poetry Month. It includes a short lesson plan on poetry about animals. This […]
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