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Tag Archives: Professional Development
Essential Curriculum Resource: SUCCESS ACADEMY ED INSTITUTE
As we enter summer—or as I like to call it, Curriculum Development Season—teachers will want to check out these two great resources: First, Match Fishtank, which I previously blogged about here. Second, hot off the presses: Success Academy Ed Institute, … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Professional Development, Resources, Text Selection, Unit-planning
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Essential Curriculum Resource: MATCH FISHTANK
If you’re writing curriculum plans, here’s a tremendous new FREE resource: Match Fishtank. Here’s the blurb that explains what this is: Welcome to Match Fishtank, where you can view, share, and download the curriculum we use every day at Match Charter School, the … Continue reading
17 Ideas to Combat Learned Helplessness
[This post originally appeared in slightly different form on MiddleWeb on Dec. 18, 2016.] Recently I’ve been thinking about the ways in which we either inculcate or prevent learned helplessness in students. Some teaching practices help strengthen students’ self-efficacy, motivation … Continue reading
MATCH MINIS: A Great Secret Resource!
If you’re like me and you receive way too much Email, sometimes you miss important stuff. Or you notice something you want to read “later,” and four months pass before you actually read it. Today I finally opened a November … Continue reading
Recommended Reading: READING RECONSIDERED
Today’s entry is brought to you by my other blog, ONLY GOOD BOOKS. Check THIS out.
UPCOMING Public Events in October!
In case you’re curious, here are some public events where you can find me: Oct. 7: Reading, Writing, and the Common Core: Recipes for Action (NJPSA/FEA in Monroe Twp., NJ, 9am-3pm, $149) “Join this noted author of Literacy and the … Continue reading
Professional Development Ideas to Support Literacy Instruction
This has been a particularly challenging year in our field. As teachers and school leaders continue to wrestle with how best to prepare students to meet and exceed the Common Core Standards, I would like to humbly submit some professional … Continue reading
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Tagged Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Annotation, Argument, Assessment(s), Close Reading, Comprehension, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Explanation, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Literary Analysis Writing, Main Idea, Narrative Writing, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, RPM Objectives, Test Prep, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources, Trajectory Analysis, Unit-planning, Using Data, Vocabulary in Context, Writing
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FREE WORKSHOP: “Our Students Are Struggling: Now What?”
I will present “Our Students Are Struggling: Now What?” at the Eatontown Barnes & Noble in the Monmouth Mall on Tuesday, April 14, from 6:00-7:30pm. There is no charge, and participants will earn professional development hours. To sign up, please click … Continue reading
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Another Helpful Resource for Finding Appropriate Texts!
There’s a new Website in town to help teachers identify texts: Commonlit.org. Founder and CEO Michelle S. Brown explains in a MiddleWeb post today that she and 15 other Harvard Ed grad students teamed up to solve a common problem … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment(s), Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Essential Questions, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, Nonfiction, PARCC, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, Test Prep, Themes, Unit-planning, Writing
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UPCOMING PRESENTATION: “Our Students Are Struggling: Now What?”
I am pleased to report that I will present a workshop on “Our Students Are Struggling: Now What?” at the NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference on March 30, 2015 at Bally’s in Atlantic City. For registration details, click here. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Analyzing the Common Core Standards, ELA Common Core Standards, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, PARCC, Presentations, Professional Development, Reading Informational Text, Resources, RPM Objectives, Test Prep, TLC Website Resources, Trajectory Analysis, Using Data
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