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Days 4 and 5 – Comment Challenge
As I continue on into Days 4 and 5 of the Comment Challenge, I realize what a valuable opportunity this project is for observing how a growing group of people, from around the globe and from all walks...
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Accelerated Reader – Time to Say “No”?
Let me start this rant with a positive example of how the Accelerated Reading Program is used at some school sites. I’m thinking of the 5th grade teacher who is starting a unit on the American...
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On Promoting a Love of Reading
I finally bought a copy of Kelly Gallagher‘s Readicide. I wish I had read it sooner so that I could have joined in the VoiceThread and the English Companion Ning discussions. However, I have it now...
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Accelerated Reader- Four questions for administrators
As school districts everywhere brace for yet another round of budget cuts, I have a question: Why not drop the annual online testing fee to Accelerated Reader? This question has been on my mind ever...
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Reading by Numbers – One last AR rant
I promise this will be my last rant on the widely popular Accelerated Reader program, but I feel the need to share an essay posted last summer to the New York Times. Author Susan Straight’s “Reading...
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AR – Good Bye Accelerated Reader – Hello Augmented Reality!
I know that some of you take issue with my occasional questioning the value of the Accelerated Reader program in a 21st century classroom. As of today, when I write about AR, I’ll be referring to...
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Reports from Cyberspace – Heading into the New Year
http://edcapps.edcgov.us/photoalbum/SmallPhotos/S_WinterSnowPlacervilleTL.jpg What a great start to the New Year! I woke up to beautiful snow (something we get only a few times a year here in...
View ArticleHelping Students Flex Their Reading Level/Lexile Muscles
I grew up in a home with books. In the room we referred to as the “den,” an entire wall was lined with my parents’ books and book collections. There was also a small glass three-shelf bookcase that did...
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