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All Blog Posts Tagged 'literacy' (4)

7 ways to teach digital literacy skills

Fostering digital literacy skills is one of the most difficult tasks for educators. Evaluating and analyzing online resources for accuracy is something that many adults struggle with – we’ve all been bamboozled before, haven’t we? But digital literacy is more than just determining if something is true or false –…

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Added by Jimmy Juliano on June 13, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Just the Facts

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered. -Marvin Bower

I posted here recently my students’ reading scores. Obviously, we are excited about them. Student achievement and closing the achievement gap is our top priority. School-wide, our MAP (Measurement of Academic Progress) scores are up.

What other positive things are we seeing…

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Added by Kristi Meeuwse on May 21, 2012 at 11:26am — 4 Comments

I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

Have you ever had a divine, glorious, light-coming- down- from -the- heavens moment? One that says, “YES! They finally get it!” A recent student conversation was music to my ears:

Tahra: “Mrs. Meeuwse, I think I need help spelling the word…

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Added by Kristi Meeuwse on March 14, 2012 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Anchors Away

Sorry, this isn't a blog post about boating in the beautiful Charleston area. The anchors I'm referring to are anchor charts.

Anchor charts are valuable visual support tools to assist students in learning new concepts. Teachers and students may refer to them all throughout the year. When we are working on new content in our Reading and Writing Workshop mini lessons, anchor…

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Added by Kristi Meeuwse on March 7, 2012 at 5:00am — No Comments