September 7

Paired Texts

As we begin the school year and think about Articles of the Week, some may find these paired text options useful. As a bonus, texts are leveled and come complete with questions, most of which elicit higher order thinking. Remember, our students need lots of practice with evidenced based reading and writing.  Check these out when planning your AOWs.

https://www.readworks.org/rw/k-12-paired-texts-and-text-dependent-questions?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=9.6.16%20paired%20text

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September 1

Grading Practices

I will begin the year with an interesting article I found this week about grading practices and instilling hope in our students. It is necessary to look at things differently and think outside the box. Grades are important, but are the ways in which we are grading truly reflective of what our students know or are they a reflection of their behaviors and poor choices. This article in Edutopia provides some food for thought.

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/do-no-harm-flexible-smart-grading-andrew-miller

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April 27

Is it really free?

6 things to know about tuition free college:

Free college sounds awesome.

Can it really work in the U.S.? Bernie Sanders certainly thinks so.

“Public colleges and universities tuition-free? Damn right! That is exactly what we should be doing,” he said at the Brooklyn Democratic debate.

To which Hillary Clinton replied: “If somebody promises you something for free, read the fine print.”

So here it is, the fine print on Sanders’ free-tuition plan: https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/26/pf/college/tuition-free-college-bernie-sanders/index.html

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March 21

Maybe sleep can make us smarter!

The Sleeping Brain Is a Marvelous Memory Making Machine

By Shelly Fan on Mar 20, 2016 10:00 am

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to learn Japanese. Linguists often say that the best way to learn a foreign language is to immerse yourself in it, and that’s what I did. For a while, I put post-it notes on items with their Japanese names on them, watched anime with the subtitles off and even fell asleep to kawaii Japanese podcasts whispering in my ear. Learn by osmosis, right? Maybe even as I sleep something will stick, I thought. It sounds utterly nonsensical — learn while you’re unconscious?! — but the idea of sleep learning has thrived… read more

 

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