Susan Gross Advanced Workshop
Yesterday was the first advanced (levels 2-AP) Susan Gross workshop I've attended. It was crisp and very sharp. I highly recommend this workshop. Any teachers who may be trying to break through the dilemna of how to properly teach using
Sy Ying Lee
I got this link from Beniko Mason. In it, Sy Ying Lee implies that reading is vastly underutilized by most if not all of us. We have Krashen's research, but we don't use it, even though we know that it
Pobre Ana Reading Plan
Bryce recently posted this over on the listserve and I asked him if I could put it here too: POBRE ANA READING PLAN There is a lot that can be done with Pobre Ana. I have taught from the book for 11
What A Handsome Boy!
Anne sent this with the comment: Oh my. Big fun here. I actually scripted this to go with one of Michael Miller's short stories, but it's worth doing all on its own. What A Handsome Boy! points at him what a handsome boy! looks like you may
Tweets
I got this from a colleague: http://ht.ly/3hHdm
Blurting
I took the "no blurting/talking over" rule out of my list of rules this year. I may need to add it back on there because I have one level 2 class that is just too chatty during stories. My recent thinking
L'Essentiel
I need to remember that my value as a teacher is not in how high my kids score on tests. It’s not really about how much they learn. Rather, it’s how they feel about themselves, about their ability to learn