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Upper Level Script

We all know that a very simple script can, with proper circling and questioning, become a really complex script and then a great reading and then a great set of embedded readings. But it is

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What’s Next?

What if we are going along and, as often happens, things are getting flat and it is hard to maintain the kids’ interest? Usually, we internalize that and say that we are not good teachers.

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The Interview Process

Bryce Hedstrom has given us a good framework for interviewing potential candidates for WL positions. Bob Patrick referred to it here in a comment a few days ago, but it is the time of year

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Long Term Sub Question

Suzanne asks: Ok, so in good news, CI has been kicking butt in French 1, French 2 – depends on the day and the level of alertness of the class, but anyhow….I’ve set myself up

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Six Frame Drawings

Is anyone still using the old six frame style of drawings like we find in the old Look I Can Talk series from years ago? Those six panel drawings? How do you use them and

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