I wrote this as a comment in response to a point Alisa made earlier today, but am moving it here as a post because of its importance: This work is all going to CALP. Yes, we want BICS (basic interpersonal communication skills), and that has been my main focus over the years, but now working […]
Alisa pointed out how the 25 – 35 min. goal for an invisibles story is a good change from the old days of milking stories, sometimes for days. She pointed out: …sometimes maybe we wanted to extend the story to get more mileage out of it, but the literacy extensions allow us to do that….
Here is a very simple yet very powerful immediate response to any negative comment you may hear in your classroom, before, during or after class. It is from PLC member Ryann Campbell, who reports: …I teach high school and I do something cheesy but it works well…my rule is “siempre positivo” (always positive). I tell
Mila, who is working to master the Invisibles process (and quickly getting there) asks: Q. So, they already drew the OWI character. They decided the details of the character: ex., gigantic red sheep named Geppetto* who is dumb, very rich, very sad, who is crying a lot because he has all the money in the
