Lesson Plan Article

MB sent this: My principal just sent a database of lesson plans from the federal govt. I looked up “language arts”, delved deeper, and found this site: “How People Learn Languages”. I am not done reading and digging, but it seems interesting for CI based instruction: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/linguistics/learn.jsp

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War Wounds 1

Skip I know that I am posting on the weekend. I know that our agreement is to take a break and let people read back articles on weekends. But the queue is really jammed. So I will post more this weekend and try to follow our new “weekend rest” policy next weekend. Really, August/September is

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Things Are Shakin’ in Ohio

Chris tried to comment on the thread below but got 404’d so as I do when that happens I just publish the comment as an article: I’m commenting here to try to resuscitate this discussion that originated here: https://benslavic.com/blog/2012/05/08/request-from-chris/ The initial meeting that took place as an entire county thing didn’t go well.  Our Director

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A Maust Read

David Maust wrote some stuff here last weekend that just has to be repeated for the good of the order, since many of are doing PQA right now: I’m feeling a freedom this year to make extremely simple scenes with my Circling with Balls Cards. Last year I think I tried to develop the cards into larger stories

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FVR Question

Kevin, who teaches with Kelly Haanan about five blocks from my house here in Littleton, has an FVR question: Hi Ben, Good to be back on the blog.  I’m still trying to carve out some regular time to read and/or respond to all the posts, but I’m slowly getting there. I’m also wondering if you

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Then and Now 2

Here is the actual text of the Then and Now part of the 21st Century Skills Map, just to have it handy in the Administrator/Teacher/Parent Re-education category. Chris you may want to gently suggest to that verb conjugating mom that she take a look at this bad boy. Again, the link to this astounding text

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Past vs. Today

Ardythe has pointed out that [traditional teachers], by indicating they are addressing the common core and 21st century skills, cannot defend their program, and that [we] will be well armed with the information Robert (in italics below) gave: I know I keep saying this, but go to the AP test. As of 2013-2014 the Spanish

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Ethan

Got this from John today: Guys, I just wanted to share a success story today, and one that really confirms all the inner, emotional work we are doing, in class and on our own in order to be prepared to norm our classes in a compassionate way. I have been racking my brains about how

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