Jeff 2
Karen in Alaska is now in a situation like Jeff's. Here's the information: Hi Ben, It is my turn to send you a parent letter. A parent just sent me this letter. I have been meaning to call the parent or email
jGR and Parents 1
Jeff is getting hammered right now by two parents. He's asking for our help. I consider this something of a serious situation, bc if it were us, we'd really need the group's help to see the best way out. My
Accommodations vs. Modifications
Robert clarifies the difference between two key words in education. We would all do well to have these terms ready in our minds for administrators/parents or whoever else wants to know. Thank you Robert: I’m not a resource specialist, but our
JGR Is For Communication
Laurie points out to us an overwhelming fact that, when we feel confronted by anyone about jGR, we absolutely must remember to use in the discussion. It is a game changer, and it is very simple to remember. Laurie says: The rubric isn’t
Parent Conference Tip
Dori shared with Karen something we should all be aware of as a technique to use at parent conferences: I thought I’d share something that worked for me last year–maybe it will work for you, maybe not. But I thought I’d
Presentation Idea
Tamula had asked about ways to present the method. The Susan Gross Cat Story is the standard, and I had asked Corinne for it to share here with you, Tamula, which Corinne did and thank you Corinne. This is the
Jen Kicks Ass
This is the third blog post from that self-reflection email from jen: An overall observation from many of their responses is that (probably due to me not upholding my 50% and keeping martial law in place) they still seem not to be
Jen Drops the F Bomb
Here is another part of that last email from jen (and, no, she didn't drop the bomb in class so don't get all excited): I think that this group (the one with the fast processor in it) is ready to start
Parents' Night
One simple idea for parents night is to demo a Three Ring Circus, because you only have usually ten minutes to reach your audience so a story or even PQA is out of the question. I got this from a
John Piazza
I got this from John: Ben, I was hoping we could develop and/or refine previous discussions about arming ourselves with a description of the underlying theory about comprehensible and even compelling input for our colleagues, administrators and parents. With Krashen and CI, I