We acknowledge that there is so much that is out of our control right now when it comes to assessment, but we believe we need to also remember what we can control.
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Five (More) Cool Things You Can Do on Your MacBook Air | Reading By Example - 105 views
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"Reading"
How Can Principals Support Effective Literacy Instruction? | Reading By Example - 39 views
It's Not the Assessment - It's How You Use It | Assessment in Perspective - 78 views
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These assessments can help a teacher determine the type of small group and whole class instruction that needs to be done to support her readers in using strategies effectively and flexibly. This type of analysis is typically not required — only the list of levels needs to be turned in.
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When we simply look at these students based on the numerical score they achieve on these assessments, we lose so much data. Knowing a student or group of students did not reach a benchmark helps us determine that these kids need support, but it does not tell us the type of support they need.
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Damaged Goods | Reading By Example - 56 views
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Through the process of self-awareness, reflection, and recommitment, we might see our neediest students, these "damaged goods", as individuals with so much potential.
Passion-Based Learning: An 8 Part Blog Series via @PLPNetwork | Reading By Example - 43 views
Minecraft Will Eat Your School - 63 views
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GeekDad: What is the magic that Minecraft adds to a classroom that any other collaborative game might not? Mikael: In a single word, engagement.
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What schools miss is the chance for reflection to make that learning more explicit
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Whatever schools decide to do, games will continue teaching the players.
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"Whatever schools decide to do, games will continue teaching the players. What schools miss is the chance for reflections to make that learning more explicit."
Project Time and How My Students Made It Theirs | Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension - 39 views
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So project time is here to stay, with a few tweaks requested by the kids. More resources, computers if they are available, and study hall rather than dedicated spelling time.
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my students are examples of what can happen when we trust kids to take control of their learning, when we give them freedom to learn.
One Equally Effective but Lower-Cost Option to Summer School - 9 views
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"Just improving poor children's access to books they can read and want to read may seem too simple an idea for improving reading achievement. But the evidence is clear. When children from low-income families are given the opportunity to select books for summer reading they will read those books during the summer months."
Using Evernote for Literacy Instruction | Reading By Example - 113 views
Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes | Edutopia - 90 views
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The more open everyone is about the mistakes they've made and how they happened, the less significance any student will place on future errors.
Can Minecraft Foster a Growth Mindset? - 38 views
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"Our students have shown an amazing ability to sustain focus"
Passion Based Learning, Week 4: Do One Thing Really Well | Reading By Example - 45 views
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Any time when we can put students in the role of teacher can be a benefit to everyone. I wouldn't say passion-based, student-driven learning is any less work than a more traditional model of instruction, but in this context, I could not image a better way to teach.
Reading 2.0 | Edutopia - 18 views
The Read Aloud Handbook #ptchat is Tonight! | Reading By Example - 23 views
How Busy People Make Time To Read--And You Can Too | Fast Company | Business + Innovation - 98 views
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The difference between readers and non-readers is that readers make a habit of picking up a book during these fallow hours.
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