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Nathan Hall

StoryJumper: publish your own children's book. - 2 views

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    Using the classroom edition, students can log in without registration and create their own story with pictures based on a set of templates. 
Shaeley Santiago

Heidisongs Resource: Tips for the One iPad Classroom, and a Free iPad Rules Download! - 0 views

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    via Judie Haynes
Nathan Hall

Language Castle Blog - Many Languages. One Classroom. - 0 views

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    Karen Nemeth's blog for YLs
Shaeley Santiago

LendMeYourLiteracy | Inspiring Young Writers -LendMeYourLiteracy | Inspiring Young Writ... - 1 views

  • And how much of their leisure time to do they spend reading nonfiction? Less than 4 minutes a day.
  • Even in classrooms, nonfiction appears to be in short supply
  • just 9.8 percent of texts in classroom libraries. The mean number of informational books per child was just 1.2 in low-income districts and a still relatively paltry 3.3 in high-income districts.
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  • For years, we've known that the amount of independent reading students do contributes to their reading skills. Students who read more tend to learn more vocabulary, become more proficient readers, find reading more enjoyable, and thus continue to read more and become ever better readers (Stanovich, 1986).
  • cite a compelling research base supporting the shift to more complex, nonfiction texts. They note, for example, that students who are able to answer questions related to complex text have a high probability of earning a C or better in an introductory-level college course in U.S. history or psychology.
  • helps students develop their background knowledge, which itself accounts for as much as 33 percent of the variance in student achievement (Marzano, 2000). Background knowledge becomes more crucial in the later elementary grades, as students begin to read more content-specific textbooks (Young, Moss, & Cornwell, 2007) that often include headings, graphs, charts, and other text elements not often found in the narrative fiction they encountered in the lower grades (Sanacore & Palumbo, 2009).
  • the goal is to get students to see how beliefs and biases can influence the way different people describe the same events.
  • the potential to motivate young children to read by tapping into their interests (Caswell & Duke, 1998)
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    via @LiteracyNetwork
Shaeley Santiago

Difficulties Arising in ESL Classrooms Due to Cultural Bias - 0 views

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    via @JudieHaynes
Shaeley Santiago

Are You Tapping into Prior Knowledge Often Enough in Your Classroom? | Edutopia - 0 views

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    via @JudieHaynes
Shaeley Santiago

IAP || Book || Co-Teaching and Other Collaborative Practices in The EFL/ESL Classroom - 0 views

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    @AndreaHonigsfel
Shaeley Santiago

4 Popular Classroom Creation Tools (And Why They Matter) - Edudemic - 0 views

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    via @KnowELLsGVWP
Shaeley Santiago

Classroom Videos - 0 views

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    via @JudieHaynes
Shaeley Santiago

From the Classroom: Working with Chinese ELLs | Colorín Colorado - 0 views

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    via @JudieHaynes
Shaeley Santiago

Extending English Language Learners' Classroom Interactions Using the Response Protocol... - 0 views

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    via @KarenNemethEdM
Shaeley Santiago

Making Science Accessible in Multilingual Classrooms - 0 views

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    via @KarenNemethEdM
Shaeley Santiago

Education Week Teacher: Using Games in the ELL Classroom, Part I - 0 views

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    via @LarryFerlazzo
Shaeley Santiago

Language Castle Blog » Blog Archive » New Kid, New School, New Year, AND New ... - 0 views

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    via Karen Nemeth 
Shaeley Santiago

Language Castle Blog » Blog Archive » Top Ten Factors for Successful Professi... - 0 views

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    via Karen Nemeth
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