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Read For The Record 2010 | We Give Books - 1 views

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literacy book drive

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Be sure to do your part! Help the drive to donate books to needy children.

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All-en-A-Day's Work: Word After Word After Word - 2 views

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writing workshop

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Don't think I've ever read a stronger review of a book. I bought it and read it and whole heartedly agree. Don't launch your wtg wkshp without this book!

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Fountas & Pinnell's Blog | Questions about Fountas and Pinnell Teaching Systems - 2 views

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blog fountas and pinnell

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Lots of good information from the gurus themselves.

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AHB English Expectations 2010-2011 - 0 views

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English syllabus

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A beautiful new twist on the English syllabus. A poem for all.

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Follow Teachers to Follow on Twitter - 2 views

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twitter PLN professionaldevelopment

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For those of you looking to build your PLN, this might be helpful and remember, if you want to follow me, it's @kimyaris

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Kindergarten becomes more challenging - chicagotribune.com - 0 views

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kindergarten academic vs. play

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Points out that play based kindergartens might yield better results than academic kindergartens in the long run.

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AM Literacy Learning Log: Everybody Needs A Rock: The Story of Karon and the Thunder Egg - 0 views

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literacy blog picture book Byrd Baylor

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If you love Byrd Baylor, picture books, or have ever had a bad day, you will appreciate this blog post.

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Short Texts that Support Great Literacy Instruction - 3 views

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literacy reading touchstone_texts

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We're all always looking for lists and resources that support great literacy instruction--this is a list of short text recommendations that you can use and it comes with a downloadable annotated bibliography.

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http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Press/WritingbetweentheLinesFinal.pdf - 2 views

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Kim Yaris on 02 Sep 10

21st Century Literacy: A report from NCTE

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The Dark Side of Our Achievement Culture - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education. - 1 views

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movie education trailer professionaldevelopment

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I think I'm more excited to see this movie than Waiting for Superman

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Gotta Keep Reading - Orlando, FL, United States, ASCD EDge Video - 2 views

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professionaldevelopment

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Blast this song through the loudspeakers of your schools! Great song for any reading inititative (PARP,etc.)

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Is there an Einstein in YOU? - Alexandria, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Video - 2 views

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youtube einstein

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Great quotes from Einstein (they go a little fast) but good thinking for the beginning of the school year.

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YouTube - Open a Banana Like A Monkey - 0 views

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youtube banana professionaldevelopment

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Learning to think differently. How can this video help teachers rethink what they already know?

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Finland Is Number One in Education, But Is It an Example for Us? - GOOD Education - GOOD - 0 views

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literacy

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Always interested to learn more about what Finland is doing and we're not.

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YouTube - It's A Book - By Lane Smith - 1 views

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Just ordered this from Amazon. In this fast-moving technological world, it looks like a hoot! And on another note, I love the idea of using book trailers to generate interest and enthusiasm for reading!

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K-5 Balanced Literacy - 1 views

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literacy classroom balanced_literacy

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Looks like this was a site put together by school in AZ to support teachers in movement toward balanced literacy instruction. Very informative with good resources.

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10 things teachers should unlearn… « What Ed Said - 3 views

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Teachers teaching blog

shared by Kim Yaris on 29 Aug 10 - Cached

Kim Yaris on 29 Aug 10

Great blog post for starting the beginning of the school year.

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Books Have Many Futures : NPR - 0 views

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technology books

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Very interesting article about future of books. Can't wait to get Lane Smith's new book.

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Langwitches Blog » What does it Mean to be Literate? - 1 views

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Great blog about how changing technology is changing what it means to be literate in our society. Love the monk video.

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Recycle Your Reads » Blog Archive » The Power of Writing - 0 views

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launching writing workshop

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Great post. A lot of familiar ideas for starting the school year but still refreshing and worth reading.

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