Star One: School climate. Funny how a person can
sense the safety, friendliness, and sense of caring within minutes of walking
into a school. Little things like cleanliness, displays of student work, open
doors to classrooms, laughter, respectful talk, presence of volunteers, and
genuine smiles from both adults and kids are the barometers of school climate.
If a school doesn’t earn this star, a parent doesn’t need to bother looking at
the other criteria. Get your kids out quickly
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the library is the clearest sign of how much a school values reading, teaching for independent thinking, and life-long learning
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The Web as a Place - Digital Literacy - 0 views
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our schools are challenged to understand how to best use the web as a “place” that supports our core values of inclusiveness, respect and fairness, relationships and that “personal touch.”
Rethinking the Literature Classroom | Full Stop - 0 views
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I learned a “Save the Last Word” (SLW) protocol. SLW asks readers to first copy down a passage from the given text which resonated with them for some reason. With a passage copied, students (and teacher!) spend time writing about how and why they choose the quoted passage. The key component of SLW is sharing.
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the first reader has the last word
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