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At #BLC13, @tombarrett emphasizes asking questions like a 6 year old. Here are the questions we're asking at #BLC13. http://t.co/2skJ5f4hFh

In addition, dialogue can be a wonderful way to elegantly reveal back-story or exposition.  Too often, however, dialogue is under-nourished and ignored.

Unit 6 Review Scribd. (like a power point).

Bookmark text: Vocabulary Strategies 1. Reread the sentence or read ahead and use context clues. 2. Use clues from a picture or another text feature. 3. Look for parts you know- root, prefix, suffix. Ex: Celebratory has the root celebrate 4. Make a connection to another word you know. Ex: jest and jester 5. Substitute a synonym. 6. Look the word up in the glossary or a dictionary.

Ken Burns GA video. Includes reading of the GA. (~6 min.)

Word ladders for older students

Gives divisibility rules for 2;3; 4; 5; 6; 9; 10. Includes practice problems and a separate answer sheet.

"LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013 23 Michael Fullan , University of Toronto ABSTRACT There is currently a powerful push-pull factor in schooling. The push factor is that school is increasingly boring for students and alienating for teachers. The pull fac - tor is that the exploding and alluring digital world is irresistible, but not necessarily productive in its raw form. The push-pull dynamic makes it inevitable that disruptive changes will occur. I have been part of a group that has been developing innova - tive responses to the current challenges. This response consists of integrating three components: deep learning goals, new pedagogies, and technology. The result will be more radical change in the next five years than has occurred in the past 50 years. T here is currently a volatile push-pull dynamic intensifying in public schools. The push factor is that students are increasingly bored in school"

Socratic Smackdown grew out of a need to support students in developing and practicing discussion skills. During the game, teams of 4-6 students discuss texts and use textual evidence to make connections and ask thought-provoking questions. Students win points whenever they make constructive contributions to the discussion and lose points if they exhibit disrespectful behaviors, such as interrupting their teammates.

6-parts; based on the scripture passage

""We saw how the best practices we were witnessing could inform a really transformative school model," Healy said. Here are their 6 chief take-aways from what they saw and learned about schools that work.

Maps of the Old Testament (plus Gospels and Acts)

Short blog post. Includes a link to a TED talk by Angela Lee Duckworth.

Uses new technologies to enhance teaching and research for major historical eras: includes primary sources, historical voices, photography, music, political cartoons, maps, museum archives, explorations, etc.

Teaching Social Justice from a Biblical perspective to Middle School Aged Children