Hi guys! I am finally here in Nevada for NCTE’s annual conference. It is a busy place, with a lot going on. My session is actually a featured session. It is called Twitter and Social Media for Igniting Professional Learning Connections. You can read about the session by clicking here: You can also search the program from this same link… Read more →
Reading for Literature Standard 6 is one of the most misunderstood Common Core Standards. many teachers are mistakenly teaching this as a unit on first, second, and third person. This is simply off base. What RL6 is really about is character point of view. What beliefs and attitudes shape their perspectives? A fabulous book to teach this is Voices in… Read more →
The first standard under Reading for Literature and Reading for Informational Text is the same. This standard focuses on textual evidence. I like to refer to this standard as the How do you know?standard. The focus here is on proving that what you see in the text is true. Backing up your claims with facts is a powerful cognitive step for… Read more →
Reading for Literature Standard 6 is one of the most misunderstood Common Core Standards. many teachers are mistakenly teaching this as a unit on first, second, and third person. This is simply off base. What RL6 is really about is the character’s point of view. This means: how does that character see the world? What is the character’s perspective? I… Read more →
I love quick and easy strategies for my students. As an elementary teacher for over a decade, I really had fun teaching nonfiction (now informational) text with my third through fifth graders. With the pervasive nature of the new Common Core Standards, this is a requirement in classes now. Here is a great strategy to use with your students in… Read more →
The Common Core Reading standards are fast becoming a bit of genius to me. As I help teachers plan and devise approaches to unit organization, I notice a nature staircase or actual set of building blocks that exist naturally in the standards. The Reading for Literature Standards are progressive. While common core has not explicitly told teachers to introduce the concepts in order,… Read more →
Every so many years, there seems to be some shift in education. The pattern is inevitably uniform each time: Something is wrong in education that no one can fix. A new innovation promises to deliver the solution to wipe out this problem. As educators, we just need to get on board with the new, shiny, and nicely packaged new solution… Read more →
If you are not already using Edmodo in your classroom, you are missing out on some cool features. Edmodo is a social networking site for learning. Fashioned to look like Facebook, before Mark and the guys started tinkered around with everything, Edmodo has numerous capabilities. Use my search bar to search for Edmodo. All of my past posts will pull… Read more →
