Posted on Sunday November 9, 2008 by Stacey
During Family-Teacher Conferences, one of my students mentioned that she wanted to know “what that line was” that Harper was using throughout Just Grace, a book I lent her. I figured she meant the dashes, and once she showed it to me, I realized my hunch was correct. Then my student said, “I [...]
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Posted on Sunday November 9, 2008 by Stacey
Deb has a great post that contains some prompts, from Corgill’s Book Of Primary Importance, to help kids when they’re sharing. Click here to read the list of prompts, which I know I’m going to give my kids to scaffold them when they’re presenting what we discussed in front of their peers.
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Posted on Sunday November 9, 2008 by Stacey
I’ve been thinking about investing in a sticker machine for quite some time now, but couldn’t justify it. However, when I thought about how much I’ve been paying for stickers lately, the idea of having my own sticker machine for the purpose of making my own stickers for my students seemed more attractive. [...]
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