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Christopher Paul Curtis – YouTube
I love Christopher Paul Curtis–Watsons is one of my favorite books!
Involve our young people in reading AND writing! It’s a “no-brainer.”
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Watch. Connect. Read.: Congratulations, Kate DiCamillo!
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature: Kate DiCamillo
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Are You SURE You Know How to Use Google?
Are you sure you know how to use Google? Most of us don’t!
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Check out the Smithsonian’s growing online 3D collection! Fascinating look at a woolly mammoth’s skeleton, the Wright brother’s plane and more!
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8 Wonderful Blooms Taxonomy Posters for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Wow! This is a great roundup of new (to me) and interesting graphics of the NEW Bloom’s Taxonomy! The official, updated Bloom’s is reflected in most of these posters (not on #4 though) & is significantly different from the old one in that there are now 5 rather than 6 levels, the most complex level being CREATING.
How often do students get the opportunity in school to fully attain that level?
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Kid Lit Frenzy: Favorite Middle Grade Novels of 2013
Carefully choose from this list, b/c some are more middle school appropriate. Great suggestions tho!
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Vicki Davis demonstrates a handy tool linking Diigo to your blog–it’s how I learned to do this! Vicki is the knower!
- Closing The ‘Word Gap’ Between Rich And Poor : NPRBy the age of 3, children born into low-income families hear roughly 30 million fewer words than their more affluent peers. What can we do to control for that in public schools?tags: 4librarians 4tchrs reading poverty
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