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What is College and Career Readiness Anyway?
In this hilarious video, George Costanza–who has just quit his job–talks about what he enjoys and the related jobs he would like to pursue. He finally decides that he should be a talk show host, and...
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Six Ways to Start the School Year: Back-to-School Stories from Great Books
We love stories of children learning to read and write. While most of these accounts come from the teachers with whom we work and the professional books we read, we especially love when we find reading...
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Using Reading Wellness to Build Classroom Community: An Instructional Path
The allure of a fresh start makes back-to-school one of our favorite times of the year. With new students comes new perspectives and new ideas that infuse energy into our teaching. Recently, we have...
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#Who’sDoingTheWork: 4 Ways to Grow Readers
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This We Believe: Some Core Beliefs Behind WHO’S DOING THE WORK
Helping students become more independent and more proficient as readers and understanding what prompts and inhibits students’ movement along a learning continuum has driven our professional inquiry...
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Short on Words, Big on Conversation: Quick Reads for Sparking Deep Discussions
Rich conversations support deeper understanding during read aloud, but sometimes time constraints can limit opportunities to discuss stories. We, along with a number of dear colleagues, have been...
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The Urge to Read Aloud: “This Book Made Me Think of You”
Like most readers of Slice of Life posts, we read books constantly. Almost every day, one (or both) of us reads something that we just can’t resist reading aloud. Kim just read aloud the text below,...
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What does the term “next generation” mean?
Today, we offer the second in a series of posts about questions that readers have asked about Who’s Doing the Work?. In particular, we offer some insights into the phrase “next generation literacy...
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A False Sense of Security
Over the summer, Kim’s son Matthew attended a two-week, military-style leadership camp at Norwich University in Vermont. Each day began with an hour and half of Physical Training (PT) which included a...
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Improving Our Practice with Something Easy
In Reading Wellness, we liken reading process to form during exercise. Ultimately, our goal for a reader is to put forth effort without compromising form, which in this reading metaphor would mean...
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