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Excited to be doing a google+ hangout with Antero Garcia to discuss participatory learning http://bit.ly/ItRttK #engchat #sschat #edchatt
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@ky@katsok @iChrisLehman @MaryAnnReilly One of my preservice teachers dd a blog post on "where have all the dioramas gone?" #engchat
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I'm reading Harris's Rome trilogy about Cicero and the Walking Dead Grahpic Novels #engchat
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RT @rushtheiceberg: @misskatrina @jgmac1106 @CBethM will leave w/ this...sometimes I just want to curl up with a book...that's it, nothi ...
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@rushtheiceberg Yes studies are limited to traditional outcomes. Check to see if Guthrie, Wigfield, or Gambrell have done any work #engchat
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@misskatrina @CBethM @rushtheiceberg Yes there has to be some system to remove the silent from SSR and get students to talk #engchat
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@MaryAnnReilly Yes there is a complete metaphor in there. Just havemt hashed out all the parts. #PrewritingonTwitter #engchat
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@CBethM @rushtheiceberg SSR is useless, as it is silent, I prefer Independent Reading (semantics mean alot) #engchat
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@rushtheiceberg They are technically correct if you are considering much of the controlled grup study record of SSR. #engchat
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@MrsRit I agree I find image driven thinking to be even more critical for my reluctant or struggiling readers. #engchat
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RT @MrsRit: I try to use visual/auditory ex to move Ss towards analysis at first. Commercials, movies, cartoons, comics, are great #engchat
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@MaryAnnReilly @KyleneBeers In essence it isnt much of a ladder but mroe a DNA helix that gets at the essense of thinking and being #engchat
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RT @rightingteacher: @mrami2 also maintain a book recommendation site on edmodo, across 6 sections of english/w 4 teachers. kid recs go ...
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@SylviaEllison But I will deadicate a post this week to setting up a novel guide journal #engchat
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@SylviaEllison Here is link to slides I just threw together. Very incomplete. http://bit.ly/KTwIui #engchat
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Another ide is to offer the choice of classics using the gutenberg project. Then kids can transform text into interactive guide. #engchat
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@SylviaEllison I set up my notebooks with bio pages, summaries, reflections, a big plot diagram, predictions. Kids love novel guide #engchat
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@iChrisLehman I guess reading like loving can be a solitary act. Its just better with another person #engchat
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That is why I like arranging choice around a genre or a topic such as "Hero's Quest" So I could male talk meaningful #engchat
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@spillarke @writer there was something special in 6th graders when they realized Heracles, Superman, and Harry Potter had same bio #engchat
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