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#edu407 also remember that dictionary skills are just one minor part and do not help students really learn new vocabulary...plus now you just "Okay Go

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#edu407 also remember that dictionary skills are just one minor part and do not help students really learn new vocabulary...plus now you just "Okay Google" or "Hey Alexa" what does X mean.... Instead of just defining words you need to use them #literacies

#edu407 #smallpoems There is No B Writer or A Writer You must simply Be A Writer anyone can grow you know but we interrupted your flow conflating grow

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#edu407 #smallpoems There is No B Writer or A Writer You must simply Be A Writer anyone can grow you know but we interrupted your flow conflating growth and grades watching as motivation fades real quick one gets rubric sick a scale of measure ripping away pleasure leaving learning untouched

#edu407 another thing I see often is everyone having students pull apart meaning, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences...but no one really looki

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#edu407 another thing I see often is everyone having students pull apart meaning, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences...but no one really looking to see students use academic vocabulary in context. Get students to play with words #literacies.

Checked into East Haddam Elementary School Cub Scout Field Day

Gaga ball, tug of War, sack races, relay races

Off to work, today's lesson in #myfirstcms complete. I now can almost reliably include variables in one php file and now call them in other files. It'

Off to work, today's lesson in #myfirstcms complete. I now can almost reliably include variables in one php file and now call them in other files. It's just a page title....for now... http://myfirstcms.jgregorymcverry.com/public/staff/index.php

@tutormentorteam Finishing up some grading before I have to head out to cub scouts. Sounds like everything is working. You created a WordPress account

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@tutormentorteam Finishing up some grading before I have to head out to cub scouts. Sounds like everything is working. You created a WordPress account. Now when you click join it brings you to log in page. Log in using the account you just made. Done.

@tutormentorteam @nomadwarmachine I see you joined the site but do not see you joined the werbring. Once you joined the site you should be able to cli

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@tutormentorteam @nomadwarmachine I see you joined the site but do not see you joined the werbring. Once you joined the site you should be able to click "join" on the #clmooc web ring and add yourself.

This is a good vocab lesson #edu407. Janice first pretaught the word, the students see them in the book, and the paly in other modalities. One thing I

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This is a good vocab lesson #edu407. Janice first pretaught the word, the students see them in the book, and the paly in other modalities. One thing I might do is not focus so much on predictions in the lesson. You might ask these questions during the read aloud but they don't need to be included in the lesson. Focus only on eliciting growth of knowledge tow

#edu407 Update on Academic Vocabulary Lesson Plans

What is academic vocabulary? How should I teach it?

#EDU407 Just read Brittney's vocabulary lesson plan. I wanted to highlight how she focused on the elements of fairy tales. There are many tier II word

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#EDU407 Just read Brittney's vocabulary lesson plan. I wanted to highlight how she focused on the elements of fairy tales. There are many tier II words that will follow students forever from fairy tales. You can also think of learning vocabulary as part of learning concepts. The key with academic vocabulary is to look for the concepts that cut across discipl