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Moline, Steve. (1996). I See What You Mean. Stenhouse Publishers Portland, Maine

 

Steve Moline has a pet peeve.  He absolutely hates to hear teachers say to students, “Write your answer and if you have time left over, you can draw a picture.”  He feels that too often, teachers ignore the benefits that students can gain by learning to add artistic representations to their school work and so not…

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Here is my article summary, I will also have copies available in the morning at class.  Sorry, my errand went haywire.  --Lucy

NNWP-ISI:  Lucy Peters

Schmoker, M.

(April, 2007) Reading, writing, and thinking

for all.  Educational Leadership,       Association

for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 64 (7), 63-66.  Retrieved from EBSCO database.    

Summary:

This article

outlines the importance…

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This is my fourth year teaching fifth-grade and I am still searching for a way to help students write thoughtful, creative conclusions for their expository and narrative writing pieces. My fifth-graders have become quite adept at “grabbing” their readers with their introductions; they excel at including details, “show-me's” and figurative language in the bodies of their writing. After all of…

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This is my fourth year teaching fifth-grade and I am still searching for a way to help students write thoughtful, creative conclusions for their expository and narrative writing pieces. My fifth-graders have become quite adept at “grabbing” their readers with their introductions; they excel at including details, “show-me's” and figurative language in the bodies of their writing. After all of…

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Jetta Lovett logging on....I currently teach Language Arts at Dilworth Middle School in Sparks. My classroom looks more like an elementary class, with student work plastered over every wall and colorful posters on the ceilings. I have a painting of a life-size elephant, Tantor, on the wall, that I adopted from Echo Loder. My shelves are packed with books so that my students can choose a book freely during SSR and other times throughout the day. I try to keep supplies orderly and available for… Continue