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Parents League of New York: Publications » Selected Review Articles » Does Tutoring Help or Harm Your Childs Education?

Some thoughts on tutoring…. Parents League of New York: Publications » Selected Review Articles » Does Tutoring Help or Harm Your Childs Education?. I feel that it is important when setting up tutoring for your child, there needs to be … Continue reading

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Diverse and Impressive Picture Books of 2013

Diverse and Impressive Picture Books of 2013. Many of these are now in our library!

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VoiceThread with 4th graders

I had the pleasure of creating a voice thread with a group before break, using the text Shoebag. The children were working on understanding characters through dialogue, actions, etc. Their goal was to express what it was like to find … Continue reading

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Summer reading…. planning already?

Last year, Hackley began offering a limited amount of summer classes, and I’m happy to say it will be back and expanded to include a wide variety of offerings for all divisions. One of the best things about summer programs … Continue reading

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Reluctant reader activity

As a classroom teacher, I was always on the hunt for new and exciting ways to entice my less than enthused readers. One of the “hooks” I employed was what they would be doing with the text- and never, never, … Continue reading

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Get out of the classroom!

Educators know that when you can make curricular connections, children learn how to access that information faster because you are are involving more parts of the brain. At a recent faculty meeting, my colleagues shared about their experience at a … Continue reading

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Graphic Novels that caught my eye

Hi everyone! Just a quick video on some new hot texts that our LS Librarian, Anna McKay, brought to my attention.

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3rd Grade French lessons with US students – Tres bien!

One of the greatest things, in my opinion, is when we can have collaboration of instruction between grade levels and subjects. It forces the children to look at their instruction in a new light, outside of the context than how … Continue reading

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Say that again?

The age old battle… which side are you on? No, I’m not talking about team Edward or team Jacob (a Twilight reference, my friends). Do you say nuffle bunny or kuh-nuffle bunny?   As it turns out, Mo Willems reports … Continue reading

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Realistic Fiction Shindig

This morning I was invited with other honored guests to read realistic fiction pieces in 1R. It is truly amazing what these young authors have accomplished. I think too often young writers are looked at only as an age or … Continue reading

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