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Ideas and resoures for the best K-5 teachers, because the best are always getting better.

Q&A: Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment

After going through the procedure of how to implement the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, there are still some “muddy” items – things that are not 100% clear. In this blog post I attempt to answer teachers’ questions about… Continue Reading →

Recap of Workshop: Supporting Student Problem Solving in Guided Reading

December’s guided reading workshop focused on supporting student problem solving in guided reading. Before the workshop, teachers read excerpts from an article by Heather Wall published in the Journal of Language and Literacy Education which focused on guided reading as problem solving… Continue Reading →

What Is a Professional Learning Network? (And Why Should I Have One?)

What Is a Professional Learning Network? A professional learning network (PLN) is group of interconnected people with common professional interests who share ideas, resources, requests, questions, and reflections. In education, a PLN facilitates communication and collaboration among teachers reducing the isolated nature of the profession…. Continue Reading →

Tech Badges Have Students Using Technology to Make The World Better

“How can we use technology to make the world better?” This question is at the heart of Brad Flickinger‘s tech badges for primary students. I had the honor of meeting Flickinger and learning about his incredible idea for tech badges in his… Continue Reading →

My Tri-Conference Experience Storified

[View the story “The Best of Tri 2015” on Storify]​ [View the story “The Best of Tri 2015” on Storify]​

Guided Reading Workshop: Insights on Guided Reading

This post is part of a four-post series with information related to our Primary Guided Reading Workshop conducted on October 6, 2015. See related posts: Elements of a Guided Reading Lesson, Model Lesson, Questions and Concerns Last Tuesday, we started off our… Continue Reading →

Guided Reading Workshop: Elements of a Guided Reading Lesson

This post is part of a four-post series with information related to our Primary Guided Reading Workshop conducted on October 6, 2015. See related posts: Insights on Guided Reading, Model Lesson, Questions and Concerns In last Tuesday’s Guided Reading Workshop, we discussed… Continue Reading →

Guided Reading Workshop: Model Lesson

This post is part of a four-post series with information related to our Primary Guided Reading Workshop conducted on October 6, 2015. See related posts: Insights on Guided Reading, Elements of a Guided Reading Lesson, Questions and Concerns As part of last… Continue Reading →

Guided Reading Workshop: Questions and Concerns

This post is part of a four-post series with information related to our Primary Guided Reading Workshop conducted on October 6, 2015. See related posts: Insights on Guided Reading, Elements of a Guided Reading Lesson, Model Lesson Here are some of the questions and… Continue Reading →

A Tale of Three Pedagogies: Didactic Pedagogy

This is the first post in a three-part series to better understand common pedagogical approaches. The “Tale of Three Pedagogies” series is part of my 2015 Tri-Association Conference presentation called New Learning Now! and inspired by University of Illinois’s online master’s program in Learning Design… Continue Reading →

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