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I came, I chose, I conquered! Victory at Westport Book Sale
As I anticipated, The Westport Book Sale offered the variety of texts I need to create the “book flood” in my classrooms. After two hours of “grazing” through three tents of books, I had another 10...
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Summer Reading-Slowing the Summer Slide
The pressure is on. School starts in another two weeks. Summer reading still needs to be done! Right about this time, there are some parents who are reminding (nagging?) students about their summer...
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Digital Writing Model Text: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
The blizzard raging outside recalls the looping GIF of drifting snow that opens the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times feature story, Snowfall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek. As a model text,...
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Why They Remember Witnessing 9/11
15 years ago the World Trade Center Twin Towers in NYC were struck by terrorists. When they collapsed, many students at Brookfield High School in Connecticut watched them fall -75 miles away-on...
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