mbrooks | June 23, 2009
Rebecca Harper brought energy and passion into the classroom today with her love for picture books, clarity on point of view ideas, fairytale newspapers and letter writing, transitions from poetry to prose, along with a name unit that could mean a great deal to any age. She was refreshing and certainly complimented our hard work [...]
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crobinson | June 23, 2009
We had guest speaker Rebecca Harper today from the Midlands Writing Project. Her demonstration was very insightful, useful, and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to her today and she gave me some great ideas and resources for future use.
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mmance | June 22, 2009
I can’t believe it’s been three already. Boy how time flies. I have learned so much about writing and reading during the summer institute. Each demo has given me new strategies and techniques that I can really use with my students. I am looking forward to the start of the new school so I can [...]
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lynner | June 22, 2009
We’re at the halfway point, which means that we’ve seen some excellent demos, engaged in great discussions about a variety of issues, composed promising anthology pieces, and researched and read some of the foundational texts that will help us to develop position papers and teaching stories. Good work, everyone!
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jjustice | June 20, 2009
Friday’s writing adventure led a group of us to the mall. The sounds and sights of children and parents wandering about, inspired a wonderful start to a paper by Pamela in which she discussed “No means No”. We discussed how adults’ fear of telling children “no” may be giving them the wrong life messages. My eight year [...]
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bberry | June 18, 2009
Good evening all! I must say that class was a blast today! The morning started off with a journal that made me think about my experiences as a student at USCA….my Rising Junior Portfolio and how my students received $1000 scholarships for an essay they wrote on “How Does Math Put Action in Your Passion?”. [...]
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mbrooks | June 18, 2009
If I could speak for everyone, there are many gems in each demo that we are experiencing and I can’t wait to get into the class this fall and begin the learning journey with our students. Along with these demos comes the reality of the effect technology has on us and how the growing process [...]
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