What's new at Literacy Builders?
Visit our blog this week to find out more about the nine year old Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. In our last post, Matthew was frustrated by his students who were revolting because they didn’t want to do the amount of writing that Dark Arts required. In this week’s post, learn what happens when Matthew changes his approach. Is it magic or simply, good teaching? What can we learn from this nine year old teacher? Share your thoughts—leave a comment!
Noticing Beautiful Language Word Chart:
We have begun a beautiful language collection. This is an interactive bulletin board and if you have a great example of beautiful language, please feel free to add it! Click here to add something new to our chart.
Check out what's NEW in our Store:
E-Pack Lesson Plan Books
Reading Workshop Mini-Lessons for Book Choice
And don't forget -- There is still room in our summer workshops! If you haven’t registered and are interested, click here!
Reading Workshop Mini-Lessons for Book Choice
And don't forget -- There is still room in our summer workshops! If you haven’t registered and are interested, click here!
Featured Contest
September always begins with thinking about how to get kids reading books that are right for them. What do you do to help match books to readers? Literacy Builders is hosting a contest to find original lessons for book choice. The winner will be featured in our Free Resources for September section and receive Choosing Books to Sustain Independent Reading, our mini lesson portfolio e-pak of sixteen unique lessons valued at $15.95.
E-Mail your entry to
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, our Digital Media Coordinator by August 15, 2010 to be eligible.
Good luck!
Collaborate with Others
The Literacy Builders Study Group is studying Anne Goudvis and Stephanie Harvey’s Book Strategies that Work. If you are reading this book too, log into our discussion board and share your thoughts and ideas about how to teach students to read for meaning. What are you doing to get ready for the beginning of the school year? Join our discussion to learn what others think about during the summer.
Are you a member of the Literacy Builders Diigo group? If not, you should join today! Being part of an online collaboration community is a great way to share resources and keep up-to-date about what’s happening in education, specifically literacy. There is no cost to join Diigo and there is no cost to join our group, therefore, there is no reason not to become a member!