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Your Curriculum May Not Be Aligned, and You Might not Know It

On January 2, 2019January 3, 2019 By carlamoore

By Carla Moore, coauthor of Essentials for Standards-Driven Classrooms. This article was originally published in SEEN Magazine. If you work in the district curriculum office, this statement may be what keeps you up at night: Districts and schools have worked diligently to implement the College and Career Standards. From my own journey,

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Top 10: Most Popular Articles of 2018

On December 27, 2018January 3, 2019 By Learning Sciences International

The New Year is around the corner and while we’re all getting ready to set our New Year’s goals and start 2019 feeling fresh and motivated, we want to pause to highlight the 10 most popular and shared blog posts of the year. These posts come from a variety of

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Exploring Literacy Leadership Goals for the Coming School Year: A Summer Conversation for Coaches and Principals

On August 6, 2018August 6, 2018 By Learning Sciences International

By Jacy Ippolito and Rita Bean, authors of Cultivating Coaching Mindsets and Unpacking Coaching Mindsets. As we enter into the dog days of summer, principals and instructional coaches may want to carve out a bit of time to talk about the upcoming school year. Oftentimes, effective principal-coach pairs meet toward

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How Every Teacher Can Teach Writing

On July 23, 2018July 20, 2018 By Learning Sciences International

By Nancy Roberts, co-author with Mary Shea of Using FIVES for Writing When writing Using FIVES for Writing with Mary Shea, it was important for us to remember why we are doing what we’re doing, and whom we are doing it for. Many times, we had heard the statement, “I don’t know how to teach

Categories : Literacy Professional Development Teacher effectiveness

Teaching Writing: It’s as Easy as ABC!

On July 20, 2018 By Learning Sciences International

By Nancy Roberts, co-author with Mary Shea of Using FIVES for Writing A= Announce your topic, state your claim or intent B= Build and Backup your announcement with evidence and/or example B= Build and Backup your announcement with evidence and/or example B= Build and Backup your announcement with evidence and/or example C=

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Coaches and Principals Need Time to Reflect: 4 Reflection Questions for Summer

On June 21, 2018August 3, 2018 By Learning Sciences International

By Rita Bean and Jacy Ippolito, authors of Cultivating Coaching Mindsets and Unpacking Coaching Mindsets The students are leaving the building; books are being put away; and you are getting ready to enjoy the summer season. Wait! Before you head on vacation, to your local university to take a few

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The Three Weights on Hispanic and Latino Students: Balancing School, Family, and Community

On April 12, 2018July 5, 2018 By Jcastellano

By Jaime Castellano, author of Educating Hispanic and Latino Students Today in 2018, one in four American children are of Hispanic or Latino origin. With Hispanic/Latino students making up such a large percentage of our schools, we would expect to see them spread proportionally across the spectrum of student success; but

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Opening the Doors to Hope

On March 12, 2018July 5, 2018 By Jcastellano

By Jaime Castellano I’m excited to be a part of this year’s Building Expertise National Conference. Not only will I be marking the release of my latest book, Educating Hispanic/Latino Students: Opening Doors to Hope, Promise, and Possibility, I’ll be presenting a special session during the event entitled “Hope, Promise,

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Building Rigor and Engagement Into Academic Vocabulary

On February 27, 2018February 20, 2018 By kdejong

Six tips to get students excited about acquiring new words. By Kristin DeJong Remember the days when a teacher would hand us a spelling book and tell us to complete exercises in it? We would memorize each word and then take a dictation quiz at the end of the unit.

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Five Tips for Engaging Students in a Close Reading of Text

On June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 By Learning Sciences International

When engaging students in close reading, the goal is to deepen their understanding of the text and the author’s technique for delivering the content. Students can reach higher levels of understanding by engaging in higher levels of cognition. Students engaged in close reading are working in analysis. They need to