Visible Learning - John Hattie. Close, Critical, Analytical Reading. Close and Critical Reading Examples. CCR Resources for The Pizza Slide and Related Sources. CCR Resources for Cobwebs to Crosshairs! CCR Resources for How Addiction Hijacks the Brain and Related Sources. Close Reading - Critical Thinking.

Real words from reading, wondering, and reflecting. Sunday, March 1, 2015. Last week our district began administering the PARCC assessments for the first time. Confidence that best practices will prevail. Confidence that as teachers we have done the work necessary to prepare our students for any task put before them. Confidence that the daily successes we share will triumph.

Thursday, July 3, 2014. In the past few years, this system has worked for me with my students. Set a goal for all students to earn 10 points.

I am back to teaching this year, after taking a couple of years off. I also enjoy selling on eBay. Saturday, January 23, 2016. 100th Day is Almost Here! This is what I plan to do in my First Grade classroom on the 100th day of school. Read a book about the 100th day then have the children go on a hunt for 100 words around the room. Draw and write about when the children are 100 years old. Make 100th day hats to wear.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Can you guys even believe it is December? This year is flying by! So in November I searched the Oriental Trading Christmas Website. I wanted to find something that I could use for behavior management. During the crazy holiday seasons, I like to change up my behavior management strategies. For October, I used eyeball stickers. You can find these adorable houses here. You can find them here! I also found this.

Friday, January 6, 2017. It will turn into perfect, packable snow! .