Recently, I've found huge discrepancies between Lexile scores, DRA's (Developmental Reading Assessment) and Readablity formulas such as SMOG, FRY and when I asked a reading specialist to explain the difference at a conference recently, she evaded the question by telling me (and the audience) to simply pick one and stick to that one. I disagree.
So, I couldn't wait to share it with you. I must admit, I got hooked playing with some of the Jigsaw puzzles. All I could think while I was doing it (besides the work I should have been doing) was how much my puzzle loving son might enjoy the online puzzles!
After high school, I worked in a factory to put myself through college. The assembly line I worked on had production quotas that dictated how many “pieces” we were required to produce per hour. One of the first things I learned on that assembly line was to look busy. Being a young college student, m [...]
One of the biggest challenges schools face when instituting a co-teaching model is the challenge of establishing parity for both teachers in the classroom. Parity is a critical ingredient of co-teaching. It is important that both teachers feel respected and valued for their contributions and that students perceive each teacher as an equal and valued participant in their education. Here are tips for establishing parity in the Co-taught classroom.
It's really easy to call someone a bully, but it's not so easy to be called a bully yourself. We’ve all made mistakes in our lives – sometimes when we were kids and didn’t know better, and sometimes when we’re adults and really should. Making mistakes is part of being human, but realizing we’ve made a mistake and not doing anything about it compounds the problem.