Kites: We Write To Remember
Dawn Florino, M.Ed., Ed.D. candidate I splashed in the Pacific Ocean with the kite floating above my head, my feet sinking into the wet...
Translating Teacher-Talk: Why National Poetry Month Matters to All Readers
April is National Poetry Month and for early readers, it can open up a world of new text. But, honestly, poetry needs serious re-branding...
Translating Teacher-Talk: Your Community's Greatest Asset
Libraries.....You knew I was going to say that, didn't you? Summer's coming and it won't be long before your children (of all ages) will...
Translating Teacher-Talk: Reading Middle School Minds
Michael, a new sixth-grader, would rather read the Warrior series than socialize. Andrew is a seventh grade boy and by all accounts would...
Translating Teacher-Talk: Reading Fluency Unpacked
You may be listening to your child and thinking that their reading doesn't sound "fluent". Teachers may share that they are teaching and...
Translating Teacher Talk: Reading Levels?
Translating Teacher-Talk: Families, do you have questions about your children's literacy "levels"? Are there other things you're...