by rodaniel | Apr 20, 2010 | Blog
One of the great things I get to do is to help teachers plan. I don’t necessarily help them plan individual lessons anymore, as much as I do help them plan long-term routines. I wrote a post three years ago on my own blog that discussed planning for instruction with...
by aperkins | Apr 9, 2010 | Blog
Wound. Produce. Close. Present. Invalid. When there are two or more words that are spelled the same and have different pronunciations or meanings, they are called heteronyms. These cause apprentice readers to stumble and even proficient reads to pause. Test this for...
by admin | Mar 16, 2010 | Blog
Academic Dialogue isn’t the teacher asking questions and then calling on students one at a time. Students need to publically communicate their ideas and work to help each other as well as respond to the teacher. Creating a community of learners is the key to rigorous...
by smcneely | Feb 26, 2010 | Blog
Early in the week I had an interesting conversation about momentum. Not in a physics lab, but in a principal’s office. The very next day, with a group of administrators, university partners, and literacy coaches, the topic emerged again. And now today, guess what...
by admin | Feb 9, 2010 | Blog
I have always been a writer. As Communications Specialist here at CTL, I work on public relations and marketing, and on the development and writing of grant proposals, publications and outreach materials. Before joining CTL, I worked for many years as a freelance...
