Sunday, May 20, 2012

 Building Background Debate with Common Cores

Posted by Marsha on May 9, 2012

A few of the elementary schools I work with have  asked me to facilitate discussions on the Common Cores as an attempt to begin to bridge the divide between what is and what will be. One shift teachers always take issue with is the de-emphasis on building background.
The panic comes from the fact that one of [...]

 Content Area Reading: Building Successful History Textbook Experiences

Posted by Marsha on March 2, 2011

As hard as publishing companies try to make their textbooks interesting and engaging, many students simply hate reading them. History is one content area I find most difficult to get my students to buy into and history textbooks, as hard as they try, don’t always engage my kids.  Luckily there are fantastic online resources that [...]

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