Tag: discussion
Children’s top picks in honor of Children’s Book Week
By Alex on May 17th, 2013
Makayla with her “Old Lady” books! In honor of Children’s Book Week, we asked the children in our lives to tell us what their favorite book is and why. Although we got some pretty great answers, we also encountered a few children who said theymore… full post
35 years of IRA and still inspired
By Alex on April 9th, 2013
Ruth Culham, author of Traits Writing, shares her first experience at the International Reading Association conference and looks forward to attending the 58th Annual Convention this year! I attended my first IRA in—!!!—1978.I was teachingmore… full post
Ten lessons from the best district in the country
By Alex on March 28th, 2013
Wayne D’Orio, Editor of Scholastic Administrator Magazine, is here to share 10 lessons from the best district in the country. How did a small school district in the middle of North Carolina become one of the most buzzed about success storiesmore… full post
Helping children become financially and mathematically savvy
By Alex on March 26th, 2013
With April being Financial Literacy Month, we thought it would be a great time to share some tips from Jane Crawford, author of Why Can’t I Have EVERYTHING?. From visits from the Tooth Fairy to a weekly allowance, there are many opportunities tomore… full post
Creating a movie while reading
By Alex on March 14th, 2013
Like most people, when I read a book I create a movie in my head. I paint mental pictures of what I think characters look like, where they live and what their surroundings are like. For example, if I’m reading a mystery story set in 19th centurymore… full post
Helping kids read and understand complex texts
By Alex on March 12th, 2013
Today we are excited to have Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm, a well-known professor of English from Boise State University and one of our amazing authors of XBOOKS, here to talk about complex texts. There are a lot of things I like about the Common Coremore… full post
Parents support literacy through the Read and Rise Family Engagement Workshop
By Alex on February 20th, 2013
Besides parent-teacher night, it’s not too often that you walk into a school and find a classroom filled with parents. However, when I attended the Read and Rise family engagement workshop at P.S. 179 in the Bronx last week, that is exactly what Imore… full post
Is ‘show and tell’ an important part of early education?
By Alex on February 13th, 2013
Just recently, the Scholastic Teachers Facebook team asked teachers, “What is the weirdest thing your students have brought in for show and tell?” Aside from the hysterical answers, I was baffled when some teachers commented that they were notmore… full post
When Giants Unite: The CCSS meet the 4Ws of writing
By Alex on February 12th, 2013
Ruth Culham, author of the Traits Writing program, discusses how we can revolutionize the way we teach writing, and how these methods can effectively meet the demands of the Common Core State Standards.. The following is an excerpt taken from hermore… full post
Reading aloud isn’t just for the classroom
By Alex on February 11th, 2013
Today, Julia Graeper from the Classroom and Community Group has stopped by OOM to talk about the importance of reading to children, no matter how old or young they may be. Julia, a mother of an eight-month old knows a little something about readingmore… full post
