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[...] Strategies to Teach the Main Idea How many times have you asked your class to explain in their own words what the story is all [...]

[...] ideas make me want to slap my forehead.  Why didn't I think of this way to build vocabulary skills before? Keep reading and I'll share it with you.  You might slap your own head [...]

[...] getting as much funding and support as poorly performing schools. Such is the case with many charter schools in Ohio. My district is rated Excellent, met AYP and we spend less per pupil than most [...]

[...] . Here are some strategies every teacher can use to solve the problem, no matter what grade level is being taught.   Teaching Main Idea with Pictures Using Pictures to Teach the [...]

[...] time students get to grade 12 they will have to read texts that are 4 years above their grade level. OMG. Note:  Before you read all the way, you can get the thermometer at this page:  [...]

[...] a country as different cultures developed.       How Can Accents Influence Student Learning? Think about our students. Even when they come to us from another state there can be [...]

[...] were way better!    Related articles A Tour of Accents and How They Influence Student Learning One Less Gruff Billy Goat Three Billy Goats Gruff (Redux) Strategies to Teach [...]

[...] :  Before you read all the way, you can get the thermometer at this page:  Building Vocabulary Skills with a Thermometer.  It's $3.00 for a download. Building Vocabulary Skills I [...]

[...] teacher can use to solve the problem, no matter what grade level is being taught.   Teaching Main Idea with Pictures Using Pictures to Teach the Main Idea   The central idea of a text is [...]

[...] in them.  Sometimes it's obvious, other times it's a bit of a stretch. Like The Three Billy Goats' Gruff.   You know the tale about the troll who gets what's coming to him because [...]

[...] I don't know about you, but I probably couldn't have fully read and comprehended a senior college level text at 17 years old. But here it is. Vocabulary is the most important factor that influences [...]

There are so many stupid things going on in the world of education these days.  Of course there is a lot that is right, but the ridiculousness is [...]