Archive for August, 2012

The Force of Habit

The Force of Habit

The Edge of Education August 29, 2012 at 2:58 pm 1 comment

“All our life, so far as it has form, is a mass of habits.”— William James, 1892. If you ever walk into my house you […]

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Listen. Boys and girls hear differently. And it matters.

Listen. Boys and girls hear differently. And it matters.

The Edge of Education August 22, 2012 at 10:17 am 3 comments

The class was focused.  But for the tip-tap of fingers flying across keyboards, the computer lab was quiet. Their assignment had been to research their […]

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The ride of a lifetime

The ride of a lifetime

The Edge of Education August 15, 2012 at 9:17 am Comments are Disabled

Once, there was a loving mother who wanted nothing but the best for her young daughter.  She did everything she could and spared no expense.  […]

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Breaking News: Moods are Contagious

Breaking News: Moods are Contagious

The Edge of Education August 14, 2012 at 5:13 pm Comments are Disabled

“A teacher affects eternity; no one can tell where his influence stops.” –Henry Adams I’ve noticed that if I make a conscious effort to inject energy […]

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Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Chapter 9

Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Chapter 9

The Shift August 14, 2012 at 2:48 pm 1 comment

SCHOOLS CANNOT DO IT ALONE by Jamie Vollmer A book study: Please participate in the discussion by leaving a comment below. Part 10 in a […]

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Effects of rhyming, vocabulary and phonemic awareness instruction on phoneme awareness

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 11:05 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra In this journal of research in reading, the results suggest that instruction emphasizing phoneme segmentation, blending, and letter–sound relationships are […]

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Weekly Reader Teacher’s Guide Edition

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 11:02 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra This edition states that April is National Poetry Month.  It includes a short lesson plan on poetry about animals. This […]

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Evaluation of a rime-based reading program with Shuswap and Heiltsuk First Nations prereaders

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 10:59 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra This study found that children who experience great difficulty with beginning reading typically have a deficiency in phonological awareness.  It […]

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Honoring the Child with Dyslexia in a Montessori Classroom.

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 10:55 pm 3 comments

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra This article takes the position that the ideal curriculum for children with dyslexia is multisensory, structured, cumulative, and sequential.   One’s […]

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Two Essential Ingredients: Phonics and Fluency Getting to Know Each Other

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 10:50 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra The article states that in 2000, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD] found that phonics and […]

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