Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Over the course of the Boothbay Literacy Retreat, participants made videos on what it means to be literate in the 21st century. Time was limited but the results were fantastic. Tuesday, June 28, 2011. College Ready Students from CCSS. A gorgeous Monday in Boothbay. Yesterday was a fantastic day of learning and the weather was beautiful. Here are just a few pictures from the afternoon. Monday, June 27, 2011. What a lovely morning it was! .

A hearty site for hard-working educators. A hearty site for hard-working educators. Subscribe to our RSS feed. August 9, 2015,. Today I read an article on NPR. 8221; The resounding answer would be yes. Unless the kid is asleep, in which case you could safely take their response as an affirmative. But wait, you say, millio.

Saturday, August 1, 2015. I used to think , but now I know . So much literacy learning took place this summer at Columbia.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Yes, I had that book bound! This might be the best thing ever. I have to give credit to Jennie Motes Smith who posted about doing it to some of her books on the Notice and Note Facebook page. Unfortunately, there was one down side. This particular book is a little large for the largest spiral Staples has. If you look at the picture below, you can see that the book curves ar.

Connecting Our Literacy Lives Inside and Outside the Classroom. One of our favorite articles about reading is Every Child, Every Day. In it, they describe the six elements of reading instruction that students should have. Every child reads something he or she chooses. Specifically included as a cohesive part of the daily instructional plan.

The value of journaling has been known for a while now. Journaling is done by many people for many reasons such as to help them over come obstacles such as loosing weight or smoking, to work through their emotions during a tough time, or simply to write and reflect on everyday happenings.