September 2018 archive

Family Storytelling

https://www.languagemagazine.com/family-storytelling/The power of oral language and story for children’s literacy development is crucial for teachers to know and use. Nile Stanley and Brett Dillingham offer a powerful parenting strategy for developing intellect, language, literacy, and values https://www.languagemagazine.com/family-storytelling/ Digital Storytelling:   Here are more ideas from Stanley and Dillingham related to digital storytelling: https://www.languagemagazine.com/2011/02/21/making-learners-click-with-digital-storytelling/

International Literacy Association makes, The Case for Children’s Rights to Read

See also, for application to teaching: https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/communications/literacy-today/literacy-today-rights-to-read.pdf

Differentiating for student engagement and success is first a mindset

Click on the link below to open this brief video from Education Week,  showing how to begin thinking about and providing differentiated opportunities for your students! https://video.edweek.org/detail/video/5833607063001/differentiating-instruction-its-not-as-hard-as-you-think?autoStart=true&cmp=eml-enl-cc-mostpop-rm&M=58609547&U=1988343