Tag Archives: close reading

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Finding the Human Story within an Image

Deena Aglialoro, Language Arts, South Mecklenburg HS

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Using Mathematics to Understand Social Issues

Rational Thinking: Voting, Fairness, and the 2016 Presidential Election

Kelly McManus, Math, Martin Luther King, Jr. MS

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century

Taking a Closer Look at Comprehension

Emily Steib, First Grade, Hidden Valley Elementary School

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century

Historical Literacy Strategies in High School History Classes

Brad Baker, U.S. History, William Amos Hough High School

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 5: FUNdamentals in Math for Grades PreK-12

Building Mathematical Comprehension Using Literacy Strategies

Amy Stokes, Fourth Grade, Lebanon Road Elementary

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century

Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century World Language Classroom

Kathy Melendez, French, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Writing with Power: No Fear Here

Blocking Writer’s Block: How do we encourage students to overcome their fear of writing?

Robin McLennon, Fourth Grade, Davidson Elementary School

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Writing with Power: No Fear Here

Constructing a Creative Classroom Community

Jessica M. Young, Second Grade, Davidson Elementary School

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Writing with Power: No Fear Here

To Kill a Mockingbird: Taking A Stand and Letting Your Character Define You

Deena L. Aglialoro, Language Arts, Ranson IB Middle School

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 5: FUNdamentals in Math for Grades PreK-12

The Wisdom of Word Problems

Gwendalyn Iversen, Second Grade, Winding Springs Elementary

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2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Words of African Wisdom through Leuk the Hare in a French Immersion Classroom

Pamela Shembo, Fifth Grade, Waddell Language Academy

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2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

Critical Inquiry: Teaching Students to Use Discourse Analysis to Unpack Narratives of the American Soldier in The Things They Carried and Apocalypse Now.

Christopher Williams, English, East Mecklenburg High School

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2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Fun with Words in Math: A SIOP Mathematical Unit That Involves Writing in Math.

Stephen Salisbury, Kindergarten, Crown Point Elementary School

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2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

The Language of Math Opens Windows

Mindy Passe, Fifth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 6: The Art of Fiction: Close Analysis, Style and the Novel

Around the World in 20 Days: Virtual Flights and Explorations through Children’s Literature

Tiffany Craig, Special Education, Allenbrook Elementary School

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