Acting Out Text Can Double Kids' Reading Comprehension

...and other long reads well worth your while

Here are two reads for your weekend long-reading enjoyment:

I highly recommend both!

First, Here's the article referred to in the title of this post, via Annie Murphy Paul. I like a lot of her Brilliant Report so it is all worth reading http://eepurl.com/S2XQj


And also, CMS PD Specialist Kim Marshall compiles a digest of news of interest to educators . This particular Marshall Memo is so amazing I had to share it with you. Click on the image (cafe picture) if you find the quotes below compelling enough  to read her entire newsletter.

“The evidence against VAM is at this point overwhelming. The refusal of school reformers to acknowledge it is outrageous.”

    Valerie Strauss in “Statisticians Slam Popular Teacher Evaluation Method”


“How well is differentiated instruction carried out and by how many teachers? How well does it actually work and for which kids under what circumstances? I’d really like to know, and so, I am sure, would many others.”

    Chester Finn, Jr. (see item #4)


“Privateness has not been and undoubtedly never will be lauded, precarious, and decent. Humankind will always subjugate privateness.”

    This sentence got a near-perfect score from a robot grading program (see item #5)


“Self-control is like a muscle – we need to restore its strength after use. Rest, relaxation, meditation, prayer, a snack – all those things can help restore us.”

    Maryam Kouchaki (see item #2)


“What do you notice?”

    Kristen Marchiando’s question of her third graders as they read together (see item #7)

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