May 2011

Identifying Principles for the Creation of Texts in A Variety of Languages for Beginning Readers

May 25, 2011

Freddy Hiebert

Beginning readers need substantial and consistent data about language they are learning.

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Homework

May 25, 2011

Did you know students didn’t always have homework?  Before the 1950’s teachers didn’t assign homework to elementary school kids.  This is no longer the case now.  In a 2008 survey, “77% students regardless of grade level, spend at least 30 minutes doing homework on a typical school day, while 45% reported spending at least an hour.” (MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: The Homework Experience, 2008).  The question we ask in this TPFK is “Does homework help students learn?  Are students getting the right amount of homework?”

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Homework

Narrative Benchmark books

May 5, 2011

Freddy adds contemporary benchmark books to those already identified by Jeanne Chall and the CCSS.

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