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9 Ingredients for a Successful Independent Reading Program
High school is where most students’ love for reading goes to die—if it even stays alive that long. Many factors contribute to this, but one of the biggest is that in high school (and often even earlier), reading is not something done for fun but something done for grades. Instead of “read this book because…
Using Student Inventories for Goal Setting
“You have to know them before you can grow them.” Unknown The new school year starts for me tomorrow, and I have intentionally been doing less than usual. In fact, whenever I notice that I feel compelled to be productive, I think to myself, “do less,” which is becoming my intention for this school year.…
Reconnecting with My Roots
August 2020. I awoke each day from a sleepless night with a nauseated feeling in my stomach. Most years, I use July to decompress and recharge; August is for some light planning that would help me get the school year off to a good start. But not last year. Summer of 2020 was all about…
The Digital Assessment Notebook
In some previous posts, I spoke about how I have been evolving my process of tracking student progress without using points. It’s not easy, and I expect my systems to continue to evolve for the next few years (and maybe for the rest of my career). But near the end of last year, I landed…
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