#MSchat 10-3-13 Literacy in the Middle

Tonight #mschat held a conversation about literacy and its importance to learning. Guest shared ideas about how to hook reluctant learners and ELL student into the reading process. In the end favorite read alouds for the classroom were shared. Hope you can learn from the conversation.

Michigan Council of Teachers of English 2013 Presentation

On Friday Oct 5, 2013 I will be co-presenter at MCTE Conference. I feel luck to have collaborated with my partner Kattie Hogan in linking science and literacy.  Our project was just the beginning of fusing science instruction with a focus on literacy skills. Our goal is to create independent collaborate learners. Not there yet but work towards it every day. Below is the Presentation: