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Tip of the Week Archives
Every week we email a free tip for teachers, literacy leaders, curriculum specialists, and principals. The tips are short, to the point, and cover a wide range of subjects. To sign up for the Tip of the Week, use the sign-up form on the top right. Here is where you will find archived issues of The Tip of the Week.
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Tip of the Week—April 26, 2013
They Deserve Us Lori Sabo I recently had a chance to reconnect and visit with an old acquaintance at a conference. After a few years of serving as a literacy co . . .
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Tip of the Week—May 17, 2013
Drawing Inferences Lori Sabo Sometimes we have to think fast. In one of our fourth-grade classrooms, the teacher and I have been working on Common Core State Standar . . .
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Tip of the Week—May 10, 2013
Building Blocks Janice Such Blocks come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. As a teacher, literacy coach, and mother, I have seen many varieties—cardboard, wooden, . . .
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Tip of the Week—May 3, 2013
The Work–Around What happens when something doesn't work perfectly for you? We (Gail and Joan) recently had the honor of talking with and learning from Woodridge Eleme . . .
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Tip of the Week—April 19, 2013
From the Bench Allison Behne My mother always taught me to look at situations from multiple perspectives. When I would come home from basketball practice complaining ab . . .
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Tip of the Week—April 12, 2013
Conferring: Monitoring, Teaching and Accelerating Lori Sabo The longer Gail, Joan and I work with children, the stronger we feel about the importance of conferring. It is perhap . . .
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Tip of the Week—April 5, 2013
The Foundations We Build In early February, Crestline Elementary in Vancouver, Washington, a school where we have the honor of working with staff, had a catastrophic fire. The good . . .
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Tip of the Week—March 29, 2013
Now I Get It Lori Sabo Meet Roy, a charming young man from Costa Rica. When Roy was younger, his mom said, "Why don't you study the violin?" He tried it, but he didn't like it. He s . . .
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Tip of the Week—March 22, 2013
Three Tips for Raising Writers Lori Sabo I hunkered next to five-year-old Eric to learn about his writing and immediately noticed the illustration of a woman with a large stomach . . .
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Tip of the Week—March 15, 2013
Keeping the Focus We can always tell when the beginning of March rolls around here in Washington State. Not by the weather or even early-growing crocuses poking their heads t . . .
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Tip of the Week—March 8, 2013
It's all in the Message Lori Sabo "This girl is college bound so start saving your money." This is what a first-grade teacher told the mother of one of my colleag . . .
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Tip of the Week—March 1, 2013
Connected Trish Prentice I love the saying "We're all in this together!" Despite the differences in our grade levels, our scattered locales, and our schools, we teachers are . . .
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Tip of the Week—February 22, 2013
Differentiation Lori Sabo In the end, all learners need your energy, your heart, and your mind. They have that in common because they are young humans. How they need you, however, d . . .
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Tip of the Week— February 15, 2013
Double Diamonds Erin Markquart I stared down the double diamond ski run with shaking knees and rising anxiety. Based on my performance on less difficult slopes, my husband ha . . .
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Tip of the Week—February 8, 2013
I Dare You Allison Behne Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.–Ralph Marston This past week I was talking with my husband, Carl, about my disser . . .
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