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May
15
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. ~Charles Baudelaire
Singapore Botanic Garden Video
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Apr
23
Growing strong readers involves providing real text and authentic literary passages for students. It is also important to read along with students and to model active reading for them.
Check out our newest collection of K – 12th grade literary passages from ReadWorks, each with a question set based on evidence in the text.
Jan
7
On Saturday, January 24, join readers nationwide who will be reading in solidarity for literacy from noon to 4 p.m. during the first National Readathon Day.
Find out how you can help raise funds and find a readathon event near you at this link
Learn the simple steps to organize your own even at this link
and at this hashtag: #timetoread
May
24
Journalist and women’s rights activist Margaret Fuller (born May 23, 1810) was the first woman to be allowed the use of Harvard’s Library. It was granted because she’d earned a reputation as the most well-read person in New England. How ’bout reading a good book during this long, holiday weekend?
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Mar
15
You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they’ve been read… ~Keri Hulme
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Jan
18
“The changes were registered in the left temporal cortex, an area of the brain associated with receptivity for language, as well as the the primary sensory motor region of the brain. Neurons of this region have been associated with tricking the mind into thinking it is doing something it is not, a phenomenon known as grounded cognition – for example, just thinking about running, can activate the neurons associated with the physical act of running.” ~Tomas Jivanda writing in this article from The Guardian.
Oct
28
…from the astute folks at OEDB-Open Education Database
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