I have had a system for several years and I love it! In fact, most of the
teachers in our school have a system. I have severe asthma so when I
project my voice I start to cough. I used to miss several days of school
because of asthma, but that has improved so much since I don't have to
strai
But at the same time is isn't fair to give all the challenges to an
experienced teacher. In my situation I "finally" get a partner teacher
after 6 years of being the only teacher on my grade level. There are some
very challenging students in our upcoming grade, which is the reason we have
bee
Last year I had a new student enrolled in my class. She was very behind in
her learning, a very big challenge. After talking with her father, I found
she had lived a very difficult life. This was the third school she had
enrolled in that year (it was February I think), she had missed almost a
From your
> experience (all of you), what would you say about the reliability and
> validity of the STAR?
I have found STAR to be as accurate as any other assessment. Here's a funny
incident I had with a parent and STAR. I had a student (read that
Trouble-Maker) who's mother came in to school
Yes, AR and Reasing Counts are very similar. The total AR progrm encourages
using "points" to buy rewards but you don't have to do that.
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Ok, I will put myself out for a hanging here. My school bought into AR many
years ago and I do use it. It is not mandated; it is entirely up to the
teacher how we use it. I realize it is not a reading program to teach
reading, but I don't use it as such. Our library has the leveled books
mi
Another Revolutionary War book is Phoebe the Spy by Judity Berry Griffin.
It has been a few years since I used this, but it seems like it is writen as
a diary, and is full of information about the life of a coloial girl who is
hired to be a spy.
Lori in Utah
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