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March 28, 2016

A salute to Nelson Mandela!

Eddie Izaard — British comedian Eddie Izzard holds a South African flag beneath a statue of former president Nelson Mandela at the government’s Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, March 20, 2016. Izzard has completed his challenge to run 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief to remember the 27 years Mandela spent in prison.

http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2016/03/26/eddie-izzard-marathon-running-mandela

March 26, 2016March 26, 2016

Congratulations Hanan..2016 Global Teacher

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http://www.globalteacherprize.org/

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016

A wonderful blog about reading!

Shelley was my host at the Inly School and I love all she has to say about the wonderful world of books! She took of picture of Inly students in front of their Western Wall built out of recycled materials! https://sommerreading.wordpress.com/

March 3, 2016March 3, 2016

A Border Wall between USA/Mexico..an election story

http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-02/how-some-mexicans-see-us-election border fence_10153894278755185_6793378657173544232_n

February 28, 2016

Thank you U Maine Students

I had a great day on Saturday with Robin Fleck’s ELL students. We decided that from now on we will unwrap not unpack complex sentences. I found the article about the Emma Lazarus poem and have posted the article about Visual Thinking Strategies.

Click to access visual-thinking-strategies-ch-2.pdf

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/11/11/356357971/common-core-reading-the-new-colossus

February 28, 2016February 28, 2016

1,000 Books and Counting!

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http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/26/467969663/wheres-the-color-in-kids-lit-ask-the-girl-with-1-000-books-

February 3, 2016

A great Who Belongs Here? story

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/magazine/on-the-way-home.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmagazine&action=click&contentCollection=magazine&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront who belongs here

January 31, 2016January 31, 2016

Teaching For Change…good place to find books for your classroom

https://www.teachingforchange.org/

Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write and change the world.

By drawing direct connections to real world issues, Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to question and re-think the world inside and outside their classrooms, build a more equitable, multicultural society, and become active global citizenery.