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Date Posted: 18:54:14 11/25/11 Fri
Author: LauraG (Laura Grosvenor)
Subject: Hello World!

Been "holed up" by wind and rain (and I do mean rain!)
Had to drive through five areas of pretty deep standing water and a few with strong currents though I did not detect any salmon swimming across the road. Had to get to town to get the license tabs I had neglected to purchase in a timely fashion.
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was small and peaceful. (Can't always say that with my sister's family.)
I'm up to no good (as usual) but I'll spare you the lurid details. I'm mostly through with shopping and have been revising my reading program for the elementary school as they no longer have funds to support their AR program. Ha! and they say there are no perks to budget cuts. I sincerely hope AR goes out of business someday!
Tsk! Tsk!
Heading up to Seattle next weekend for an Advent seminar and a little play time.

My best to all,
Lou

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[> Re: Hello World! -- JennOK, 20:59:58 12/01/11 Thu

Hi Laura, what are you doing to revamp your reading? We have had major cuts and really don't have any money in the budget for anything either. What level do you teach? We use AR too.


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[> [> Re: Hello World! -- LauraG (Laura Grosvenor), 22:29:54 12/03/11 Sat

I need to head up to Seattle early tomorrow, but I'd love to share with you when I get back.
I've taught K-6 over 21 years and was an elementary teacher/librarian for the last ten.

LauraG


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[> [> Re: Hello World! -- LauraG (Laura Grosvenor), 12:45:34 12/18/11 Sun

Someone here has been bitten by the procrastinator bug.
JennOK, if you'd send your address to my email, I'd be happy to send you a disk with almost 100 (96 at last count) reading passport cards from beginning reader to advanced.

They are printable on 4x6 index cards. The front has a picture and name of the "club" the back a list of suggested titles with reading level and a short annotation. The teacher helps the student set a goal and can choose to have them speak to their peers about the series or represent their achievement in a typical book report (I'll send you some ideas here too) format or any other way. Once the goal is achieved, we read their name over the all school announcements in the morning. The level of pride in their achievement was wonderful to see and reading improved school-wide.

My email is lgrosvenor@earthlink.net.

Sorry I'm so late in getting back to you.

LauraG


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[> Re: Hello World! -- BC, 12:28:13 12/10/11 Sat

hi there back at ya my friend! :)
happy holidays to you, Jenn - and, everyone!
- BC

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