Quote of the Day

Reading Quote #10: Joyful, Willing Reading

By |2020-10-29T20:21:16-06:00October 31st, 2020|

See a description of my new reading seminar and find out how to register here. See the rest of of the insightful and stimulating reading quotes in this series here. Just get them reading! See a sample weekly schedule to promote healthy reading here.

Reading Quote #1: True Differentiation

By |2020-10-23T14:35:42-06:00October 16th, 2020|

Today marks day one of a series of quotes about teaching reading. These are based on the research I have done for my upcoming BER seminars on reading, my years of experience, and extensive conversations with scholars and classroom teachers. I hope you'll enjoy these as much as I [...]

EBENEZER SCROOGE ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

By |2019-12-13T16:37:47-07:00December 13th, 2019|

"He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil.  Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up:  what then?  [...]

PLANS ARE NOTHING; PLANNING IS EVERYTHING.

By |2017-10-11T13:22:13-06:00April 10th, 2016|

"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."  —Dwight David Eisenhower, 1890-1969 (Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WWII, 34th president of the USA) We have to make lesson plans. We have to anticipate student reactions. We must think about what we want to accomplish and what we [...]

Quote of the Day 12/14/11

By |2011-12-09T08:59:29-07:00December 14th, 2011|

EDUCATION “You must learn from the mistakes of others.  You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” —Sam Levenson, U.S. humorist (1911-1980)

Quote of the Day 12/13/11

By |2011-12-09T08:58:10-07:00December 13th, 2011|

BECOMING YOURSELF "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."  —Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. writer, essayist and poet (1803-1882)

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