
Daniel Day Begins as Superintendent of Leslie County Schools
I’m very proud of Leslie County. It’s humbling to lead the district that raised me. I grew up in these schools and later came back to teach here.
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Yvonne Hall
Vocabulary Knowledge Rating I chose the V … Yvonne HallRead More »
Vocabulary Knowledge Rating I chose the VRT tool to implement with my guided reading groups. I chose that tool because my kindergarten students were really struggling with content vocabulary in whole-group instruction and guided reading. One of the biggest concerns...
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Joann Hall
Vocabulary Quilt/Semantic Mapping After … Joann HallRead More »
Vocabulary Quilt/Semantic Mapping After being introduced to what an Action Reaction Project is and what it entails, I chose comprehension of science vocabulary as the problem that I needed to address and my solution to tackling this problem was utilizing...
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Jason Hall
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Making Reading More Engaging Using Quiz-Quiz-Trade I had noticed through my observations and assessments that students struggled to retain information. I wanted my students to be better at retaining and recalling information by making the review active, engaging and collaborative. ...
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Bobby Hall
Reading for Meaning- Agree or Disagree?My … Bobby HallRead More »
Reading for Meaning- Agree or Disagree?My case study used the Reading for Meaning tool with my kindergarten guided reading groups. As we started this in October I noticed the students had trouble answering questions that required them to think...
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Angela Hall
Promoting the Power of PauseIn my teaching … Angela HallRead More »
Promoting the Power of PauseIn my teaching career, I have noticed that both me and my students have a tendency to rush. I often think students will catch on to something much more quickly than they actually do,...

I’m very proud of Leslie County. It’s humbling to lead the district that raised me. I grew up in these schools and later came back to teach here.

In 1992, a young teacher walked onto the Dessie Scott campus in Pine Ridge and started what would become one of the most quietly influential