• Check out this video of WYMT’s Shane Smith doing a weather lesson with students from Elkhorn City and Dorton Elementary via the Mondopad!!!
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  • 1st grade Skype with Johnathon Emmett, author of “The Princess and the Pig”…all the way from the UK!!! It was awesome! He sent us autographed book plates because the kiddos purchased his book at the bookfair!
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  • Group picture with 6th graders and Donna Gephart!
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  • 6th grade Skype with Donna Gephart…author of “How to Survive Middle School”!
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  • We all probably feel change in the wind when it comes to student assessment. The attached report by Linda Darling-Hammond, Gene Wilhoit, and Linda Pittenger is an interesting read. The report recommends an accountability approach that focuses on a meaningful learning. You have probably heard it referred to as the 51st State Assessment. I would…Read More

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    • Great article! I really hope this happens…As a parent, I want my children to learn new ideas and concepts while attending school…I don’t like the idea of them learning how to take a test…and how the outcome of the test determines whether they’re distinguished, proficient, etc….I don’t feel the testing system we have now accurately measures…Read More

      • You are right on target, Rebecca. I am so glad to see that kind of thinking. I love the monkey and elephant example. Sometimes we find ourselves in those roles.

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