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    • Thankful for my 2021 K-Vec grant. This year I was allotted the privilege of receiving 8 Nspire calculators. This is extremely important because it allows for students to have accommodations at home that they would have if in the regular classroom setting. This year has been full of unexpected events and a surplus of novelty within our local school…Read More

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    • On March 15, 2020, I created Mrs. B’s Online Library on FaceBook. I now have 238 members, and 180 of them have been active in the last 28 days. Since school began on August 24th, I have expanded to also operate a Google Sites virtual library that students and staff can access with “school only devices.”
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    • INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #10 (23 mins)
      Develop a literacy identity that promotes lifelong learning.
      • Provide opportunities for students to view themselves as lifelong learners who take an active role in their literacy development, understanding they impact and are impacted by their interactions with text
      • Carole Mullins, NBCT and Reb…Read More

    • INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #9 (31 mins)
      Apply high level cognitive processes to think deeply and critically about text.
      • Help students must move beyond basic comprehension and interact more deeply with the text
      • By applying synthesis, analysis, reflection and other higher order thinking skills, students are equipped to examine text cri…Read More

    • INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #6-7 (37 mins)
      #6: Collaborate with others to create meaning. #7: Utilize digital resources to learn and share with others.
      • Help students learn to interact with others in order to confirm, challenge or shape their views and ideas
      • Know how to effectively produce and critically consume digital information
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