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Pam Koutrakos
Feb 1, 2017
How Do I Assess Students in Word Study?
For most of my life (as a student and as a teacher), word study assessments were a weekly spelling test. As a student, I numbered down...
Pam Koutrakos
Dec 9, 2016
How can I bring a sense of DISCOVERY to word study?
“The important thing is to not stop questioning: curiosity has its own reason for existing.” -Albert Einstein I am an optimist......
Pam Koutrakos
Nov 20, 2016
How might I schedule MY time during word study to meet the needs of all students?
I find tremendous value and flexibility in the structure of workshop. Instruction across subjects and throughout my day has a tendency...
Pam Koutrakos
Nov 5, 2016
What Do Our Word Study Notebooks Look Like?
Many teachers I know (myself included) keep their own reading and writing notebooks. We want to show students that we live this work...
Pam Koutrakos
Oct 22, 2016
What is Word Study?
“Words mean more than is set down on paper. It takes human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.” -Maya Angelou Word study is a hot...
Gravity Goldberg
Oct 15, 2015
CELEBRATING THE WAYS TEACHERS SHOW UP AS LEARNERS
One of the privileges of my job is that I get to sit with teachers during professional development sessions, workshops, and study groups...
