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Weekly StudyCast #7

Date: Monday, March 29, 2010
Description: In this episode: State Testing, Weekly Recap, Memorization Challenge of Betty Botter, Joke Time, and more!

Weekly StudyCast #7

Monday, March 29, 2010
In this episode: State Testing, Weekly Recap, Memorization Challenge of Betty Botter, Joke Time, and more!
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What We're Reading

As a class we are reading The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.
In his spare time, Mr. Schrader is reading Buck Up, Suck Up… and Come Back When you Foul Up by James Carville and Paul Begala.

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News and Announcements

Stay on Message

I was recently discussing "themes" for the upcoming school year. We discussed that maybe a new theme wasn't needed. If last year's theme was so encompassing and broad, then there is just no way that we could be finished with it in just one year. That got my Spidey Sense tingling; something seemed half-hearted or lazy about this.

So, I've…
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Our New Digs!

I've spent a big chunk of time this summer working on my big move to my new school in a new district. I'm so appreciative of the people at my new building being so accommodating during the whole process. I've been able to take my time and really be thoughtful in cleaning up the room, unpacking, moving furniture, and putting things just where I feel…
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Book Club

I'm in this book club. It's really more a meeting of the minds than anything else. We choose books based on educational topics we would like to learn more about. These have included books such as Diane Ravitch's The Death and Life of the Great American School System, which discusses, among other things, the implications of No Child Left Behind and her…
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My Journal, Renewed

A couple years ago now, I began a section of my website devoted to writing my own thoughts. This was to be my journal, and it was made mostly to model the kind of writing I wanted my own students to do on a regular basis. It has since fallen by the wayside. Some modeling, huh? Fast forward to now, when I am starting fresh with a new-to-me school with…
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West Indianola Elementary - 4206 NW Brickyard Rd - Topeka, KS 66618