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Use their names! ❤️ Students want to hear their names! It means they are important and they are known. I stand at the door and try to call them all by name. My top priority when starting school is learning them (it isn't always easy) #teacherlife

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Recovery programs say they have seen more students, further behind, than in prior years. #GradRates edweek.org/teaching-learn…

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As long as the student is writing about what's important to him, then his writing is real, it's motivated, and it's likely to improve. (From Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing by D. L. Kirby and Darren Crovitz)

Before focusing on formal correctness in their writing, students need to be working on deeper concerns about making what they write worth reading. (From Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing by D. L. Kirby and Darren Crovitz)

To respond means simply to react - orally or in writing - first as a reader rather than as a teacher. (From Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing by D. L. Kirby and Darren Crovitz)

Let students read, at least sometimes, for sheer joy and pleasure. Not every reading assignment needs a writing assignment. (From Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing by D. L. Kirby and Darren Crovitz)