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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I was chatting with a group of teachers yesterday when one of the group mentioned she was feeling pressure to move through the curriculum within a certain time frame. Students were “putting in their time” yet simply not learning. After a “lively” discussion the group decided it was necessary to insert mastery criteria into each lesson. We shared The Reading Company’s approach to mastery for their consideration.<o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We believe that achieving mastery of each skill before moving to the next is essential, regardless of the curriculum being used.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Mastery has been achieved when a student can read 90% of word cards, word lists, and/or stories fluently, two days in a row.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">If a student reads words correctly but is decoding the words slowly, mastery has not been achieved.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The minimum goal for reading sentences is 50 words per minute. Students should reach 140 words per minute as soon as possible.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">When a standard is taught to mastery, the retention rate is 80% - 90%.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Learning is like riding a bike- if you haven’t ridden for awhile you may be “rusty” but you will never forget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">Each student's reading progress is as individual as a fingerprint. </span><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">Reading development, as with all human development, is at an individual’s own pace. </span><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">When teaching reading it is important to recognize that students learn in different ways and in synchronization with their own personal growth and development. </span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
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As Piaget consistently acknowledges, all learning is an active process. Reading, then, is an activity, a process of confrontation between an individual and a text For both Piaget and Chomsky, language is highly structured. In Chomsky’s terms, there is a linguistic relationship between the surface structure and the phonological aspects of language. Excerpt from: Developing a Philosophy of Reading: Piaget and Chomsky by Robert P. Craig As found in <a href="http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1852&context=reading_horizons" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Reading Horizons</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Reading is a complex process involving multiple skills and systems that must be coordinated in order to result in fluent reading behaviors. <a href="https://www.dartmouth.edu/~readingbrains/ResearchFiles/reading.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Reading Brain Lab: Dartmouth College Department of Education</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">The stages of read</span><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">ing development can be used as general reference guidelines. In no instance should guidelines become reasons to judge a student’s ability to learn nor should they be a reason to hold a student to curriculum that is no longer challenging.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><br />As part of the normal growth process, children pass through stages of reading development. Advancement through these stages may differ from child to child. For example, a family may have one child who begins reading at age four while another does not begin to read until age six. Parents may be surprised to notice that both children are reading quite well at age eight. In other words, a slow beginning simply may indicate the child is not yet ready to read and nothing more.<br /><br />The quality of reading is not measured by how soon a child begins to read but how well he or she reads when ready. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "times new roman";"></span><br /><div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "times new roman";">Reading development is enhanced when parents, family members, and friends read to children. It also helps if children observe their parents and other important adults reading and discussing the written word. Having books of all types around the house tells children that reading is important.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "times new roman";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">It is always a good idea to make sure that each student has a vision and physical examination before beginning instruction. Most doctors have a list of resources on hand to assist parents and caregivers in connecting with community specialists and school agencies if glasses or other support is required. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555;">Note from Jacquie: This is an excellent <i>slice of history </i>set in the genre of historical fiction. Teachers and homeschoolers looking to add a bit of adventure into 19th-century history need look no further. Please be aware of differences in UK and US spelling and grammar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">n the early 19th-century, it was the policy of many of the poorhouses and workhouses to maintain harsh and unpleasant conditions. Children were separated from their parents, removed from orphanages and poor houses, and forced to work at a very young age. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was within this context that two boys snuck away from their apprenticeships at the Quarry Bank Cotton Mill and set out on a 200-mile journey in search of their mothers. </span><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It was likely that these enterprising travelers took advantage of the drovers’ roads and the newly developed “motorways” of the times – the canals. Perhaps they were lucky enough some days to hitch a lift; their general direction of travel taking them to Beartown, the Potteries, Dunstable Downs and eventually to London. Whatever challenges they encountered along the way archive evidence shows that they made it.</span><br style="color: #837253; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #837253; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This is the story of their adventure and it concludes with the events in the Middlesex Courthouse. This well-crafted book is available on Kindle and in hard-copy at this </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quarry-Bank-Runaways-Journey-Priestley-ebook/dp/B06W5V8WDT/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">Amazon Link</a> More about Mr. Griffiths and his accomplishments may be found on his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/G-J-Griffiths/e/B009IFXAHS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1">Author's Page</a><span id="goog_1383787239"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1383787240"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Note from Jacquie: I asked Mr. Griffiths to please share what inspired the writing of this historical fiction novel. His answer gives us all food for thought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During the writing of my latest book, </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">The Quarry Bank Runaways</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, I referred to several other books, papers, and texts and one of the most amazing was </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">The Real Oliver Twist</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> by John Waller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is not a review of the book because I intend to do that later but I wanted to recommend it to anyone with the slightest interest in history, but especially history during the period of the Industrial Revolution, say about 1750 to 1850. I did not enjoy any of my history lessons at school through very poor teaching in my opinion as a retired (science) teacher of secondary school kids. This book did not inspire my later fascination with history as I believe it grew through reading the novels of Dickens, Elliot, Gaskell, and Austen. However, what John Waller's book about Robert Blincoe, a real "work'us child", did for me was fan the embers of my interest into flames of a real passion for reading more factual books about some of the less fortunate characters during that time.<br />Robert Blincoe's suffering as a child worker in various cotton mills will cause successions of tears, horror, and incredulity to emerge from any reader, of that I'm sure. We can only be pleased that such a thing does not occur in today's factories - at least as far as we know! However, one hears of so-called child "sweat shops" involved in the production of artefacts for sale in all kinds of "developing" countries around the world. So obviously there is still a lot of important awareness work to be done. Where the right people are to do it is a real problem in today's world.<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60776.The_Real_Oliver_Twist_Robert_Blincoe_A_Life_that_Illuminates_a_Violent_Age&source=gmail&ust=1506537103602000&usg=AFQjCNH3Rtz5fRJICRRmlwLs5aOQJaFhUA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60776.The_Real_Oliver_Twist_Robert_Blincoe_A_Life_that_Illuminates_a_Violent_Age" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="The Real Oliver Twist Robert Blincoe A Life that Illuminates a Violent Age by John Waller">The Real Oliver Twist: Robert Blincoe: A Life that Illuminates a Violent Age</a><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60776.The_Real_Oliver_Twist_Robert_Blincoe_A_Life_that_Illuminates_a_Violent_Age&source=gmail&ust=1506537103602000&usg=AFQjCNH3Rtz5fRJICRRmlwLs5aOQJaFhUA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60776.The_Real_Oliver_Twist_Robert_Blincoe_A_Life_that_Illuminates_a_Violent_Age" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="The Real Oliver Twist Robert Blincoe A Life that Illuminates a Violent Age by John Waller"><img alt="The Real Oliver Twist Robert Blincoe A Life that Illuminates a Violent Age by John Waller" class="m_-2339867484954083185gr-hostedUserImg CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEibNN4i1S7ZEvw1vkCHKLM-hZsSG9jyZaohj5rDxhNnLscdWDODbIbrTHNIvrgnw7al7rE1kN75j-9IpzMfHUnZD0wqwrxdPRM6cmpHo5z7wu78s5OZpsCduE0YK8Fwy0HEwsDz2MUEMxDRsB8Pf-0j9dERt9OZCRs=s0-d-e1-ft" /></a><u>Read the book and see if you agree!</u></span></div>
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Notes from Jacquie: There is no doubt that <a href="http://people.com/celebrity/speechless-micah-fowler-opens-up-thriving-cerebral-palsy/">Micah Fowler</a> is a hero. He is the type of hero that moves through his life following his dreams despite prejudice and doors that may require several knocks to enter.<br />
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Micah Fowler acts as an advocate for the United Cerebral Palsy Organization which provides inspiration to young people finding their way in the world. The <a href="http://ucp.org/">United Cerebral Palsy Organization</a> (UCP) offers parents, teachers, and community members a wealth of information and resources.<br />
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While verbal in his life outside acting, on the TV show Speechless, Micah plays a nonverbal young man who uses a communication board.<br />
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Communication boards are used when a person can not communicate verbally. For example, stroke victims, and people recovering from various types of throat surgeries, <a href="http://www.amyspeechlanguagetherapy.com/communication-boards.html">Amy's Speech and Language Therapy</a> site offers a variety of boards to view and download.<br />
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Thank you to Micah Fowler, the program Speechless, all our resources for increasing our understanding!<br />
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space in search of teflon, an essential element for his planet’s survival. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reduced to ant-people size, Eva and Lara were taken on an exciting journey
through space to visit Kweezy’s home planet. In addition to enjoying their
visit, they were taught the importance of teflon to the continued existence of this
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return, the girls prepared a list of rubbish centres and dumps which contained recycle-ready
teflon to assist Kweezy in replenishing the stockpile. The day of Kweezy’s visit
finally arrives, along with the beginning of a delightful adventure. In this
visit to Antanesta cousins Elliot and Joe, the reluctant believer, join the
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woven into the story. The fine art of teaching without preaching is in good
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author G. J. Griffiths. His writings range from history novels to children’s
books. In each genre, the writing is well-crafted. Mr. Griffiths has scored
another winner by combining his writing skills with the outstanding illustrations
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I completed the first book in the series of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kweezy Capolza tales, entitled Ants In Space, it was with a sequel in mind that would follow up the end of the story when the girls had returned to Earth. They had promised to make a list for Kweezy </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of suitable sites where discarded non-stick pots and pans etc could be obtained. I thought it would be important at this point to extend the appeal of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the books to boys as well as girls, and so Eva and Lara would need to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be with their cousins Joe and Elliot on the day that the Antanestians returned to Earth to collect the Teflon-coated "rubbish". This gave me the opportunity to introduce two quite </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">different personalities and also to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">extend the traits of the girls' characters in the book 2. I wanted to retain the humorous moments as much as possible and at the same time bring in a little more science & technology at a level competent young </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">readers and first chapter</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">readers could accept. It was also important to me </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">adults, (teachers, parents, grandparents) who maybe </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were sat reading with/to the children, to also find some amusement in the book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, in all my books to date, whether they were for adults, YA or children, I have tried to include something about looking after the environment, wildlife, or disadvantaged fellow humans - concepts important to me. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; vertical-align: sub;">So we have Lara attempting to explain the idea of Kindness to the war-mongering Kraxish, aided by her cool cousin, Joe</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; vertical-align: sub;">.</span><br />
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Fireworks, plants, neighbors, family, and newspapers mix together to create can't-put-down story.<br />
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<a href="http://astore.amazon.com/jacsblo09-20/detail/1542551404">Demise of a Devious Neighbor</a><br />
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active process. Reading, then, is an activity, a process of confrontation
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Reading is a complex process involving multiple skills and systems that must be coordinated in order to result in fluent reading behaviors. <a href="https://www.dartmouth.edu/~readingbrains/ResearchFiles/reading.html">Reading Brain Lab: Dartmouth College Department of Education</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">The stages of read</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">ing development can be used as general reference guidelines. In no instance should guidelines become reasons to judge a student’s ability to learn nor should they be a reason to hold a student to curriculum that is no longer challenging.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In addition to the racist bus statutes, white bus drivers often mistreated their black passengers. They were known to be verbally abusive, to skip all-black stops, and would do things such as collect a fare but drive off before the black person had time to board the bus. This behavior was not only expected but also resignedly accepted as the status quo in Alabama. <a href="http://businessheroinemagazine.com/aureliabrowder/">Resource: Heroines in History</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin, Aurelia S. Browder, Susie McDonald, and Mary Louise Smith. All of these women were brave trailblazers. The four often unsung predecessors to Rosa Parks, were important participants in the Civil Rights Movement. Their quiet, dignified, stand for justice are equal in nature. They each risk their own personal safety and that of their families, possible mistreatment in jail, lack of employment and educational opportunities to stand proud in a society of oppression. They, each in their own way, created a tipping point in history. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/04/12/the-ladies-before-rosa/469bf82c-16c0-45c5-9991-812ac6a6005f/?utm_term=.b6a8b0c42490">Washington Post: The Ladies Before Rosa</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On March 2, 1955 Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old student, refused to give up her seat to a white woman. She told the bus driver, who demanded she move, <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">"It's my constitutional right to sit here as much as that lady. I paid my fare, it's my constitutional right."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She spent time in jail, was branded a trouble maker, and was required by circumstances to leave school. <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/claudette-colvin-11378#synopsis">The Life of Claudette Colvin</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin">Wikipedia: Claudette Colvin</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Eight months before the oft-remembered Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, Aurelia Browder made history. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_Browder#Early_Life_and_Family">Wikipedia: Aurelia S. Browder</a> She was the lead plaintiff in the law suit Browder Vs Gayle. This was the lawsuit that caused an end to the separate but equal laws of the land.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mary Louise Smith was 18 when she sat for justice on a Montgomery bus. The <a href="http://www.theforgivenessfoundation.org/index.php/holidays/black-history-month/2764-black-history-month-mary-louise-smith-remembering-the-women-who-came-before-rosa-parks">Forgiveness Foundation</a> tells of her important role in the action that led to her participation in litigation the turned the corner of history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mary Louise Smith found her seat on a bus that was not full. However, all the other seats were soon taken as the driver picked up additional passengers along the route. A white traveler stepped on the bus and the driver directed all black people in a certain section to give up their seats and stand. All of the black bus riders complied, except for Mary Louise Smith. She refused and was arrested. The $9.00 fine imposed on Ms. Smith was paid by her father.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Very little information can be found regarding Susie McDonald. However, we know that she was a participant in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browder_v._Gayle#Case_history">Browder_v._Gayle</a> Court Action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Writing this piece took me to a dark place, as a writer, and at times as a person. I became more of a recluse than I appear to be. Typical for writers; but I’m not a recluse. As an author and a publisher, I truly am busy. Why was this piece so hard to write? Moreover, what inspired it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The final straw, the one that broke the camels back per se, was when I realized with 100% certainty that the kids themselves honestly didn’t understand the damage they were causing. That the wrong carelessly used or hateful word, just might be the one that put a fragile child over the edge. Why? 1) They had no idea how deeply the wounds were that they causing (<em><strong>I didn’t mean it became their standard response)</strong></em>, and most importantly 2) They were still kids. Often, good kids. This disturbed me as much as the bullying at times. When great kids get pulled into stupid activities over social media and within minutes their lives are forever tainted. Social media devices in the hands of kids that don’t know how to use them can be dangerous. Kids desensitized over several years it would seem, TV, media, and music to name a few things. Saying things such as “Drink bleach and die,” as a way to be funny or hateful depending on whom they said it too and why. So what on earth was going on and what could we do?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I set about to write a piece that I hoped would hit home and deliver a message that could impact teens and make them think. One that would showcase the damage that social media could inflict upon not just the victim, which is horrific, but the family, friends, community, the person who is the bully and their family if not used correctly. The lives ruined if used to harm, and the consequences of such.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">During my research, I visited schools, football games, spoke with teens, tweens, and paid attention to what our kids are doing with their phones, tablets, Ipad, etc. I cannot even begin to claim to understand the tools they know how to use because they change daily. Apps. that do not show up on your data plans. As parents, we likely wouldn’t know how to use them anyway. The things I found out during research, would send chills down your spine. I cannot stress enough the damage tweens, and teens instill upon each other with their words, snap-chat, videos, etc. It is awful, and that is sometimes when they like each other. Our kids believe they are invincible, and that is a terrifying thought. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I sincerely hope you enjoy my work. Thank you! ~ Amanda M. Thrasher</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Multiple award-winning Author Amanda M. Thrasher was born in England, moved to Texas and resides there still. Author of several children’s books including picture books, middle-grade chapter books, YA and a reader’s theater titled <i>What If… A Story of Shattered Lives</i> written for the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center as part of the Driving on the Right Side of the Road program (DRSR). She’s a multiple Gold recipient of the Mom’s Choice Awards for <i>The Greenlee Project,</i> YA and General Fiction, and for an early reader chapter book, <i>Spider Web Scramble. The Greenlee Project </i>also won first place for YA and General Fiction at the NTBF. Amanda conducts workshops, speaks with kids and teens of all ages, writes a blog, and contributes to an on-line magazine. Amanda is also the Chief Executive Officer at Progressive Rising Phoenix Press.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">Study guide availalble for educators - Sample</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">: </span></span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://amandamthrasher.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Greenlee-Project-Study-Guide-Key-122716-with-cover-PREVIEW.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1485616321277000&usg=AFQjCNEyKTt_maNed8ANmpUJDj2zb6JXWw" href="https://amandamthrasher.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Greenlee-Project-Study-Guide-Key-122716-with-cover-PREVIEW.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="The Greenlee Project Study Guide">The Greenlee Project Study Guide</a></span></div>
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The Magic of Belief Created by Dr. Reuven Feuerstein</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Reuven
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Jacquie: I was first introduced to the work of Dr .Feuerstein the
1980’s. The workshop presented by, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=u0cTJPzHVQcC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=mogens+jensen+and+reuven+feuerstein&source=bl&ots=Jf0aBg8q-a&sig=j5NYXmnE8a9CwbWth9R93QZ19IQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit2LvJmLjRAhWEilQKHajnAnwQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=mogens%20jensen%20and%20reuven%20feuerstein&f=false">Mogens Jensen</a>, provided many of the tools that I have
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But first, an introduction to Dr. Feuerstein. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dr. Feuerstein, a holocaust survivor himself, began his work with the children who had been separated from their families because of the holocaust. He refused to believe the low IQ scores associated with these children were really an indicator their learning potential. He dispelled the concept that <i>present performance </i>is and indicator of student limits. His subsequent work directly with students, and in his research and writing, proved intelligence is not static but a dynamic process that can lead to success for all students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Professor Feuerstein's theories and programs are used throughout the world in over eighty countries. The YouTube videos included in this post are but a few of many available to those who wish to learn more about his programs.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">produces a propensity to learn how to learn by equipping the person with the tools necessary for learning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">when learning to master a situation, the child must learn to cope with a sequence of events located in time and space</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">cognitive process result in the structural elements that transcend specific content and context in which they occur</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">cognitive modifiability refers to the structural changes in the person's brain with a deliberate programs of interventions that will facilitate the generation of continuous growth</span></li>
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Notes from Jacquie: This is a part of the on-going series <i>What Works in Education.</i> In this post I will highlight the groundbreaking work of Dr. David Johnson and Dr. Roger Johnson in the area of cooperative learning.<br />
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I was honored to receive my training in cooperative learning from the Drs Johnson and later became a trainer of their application of social interaction theory to the classroom.<br />
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All of the curriculum I have written is influenced by the Johnson's research and common-sense approach to teaching.<br />
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The successful history of cooperative Learning is well documented and is currently "Alive and well." in both the U. S. and around the world. For an update please visit<br />
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The perception, often times, is that cooperative learning is simply putting students into groups. The reality is that it is much for complex. In the article <a href="http://www.co-operation.org/what-is-cooperative-learning/">What is Cooperative Learning?</a> the Johnson's state:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 16px;">Rather than write many pages on how to set up a cooperative classroom, I have included several YouTube videos in which the Johnson's speak for themselves in a way I never could. I also refer you to <a href="http://digsys.upc.es/ed/general/Gasteiz/docs_ac/Johnson_Overview_of_Cooperative_Learning.pdf">An Overview of Cooperative Learning</a> by David and Roger Johnson.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 16px;">In my first book, <i>Simple Cooperation in the Classroom</i> (Published in 1985 and is now out of print), my co-author and I included the following in the preface:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 16px;"><i>During the last decade educators have been concerned because we see many of our students graduating from school without the necessary skills to succeed in the world. In many instances students have few, if any marketable skills. In addition, after obtaining employment, many lose their jobs because they are unable to communicate clearly and "get along" with other people.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 16px;">There are many successful practices, some of which have been highlighted on this blog, yet we hear the above mentioned frustration being voiced by educators today. The solutions being suggested are draft new laws & new rules, add new credential requirements, figure out new ways to evaluate teachers, develop new standards and on and on. </span><br />
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Selected books written by Drs. David and Roger Johnson are available in the Cooperative Learning Section of <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/jacsblo09-20">http:/astore.amazon.com/jacsblo09-20</a> Jacquie's Book Store and Amazon.com<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ernest Hemingway, in his discussions about writing said: </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unlike the essayist, who E. B. White has argued is necessarily an egotist, the novel writer should write herself out of the story, yet her characters should spring to life from the wholeness of her being.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dianne Harman's writings exemplify Hemmingway's standard of excellence. Whether a young adult or adult, Dianne Harman's Cozy Mysteries offer great entertainment. Young writers, if choosing the Cozy Mystery genre for a writing assignment, can look to Harman's wide range of story lines to study and learn from her writing style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I asked Dianne Harman to please share what in her background led to the development of her memorable and believable characters. She responded with the following blog post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you Dianne Harman for the post and the kind offer of a free book.</span><br />
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business and personal </span><span style="background: white;">background. I owned a national antique and art
appraisal business for </span><span style="background: white;">many years, left that industry, and opened two
yoga centers where I </span><span style="background: white;">taught and certified yoga instructors. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">throughout the world and love nothing more than
cooking, playing </span><span style="background: white;">backgammon with my husband, Tom, and throwing
the ball for their boxer </span><span style="background: white;">dog, Kelly.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Being a dog lover and having attended numerous
cooking schools, I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">couldn't resist writing about food and dogs. I'm
the author of several</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"> cozy mystery series: Cedar Bay, Liz Lucas,
High Desert, Midwest, and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Jack Trout. Each of these books contains recipes
from my travels. I'm</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">also the author of the award-winning suspenseful
Coyote Series.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">A number of books in my cozy mystery series have
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District was chosen by</span><br />
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Notes from Jacquie: Bette A Stevens draws from her experience in teaching to develop excellent supplementary materials that support the content of her books.<br />
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<a href="https://4writersandreaders.com/amazing-matilda-finger-puppets-free-download/">https://4writersandreaders.com/amazing-matilda-finger-puppets-free-download/</a><br />
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Amazing Matilda is an excellent, child-friendly book on the life-cycle of the Monarch Butterfly.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">The stages of reading development can be used as general reference guidelines. In no instance should guidelines become reasons to judge a student’s ability to learn nor should they be a reason to hold a student to curriculum that is no longer challenging. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>As part of the normal growth process, children pass through stages of reading development. </b>Advancement through these stages may differ from child to child. For example, a family may have one child who begins reading at age four while another does not begin to read until age six. Parents may be surprised to notice that both children are reading quite well at age eight. In other words, a slow beginning simply may indicate the child is not yet ready to read and nothing more. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The quality of reading is not measured by how soon a child begins to read but how well he or she reads when ready. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">You are are invited to visit <a href="http://www.readingcompany.us/">The Reading Company Bookshelf</a> for more information or ask a question or two. For an additional list of publications please visit <a href="http://amazon.com/author/jacquierhoades">Jacquie's Author Page</a></span><br />
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Is How to Teach Reading a Mystery?</h4>
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Notes from Jacquie: It was my intention to write a post about the state of reading in the U.S. Topics, would of course, include Department of Education requirements and the complex strand of ever-changing jargon, regulations, curriculum, assessments, and funding structures that lead ultimately to the classroom. In otherwords I was writing myself into a quagmire of detail.<br />
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The state of reading in the U.S. speaks for itself. The National Report Card tells us the vast majority of our students are not reading at grade level. More detailed information can be found at <a href="http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/">National Report Card</a> website.<br />
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• Process Defines the Method of Teaching. </h4>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Group instruction, often a favorite, is most often successful when students are learning the same standard. To require a student to sit through instruction of material he or she has mastered OR material that is far too difficult, not only defeats the purpose of instruction but causes students to lose interest. The opportunity to learn may be unintentionally eliminated with the selection of ta particular lesson process.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Precision teaching, multi-sensory learning, scaffolding, and cooperative learning are examples of additional structures available. Each strategy can work with any curriculum. A list of process options to consider can be found at the end of this post. Other resources can be found listed on this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">While the reactions to the learning environment may vary among students, it is important for the instructor to be aware of the feeling tone of the class. Adjusting the content, presentation, adding humor, or additional positive reinforcement goes a long way toward maintaining a warm, inviting environment.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">• Feelings are attached to every learning event and have a direct impact on the assimilation and retention of information. For example, if a teacher yells or belittles students when teaching the digraph th, chances are the student will not remember the digraph th, but will remember the teacher. The student may be less receptive to further teaching of the digraph th and, depending on the degree of the negative impact, reading in general.</span><br />
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of educator and author. G. J. Griffiths meet once again in the fantasy si-fi
children’s book <i>Ants in Space</i>. When
playing in the garden Laura and her sister Eva discover the world of alien ants
who take them through an exciting space adventure in their miniaturized world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
enriched content is filled with an introduction to both scientific concepts and
unique ways of meeting the challenges of cultural differences. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The story
and reading level is a best fit for ages eight and above. However, the
illustrations are geared toward younger children. This inongruence may lessen
the enthusiasm of older children.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As a bonus, Mr.
Griffiths provides oral reading suggestions to parents and teachers to heighten
interest of younger readers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Spelling, and </i></span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 17.12px;">Penmanship</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">by Anna Gillingham and Bessie W. Stillman</span></span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">.(1960)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In every
school there are children who do not learn to read and spell satisfactorily…..it
is too often assumed that any poor reader has a relatively low mentality. When
it is discovered that a child of average or high intelligence is not reading,
the first reaction is usually reproach—reproach of the child for lack of
effort, reproach of the preceding teacher for inefficiency. Thus the college
blames the high school for its poor readers, the high school the grammar
school, and the last reproach falls back on the unfortunate primary teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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however, a conscientious and discerning teachers and anxious parents are
realizing that there are intelligent non-readers who try very hard, and that
such children present a challenge which customary teachers training does not
enable the teacher to meet.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Gillingham and Stillman, with the support and active
influence of Dr. Samuel Orton, published the first edition of </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Remedial Training</i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> in 1946. The philosophy
of reading instruction was altered forever and sections, if not all, of the philosophy
they developed is seen today in a variety of programs and basal readers. Gillingham
and Stillman are credited with the first integrated program for multisensory visual/auditory,
kinesthetic instruction. The key components are:</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Language-based
and simultaneously multisensory</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Structured</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sequential</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Cumulative
(building block thatensure mastery before teaching new material)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Cognitive</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Assessment is based only on material that has been taught</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Progress
constantly observed and recorded</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">All
pathways of the brain are activated during instruction</span></li>
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Her inventory of papers 1849-1962 can be found at <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/ead/5051gill.xml">Friends Historical Library</a> at Swathmore College. She was a teacher, psychologist, and
Director of Remedial Teaching in the Ethical Cultural School, New York City,
and Punahou School, Honolulu. She was also a Research Fellow in Language Disabilities,
Neurological Institute, New York and a consultant to teacher training.</span></div>
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New York City and in Punahou school, Honolulu. She was a prolific author. A
list of her works can be found at <a href="http://0-www.worldcat.org.novacat.nova.edu/identities/lccn-no00082693/">WorldCat.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note from Jacquie: This is a powerful five star book! Thank you author </span><a href="http://deirdretolhurst.com/" style="font-size: small;">Deirdre Tolhurst</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for allowing me to share this excellent review.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">...And the Whippoorwill Sang captured my attention from the very first page and tugged at my heartstrings throughout. Whether it was to laugh or to cry, I found myself so involved with the story that I was anticipating the next chapter with unexpected zeal.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The book quickly drew me in, making me feel as if Micki and I were sitting at her kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. She is relaxed in her writing, which made me feel like I was a part of her large family. Her words are descriptive; so much so that I could see not just the curtains, but through the windows to the streets and neighborhood beyond. I love that about this book, I can visualize what the couch looks like when Micki is recuperating from having a baby. I can see Dante's mischievous face, Michael and Kim talking about leaving home with only the things their grandmother had given them, Kelly learning to talk, and Nicole wrapping her hair around her toes. I see a huge dog that doesn't ride very well in the car!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The book begins in 1959 at Micki's wedding at age 17 to Butch. I loved how she explained the wedding night in a way that would never offend any reader. I couldn't help but laugh and smile and feel good. She brought me back to the way things used to be in the 60s and 70s. The places they lived while their family grew, the decor, the pets, so much to see with your mind's eye to make you feel a part of the story. Things were so much different back then, parents didn't worry so much about their children going out and playing, coming home when the street lights came on. Moms didn't drive, they did the wash and made clothes and did whatever they could to be sure to have enough money for groceries, and dads worked so hard to support the family. Children slept in attics, basements, and laundry rooms; wherever there was enough space to put a bed. And the children never complained. Dinners were whatever moms could throw together from leftovers, and everyone was content.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Most families at the time were large, and each child had their own personality traits which made them unique and separated them from their siblings. There were six children in the Peluso household. Noelle was independent at a very young age, broadly intelligent, and her charm captured your heart. She went through that period of time that every girl does, where hormones cause a shift in personality, but came back to being the darling that her siblings all remember. At the young age of 14, she was killed by a drunk driver while walking to the park. Before she died, her mother promised her that she wouldn't let her life be in vain, that she would let the world know that Noelle had lived.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">It is so easy to relate to the stories Micki tells about those years, some of which had me laughing in sheer nostalgic bliss, and others that had me wanting to give her a hug and share her grief. I highly recommend this book. There are so many reasons why. It takes a baby boomer back to life in the 60s, and it is a double bonus if you are from the Northeast. It is a comfortable book, yet one the reader never loses interest in. It can definitely be read in a weekend, and it is one that you will remember. Micki travels in time to the early days of her family, occasionally coming back to the moment at hand, when Noelle's life is hanging in the balance. But she doesn't stay there long, only enough to fill the reader's mind with sympathy for this mother who remains strong despite the pain she is going through. Micki is the glue that is holding the family together, when she is the one who desperately needs to be hugged and loved and reassured that the choices she is making are the right ones. She wrestles with her spirituality, but knows in her heart that God is in charge and will one day remove her grief. It brings to the open the heartache that families go through when a lawless person, not caring about whom they hurt goes out reckless into the world. The devastation that is caused by drunk drivers is brought home to you between the eyes. Noelle was real, for crying out loud, she was a little girl, only 14, and minding her own business when her life was taken in a matter of moments. Is there justice for the family? The man who hit her served time, but Noelle never grew up.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">There is a sweet sorrow to Noelle's short life, but even so, her mother's promise was met. I know that Noelle lived, and you will too if you buy this book. It is a 5-star read!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Deirdre Tolhurst, Author, A Christmas I Remember, ISBN 978-1-61346-422-9 and her latest book,</span><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Child-Heirloom-Devotional-Unborn/dp/1512717495/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458937295&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=deirdre+tollhurst">Dear Child of Mine</a> available on Amazon.<br />
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Note from Jacquie: This New Kid in School word puzzle is a vocabulary practice activity found in Workbook D.<br />
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New Kid in School is a short story written by Claudine M. Jalajas, a valued contributor to the Rhoades to Reading Program.<br />
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of recognition, or just plain fate caused her to move on a new and exciting
path. The following is an account of Dawn’s journey into writing and may offer
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grandmother Vernita, who was an impressive business woman and a world traveler.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">As it turned out, Queen
Vernita’s Visitors received first place in the EVVY awards within the first few
months of its release date. Additional awards received at later dates are the
Scooter Award, an A+ rating from the American Children’s book society, as well
as awards from Reader’s Favorites, Readers’ Views, purple Dragonfly, and a silver in the Mom’s choice Awards. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">My
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">I soon began participating in
interviews in which I was asked when my next book was coming out. “Next book?”
I hadn’t thought about writing another book. However, after receiving so much
encouragement from teachers, parents, other authors, family, and the children
who read Queen Vernita’s Visitors, I decided to use my travels and experiences
of my family, as the basis continue the Queen’s adventures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">When Queen Vernita met Sir
Heathy Bean the Astronomer, I drew upon the expertise of my brother, and co-author
Heath Rhoades. Heath’s character wears a lab coat and bunny slippers. In real
life Heath is an astronomy team leader, at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Wrightwood, California. He participates
in asteroid and comet astrometry. </span><span style="background: white; color: #191919; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Astrometry is
the area of study that focuses on precise measurements of the positions and
movements of stars and other celestial bodies, as well as explaining these movements
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conducts research in light curve studies. (I don’t believe he wears bunny
slippers at work- at least on most days) Sir Heathy Bean came from the nickname
I used to call him when we were growing up. This twelve-month adventure through
the solar system has won a USA Best Book, Purple Dragonfly, Readers’ Views,
EVVY, and silver Moms’ Choice Awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">My most recent book, which
will be published in the near future, is based on a journey up the Snake and
Columbia River in an old fashioned paddle boat.
Queen Vernita saw beautiful waterfalls, rode in a jet boat, learned
about jazz music, waterways and the Salmon run. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">To view the complete series
and to learn about my adventures, travels, and additional awards please visit
my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Menge/e/B00IW0UC9Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1">author's page.</a></span></div>
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