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This aspect of learning reminds me how different people process information. Some folks need to verbally work through ideas while others write everything out. The skills are interconnected, and different components drive different students.

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Providing choice is important both for the texts students read and in the method we use to assess their skills.

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just as we need daily conversations to remain connected, we have to relate the importance to our students. In life we are always having conversations, writing, and reading!

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Skills translate.

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Just as we prefer choice so does the student.

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It is so important to note that everything is interconnected.  I think about the moon's affect on the earth.

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Student choice can increase student engagement, but it also allows for teachers to choose texts that reflect their student demographics and reality. 

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Student choice can increase student engagement, but it also allows for teachers to choose texts that reflect their student demographics and reality. 

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'Sometimes the text that we put in students' hands are beyond their reading ability level'- 100% agree! They are 'decoding and not building' 

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'Sometimes the text that we put in students' hands are beyond their reading ability level'- 100% agree! They are 'decoding and not building' 

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Student choice helps students feel connected to and in charge of their learning. Relevancy is important! 

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Student choice helps students feel connected to and in charge of their learning. Relevancy is important! 

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Sometimes its easy to forget that reading and writing are skills that need daily practice. You wouldn't expect to get any better at a sport if you didn't practice/get feedback constantly or if the only time you played was during the games.

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Students being in tune with their thoughts and being able to communicate those thoughts will help them in all aspects of their life and futures. 

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Students being in tune with their thoughts and being able to communicate those thoughts will help them in all aspects of their life and futures. 

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All students learn best in different ways so engaging the students in conversations, writing activities and readings  will help keep them motivated, engaged, and moving towards their learning goals. Each area is an opportunity to build off of the other and deepen comprehension.

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All students learn best in different ways so engaging the students in conversations, writing activities and readings  will help keep them motivated, engaged, and moving towards their learning goals. Each area is an opportunity to build off of the other and deepen comprehension.

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This is the main reason I got into teaching. I want our students to learn that the tools we give them will be used throughout their life. 

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This is the main reason I got into teaching. I want our students to learn that the tools we give them will be used throughout their life. 

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One's choice not only fills the heart but builds karmic power.

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Using different formats to engage helps with retention.

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Using different formats to engage helps with retention.

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If you build it, they will come.

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-Oral language
-Reading/writing
-Vocabulary
-Fluency
-Self-sustained reading

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All things in the universe are connected.

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Conversations are an important part of the success of any class. Encouraging students to read and helping them to write will help them to be informed adults that contribute to society. 

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Conversations are an important part of the success of any class. Encouraging students to read and helping them to write will help them to be informed adults that contribute to society. 

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I think the easiest way to ensure that a student is engaged is to seek their interests and allow them to discuss them passionately in a safe environment.

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Reading and writing daily keeps one informed and engaged, while conversation helps to align knowledge with experience.

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"I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say"
- Flannery O'Conner
Being literate and comfortable with one's thoughts, increases clarity and ability to communicate.

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Getting to know the world expands one's world.

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If one does not listen and contemplate, one cannot respond.