Test Talk: Integrating Test Preparation into Reading Workshop
Under No Child Left Behind, nearly every teacher faces a high-stakes balancing act; managing the often incompatible responsibilities of teaching students meaningfully or preparing them for standardized tests. Through their experiences teaching at a school that struggled to meet state test standards driven by NCLB, authors Amy Greene and Glennon Melton discovered a way to raise scores without compromising their strong beliefs about good teaching and learning. In Test Talk, Amy and Glennon share their story and their proven approach.
When we speak, we mean more than we say. In this book Stephen C. Levinson explains some general processes that underlie presumptions in communication. This is the first extended discussion of preferred interpretation in language understanding, integrating much of the best research in linguistic pragmatics from the last two decades.
Journal-writing is an increasingly common technique in initial education and professional development in many professions. Fully updated with new theory and practical material, this second edition of Learning Journals offers guidance on keeping and using journals and gives step-by-step advice on integrating journal writing on taught courses and in training and professional development.
The author offers an overview of the Interpreting Studies literature on curriculum and assessment. A discussion of curriculum definitions, foundations, and guidelines suggests a framework based upon scientific and humanistic approaches – curriculum as process and as interaction. Language testing concepts are introduced and related to interpreting. By exploring means of integrating valid and reliable assessment into the curriculum, the author breaks new ground in this under-researched area.
Welcome to Food for Thought, a K-5 curriculum that allows you to teach the nutrition objectives of the
Healthful Living Standard Course of Study while integrating the concepts of healthy eating and physical
activity into Math and English Language Arts.
![Food for Thought [1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Students]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2008-05/1211909740_food1.jpg "Food for Thought [1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Students]")
