Last week, I was able to watch one of my all time favorite Turner Classic Movies featuring Spencer Tracy, entitled Inherit the Wind. Produced in 1960, the film is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes’ conviction for teaching Charles Darwin’s
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Today’s blog is a bit different from anything I’ve ever written before, for my purpose is to convince you to reconsider the ways
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The faculty and guest readers at Touro’s World Book Day created a resource list for all the books we highlighted. I have inserted the resources below for you to review and
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Dear Readers,
Please assist Touro University and me to raise awareness of families and children experiencing homelessness in Manhattan and on Long Island, New York, and
…My daughter-in-law recently asked me to share some strategies she can use to teach comprehension strategies to my first grade granddaughter Lilly. It appears that her sight word identification, fluency, prosody, and phonics skills are superior, as well as her literal comprehension. However, she wanted to know more about story
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In this post I review the International Literacy Association’s 2021 Award Winning Books, and share a virtual presentation of mine
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Dear Readers,
I’ve drafted an article that I thought I would share with you first! Last year, I asked parents what their children
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It is with great pride that I post the work of an exemplary student, Jamie Ruppert, who will be graduating from the Master of Science in Teaching Literacy Program at Touro
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(Reading my book to my granddaughter in prekindergarten – 2 months before first case of COVID 19 in the United States.)
Hi all!
They just
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This month I am proud to showcase the work of one of my graduate candidates, Caitlin Nelson, who did a fine job of reviewing the writing websites I outlined
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