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Author Interview

Pegi Deitz Shea: Threads of a Story By Katherine Pierpont, Associate Editor Travels to Thailand and Cambodia have inspired this author to weave stories kids may otherwise have never heard See other Author Interviews...

School Story

A Dream Realized By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor As a school designed wholly by teachers, the Center for Inquiry in Indianapolis, IN, is teaching kids how to take ownership of learning See other School Story articles...

Articles

Beginning Reading, Bilingually
By Tina Athaide-Shannon

Use these strategies to help second-language students become first-rate readers of English

It’s in the Bag
By Maribelle H. Betterton and Lynne C. Ensworth

Thematic literacy bags are a great way to entice kids to dig in and read

Grammar Games
By Kim Brown

Once you've introduced these activities that play with parts of speech, your students will clamor for a grammar lesson

Bits & Pieces, List & Notes
By Elizabeth Swartz

Two basic organizational tools that will help kids create more complex pieces for their writing portfolios

Classroom Companions
By Cindy Bartlett

A nature-lover's case for bringing animals back into the classroom

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