The 100th day of school is varied depending upon when you start. For a lot of schools, it's the first week of February. Click for
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World Read Aloud Day is celebrated every year on the first Wednesday of February. It celebrates the pure joy of oral reading with kids of all ages. Created by LitWorld, past years have found over 1 million people in 100 countries joining together to enjoy the power and wonder of reading aloud in groups or individually, at school or home, and discovering what it means to listen to a story told through the voice of another. For many, this is a rare opportunity to hear the passion of a well-told story and fall in love with tales where hearing them reaches listeners on a
level nothing else can. Think back to your experiences. You probably sat with an adult, in their lap or curled up in bed. The way they mimicked the voices in the story, built drama, and enthused with you over the story and characters made you want to read more stories like that on your own. This is a favorite activity not just for pre-readers, but accomplished readers because it's not about reading the book; it's about experiencing it through the eyes of a storyteller. Click for more
Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. February 3rd-11ththe 53-page PDF, "25 Digital Tools for the Classroom"for free!"25 Digital Tools for the Classroom" is a thorough discussion on which are the most useful tools in a K-8 classroom. This includes popular digital tools such as blogs, backchannel devices, vocabulary decoding tools, avatars, digital portfolios, digital notetaking, as well as others you may not have thought of. Click for details
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