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Two owls flutter over... (one is hidden by my long-winded dialogue)
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| Where did these owls come from?!? | |
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| Ah, our winged nocturnal friends join our pow-wow because this is an exchange of inclusion, much like my Reading Classroom. Actually, engagement is something that I have struggled to maintain. | |
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| No kidding, it's probably because you talk non-stop | |
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| Often, students come to my class saying that they do not enjoy Reading Lessons, that they prefer math, and that the school's Reading Anthologies are boring. | |
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| Here's an idiom for you Mr. Reading Teacher: "Off the reservation." | |
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| This is especially true for my struggling readers; and with the Common Core Standard’s new emphasis of student-centered interface with texts, I, like all teachers, face real challenges in my class. | |
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