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              Essential Deep Reading Skills for 2019-2020
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on July 1, 2019        
 
It seems like everything in education comes back around if you wait long enough. PBL (a modern twist on Project Based Learning from the 70s and 80s) is a good example of this phenomenon. Now, explicit instruction seems to be making a comeback.        	
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              Best Of Back To School
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on June 28, 2019        
 
Here are some of our teachers' favorite Back to School activities for you to enjoy. Welcome back! Good luck this year. Feel good because you change lives!!!              
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              It's Good to Have a Boutique Literacy Company On Your Side
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on June 6, 2019        
 
I was speaking with my wife the other day about LiteracyTA, and she explained to me how valuable a boutique literacy company is these days. We talked about how big business in every industry likes to buyout (or swallow) small companies so that they can control and dominate a specific market.
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              I Can't Help It, I'm Already Planning
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on May 8, 2019        
 
It's May, and I am already planning for next year. Many teachers find themselves doing the same thing, looking to next year as the current year comes to a close. Part of my planning process includes reflecting on the year. I want to know what worked and what didn't.        	
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              Students Need More Screen Time with Quindew!
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on February 17, 2019        
 
Okay. Not that kind of screen time. New research tells us that tweens and teens spend an average of 6 hours a day looking at screens1. That is the average. Some kids (and adults if we are honest) are spending much more time looking at phones and computer monitors. So what do we mean when we say, "Students need more screen time"?        	
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