The Cardinal Close-Look: Week Of 10/28/13

Quote of the week:

"In order to discover new lands, one must lose sight of the shore for a very long time"

- Andre Gide, French Writer 1869-1951

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Rigor book excerpts from faculty share

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Rubrics made for your Ipad

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

New Cardinal Rewards Menus are now available and if you want the digital edition please click here.

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

A beginners guide to Twitter - great publication!

Parent Resource:

A Trail Map for Parents of Children with Special Needs (INFOGRAPHIC) 

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week Of 10/22/2013

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

A great message from the President of The International Reading Association:

Read-Alouds and Recreational Reading Always! Round-Robin Reading Never!

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Sharing a Google Spreadsheet Template in 5 Easy Steps 

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

Bring Kindness to Your Classroom through Social Media

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Parent Resource:

A great blog on legislation and issues effecting public education in Indiana:
https://stateimpact.npr.org/indiana/

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week Of 10-7-13 and 10-14-13

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

October is Connected Educator month! as designated by the US DOE.  Check out all the event and learning opportunities during the month of October:

http://connectededucators.org/

Indiana Specific CEM Events

Something To Think About:

Recently The Atlantic published a series on Homework.  The articles are interesting and you can check them out here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/homework-debate/

One of my personal favorite pieces on Homework is the following piece:
Five Hallmarks of Good Homework

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Save your bookmarks online with Diigo.  By far my go to bookmarking service!

https://www.diigo.com/

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

October is National Bully Prevention Month, check out some great resources for kids here:

Kids Against Bullying

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Parent Resource:

Reading Rockets is one of my favorite sites and the parent section has some fantastic resources:

http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents/