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News This Month

Linda Tilton will be presenting at the International Reading Conference in Chicago on April 27, 2010.

Please join Linda as she shares her favorite vocabulary strategies geared toward student success!


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Also in April, Linda will be the Keynote Speaker April 10, 2010, at the Nebraska Learning Disabilities State Conference in Omaha. The focus is on dozens of highly practical “take back and use” strategies to help every student succeed.

For Teachers

Animal School Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8limRtHZPs
Great video!

Doing Too Much…

Do you ever feel that as teachers and parents we do too much for kids? With the best of intentions, we sometimes for our kids what our kids could do on their own.

Learned dependency is the unfortunate result.

NMSA Conference Outline for “101 Strategies to Help Struggling Students Succeed”

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Linda Tilton
Breakout session NMSA November 5, 2009
Do you have students who are struggling every day in your classroom? Students on IEPs? 504 plans? Students falling through the cracks? This highly practical session is filled with “take back and use” ideas especially for them! Activities in this fast-paced session will include demonstration of [...]

NMSA Outline for “Ideas!Ideas! Ideas! The Teacher’s Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction

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Session name: Ideas! Ideas! Ideas! The Teacher’s Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction
by Linda Tilton
Outline for Breakout NMSA Nov 5, 2009
How can we differentiate instruction to maximize student learning?
Part One: Building Relationships
To engage our students, we first have to get to know them, build trust and acceptance.

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TeachersFirst.com Online Resource TeachersFirst.com Online Resource

TeachersFirst.com has classroom safe websites and resources on art, biology, math, history and more. Perfect resource for back to school!

Location! Location! Location! Creature Comforts for Staff Development Location! Location! Location! Creature Comforts for Staff Development

After all of the hard work involved in planning effective professional development, ensure its success in a learner-friendly environment.

Get Your Students Organized Get Your Students Organized

Can you even imagine how many hours each school year some students devote to searching for assignments, books, notes, clothing and other items?

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For Parents

Doing Too Much…

Do you ever feel that as teachers and parents we do too much for kids? With the best of intentions, we sometimes for our kids what our kids could do on their own.

Learned dependency is the unfortunate result.

Help Your Child Develop Healthy Math Study Habits At Home Help Your Child Develop Healthy Math Study Habits At Home

I can think of no other subject area that carries with it such strong feelings for parents as they talk about helping with homework.

Valuing the Individual Valuing the Individual

There are countless opportunities to celebrate learning. A bulletin board in the classroom is a great way to recognize students for their unique gifts.

Student to Student Respect Student to Student Respect

Every classroom. Every school. Everywhere. Treating each other with respect creates a classroom climate where students feel safe taking risks, expressing opinions, doing something that is different from what other classmates may be doing.

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Blog Posts

Doing Too Much…

Do you ever feel that as teachers and parents we do too much for kids? Think about learned dependency… With the best of intentions, we sometimes for our kids what our kids could do on their own. Learned dependency is the unfortunate result. I was thinking  about that as I was walking the beach every morning while I was on vacation in Florida.... [Read more of this review]

School Tests: Help or Hurting Our Students?

photo credit: JaeYong, BAE According to a recent study published by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the test scores of 17 year old’s have not increased since the 1970’s The bad news: the scores for 17-year-olds are unchanged in the same periods. Those were the findings, released on Tuesday, of the National Assessment... [Read more of this review]

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