Pohl Vault

1. a secure room to hold valuable ideas 2. to leap or spring into new ideas

October 10, 2015

How can I help at home? Parental Support Suggestions

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I just finished meeting with 44 out of my 46 families during the two-day parent-student-teacher conferences last week. It was a marathon! T...
October 3, 2015

Scaffolding too much?

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Last spring, literacy consultant Stevi Quate came to our school to work with our secondary English Language Arts teachers. While here, she...
September 19, 2015

Ancient Civilizations of the Americas: a Historical Inquiry Project

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A couple of weeks ago, I shared my learning about the shifts needed for disciplinary literacy vs. content literacy in Social Studies. Sinc...
September 12, 2015

The Paradox of the Early Days: Building Trust and Respect

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image from Uberallburo website A few weeks ago, as summer was winding down and the new school year loomed, I came across this quote fro...
September 5, 2015

Disciplinary Literacy in History: Thinking Like a Historian

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There has been a lot of buzz in the education community over the past year or two about "disciplinary literacy" as distinct from ...
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International educator, reflective thinker, passionate about teaching, enthusiastic reader and writer
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