The Great Foldables Scam

Foldables are nothing new to most K-12 educators. It seems that a foldable craze hits districts or buildings every few years. Made popular by Dinah Zike, I currently blame Pinterest for the resurgence of the things. Our school has had several trainings on them recently. Thankfully, they have all been department-specific and I have yet…

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What is Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS)?

Since I blog about TPRS so much, I should probably stop and explain what it is. Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling, or TPRS, is a teaching method developed by Blaine Ray. It’s a method that focuses on providing students with lots of comprehensible input through the co-construction of stories, and Blaine developed it out…

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