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For your monthly literacy submission, you may contribute to any of the pages above. You may post a dilemma, a success or something new that you have tried in your classroom. You may also respond to any of these posts with suggestions or comments.

In order for your response to count as your monthly submission, it must be substantive.
A typical substantive post: *Is of adequate length to communicate new learning or information *Integrates theory, research, and/or professional experience *Includes specific examples and/or substantiating evidence *Is free of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.

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 * "Meg, I thought this was great. Keep up the good work." -Jeff Bailey (Nice positive reinforcement, but not specific or integrating theory).
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Example of a substantive post...
[|DebCarver] Oct 6, 2011 11:49 am I know this isn't news to anyone, but students lack some basic study skills. I will always have one student who says..."When I study, I do worse." I respond that they need to find a new way to study.
 * Study Skills**

A triple entry journal and a word wall are good tools. The concentration game is a good review.

Maybe a quick write as to "how" they plan on studying the terms. How will they use the triple entry journal to prepare.

Then go through some ideas about how to study. Once I passed out a "study tips" handout which included different approaches. Everyone had a different way, it is just finding what "works."

My son likes to be quizzed verbally at home. I would take his triple entry journal and asked him various questions based on what is there. I also get a chance to ask him what he thinks he will be asked. Maybe I could try that as a group activity with my students sometime. Although, it could get loud, but they could be in very small groups and "quizzing" each other with only verbal questions. I could model a couple of ways to asked questions.

Donna, you probably do all of this as well. I was mostly brainstorming out-loud based on your prompt. Thanks for sharing.