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Vince Puzick
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A group for individuals who have volunteered to serve as local curators for local partner galleries within the the National Gallery of Writing.
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Colorado Springs School District 11 had a "A Writer in Every School" on October 20, 2009. We have 53 schools in our district -- and each one had a local writer spend at least one hour in the building working with and talking with students about wr...
Thanks for these suggestions. I have begun working with different groups here in Colorado Springs to have this a collaborative "event" (I envision more than one 'event'). We have commitments from two local newspapers, the Pikes Peak Library Distri...
I appreciate Dr. Z's response and feel compelled to respond to a couple of points. I agree that we do not need DIBELS to tell us whether someone has the basics. When a young reader, however, is not getting the basics, we do need to know where the ...
I hadn't gotten to the point of thinking about themes or other approaches to shaping the galleries (I was waiting in part to seeing the guidelines from NCTE). A small committee here in Colorado Springs School District #11 met and did discuss some ...
We need to be careful to know what a particular assessment is measuring so we do not expect it to measure something it was never designed to measure. DIBELS's purpose is to take a quick snapshot of basic skills that are the foundation of reading d...
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- Colorado Springs School District #11
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- K-12 Literacy and Language Arts Coordinator
- NCTE Member?
- Yes
- How long have you been a member of NCTE?
- Off and On throughout the years
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- At 6:31am on October 21, 2009,
Lauren Small said…
- Hi Vince,
I read about your celebration of the National Day of Writing in Colo. Springs. It sounds like a wonderful day--and a wonderful chance for the kids to experience working with writers. Please let me know if there are any high schools in your area that might want to have a visit from a YA novelist. I'll be around speaking at schools in Denver and Cherry Creek. Choke Creek has been taught in a number of schools now for English and American History, and the response has been very positive. Karen Hartman gave the book a great review in the Colorado Reading Council Journal last spring.
- At 11:09pm on April 29, 2009,
Jack said… - Hi Vince,
MIT university is trying to build a free resource to help kids learn SAT/ACT thru the power of user-generated images and video. We are currently running a nationwide contest, challenging kids to make fun and memorable flashcards by pairing sentences and images to a common test word. There will be a small cash prize and iTunes giveaways. Due date is May 22.
More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules. Do you have students or colleagues who would be interested?
- At 4:27pm on November 16, 2008,
Louann Reid said… - Vince,
I haven't heard from you in a long while. Great to see you here. I hope we run into each other in San Antonio.
Louann
- At 12:34pm on November 12, 2008,
Lauren Small said…
- Hi Vince,
I read your comment about writing about Hemingway with great interest. I admire writing that gets into the depth of detail that way--850 words on one sentence...I'm planning on attending Penny Kittle's session on Saturday afternoon, too. Perhaps I can meet you there. I'm originally from Denver and have written a YA novel based on the Sand Creek Massacre. The book has just come out and I'm trying to get the word out to teachers about it. If you're interested, I'd love to tell you more about it.
Lauren
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