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Storytelling: just as important as read aloud.
Tell, not read. When I read Mindset for Learning a few years ago for the first time (it's one you'll revisit over and over again), the...

Matt Halpern
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1st Grade Beginnings.
Another sentimental post. The teacher I took over passed away a few months later and I still think about her and this class often. This...

Matt Halpern
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Joining in dramatic play is critical.
This post, from my time as a literacy coach, is sweet, but also sentimental to me because the children were in my kindergarten class the...

Matt Halpern
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Vocabulary.
As I wandered by the sandbox in PreK today, I heard the noise of sirens! Three boys were playing, there were cars, policemen, and a chase...

Matt Halpern
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Think time.
Today I was working in a second-grade class pulling students and asking them a comprehension question after a read aloud. The work was...

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Be kind... to yourself.
Recently, I read a fascinating article on Edutopia about something called 'vicarious trauma' that really touched on a time in my career I...

Matt Halpern
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