Looking for Read 180 All Stars

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in Great Ideas, Updates by Esther Benjamins-Gass

READ 180 teachers – do you have a star student in your class you’d like to enter in Scholastic’s All Star contest? Click here for details:  All Star Contest

If selected, one of your students could win $1200 AND you could win up to $1000 worth of Scholastic materials.

Good luck!

Peace Over Violence Contest

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 in Great Ideas, Updates by Esther Benjamins-Gass

Students losing focus as spring approaches? Why not encourage them to enter  the LAUSD’s Peace Over Violence Contest? This opportunity allows you and your students to increase your awareness that sexual violence is a violation of human rights, and allow them to become social activists.

Click here for details about the contest. Peace Over Violence Contest

Remember to wear denim on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 to show your support of living violence, especially sexual violence free.  

For details about the Violence-Prevention Education Campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness Month–Denim Day Poster Contest & Poetry Contest 2008, refer to MEM-4135.0 on Inside LAUSD website.

Google Group

Posted on February 27th, 2008 in Great Ideas, Professional Development by Esther Benjamins-Gass

Interested in earning Passport hours and staying connected with other DRWC teachers? Why not join our Google Group?! 

What you’ll need:

  • Google account (it’s free!)
  • Click here for detailed directions – google-groups.pdf

Look forward to having you join our Group!

DRWC & CRRI

Posted on February 20th, 2008 in Great Ideas, Updates by Esther Benjamins-Gass

One of the District mandates is to close the achievement gap of our underperforming students, is there anything in LANGUAGE! and/or READ 180 that helps teachers with compliance? To read more about how Cambium/Sopris West and Scholastic (publishers of our reading intervention programs), support our teachers and students, please click here. DRWC & CRRI

Video iPods Now Available

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 in Great Ideas, Professional Development, Technology by Esther Benjamins-Gass

Do you ever wish you could get a refresher on how to teach a particular step in a Language! lesson? Now you can! Ask your DRWC Expert/Specialist about checking out an iPod loaded with “KDRW” clips of Why Do/How To videos.

How do you get your video iPod? Leave a comment or call your DRWC Expert/Specialist.

Read 180 videos are available on the Scholastic website (see Blogroll for link).