by Carrie Koftan | Dec 2, 2019 | Monday Mornings: Proverbs, Quotes, and More, Uncategorized
“Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans.” –Isaiah 1:17
Some people have a life verse or quote that really grounds them, and/or defines a path they would like to take. For me, it is Isaiah 1:17. It helps me remember that we have to “learn” to do good. It’s a process and a deliberate act. I also love the verbs in this quote: learn, seek, help and defend.
Think about what inspires you and start to act on it! Have a wonderful week!
by Carrie Koftan | Nov 25, 2019 | Monday Mornings: Proverbs, Quotes, and More
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Giving thanks is actually good for the brain! If you google “thanksgiving and the brain,” you will find a plethora of articles on why this is so. This Thanksgiving, I hope you will be sure to express your gratitude, inwardly and outwardly! Have a wonderful week.
“Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” –Randy Pausch
by Carrie Koftan | Nov 20, 2019 | READING, Uncategorized
There are many benefits to having your child/students orally reread stories.
The texts should be at an independent reading level (meaning the student should be able to independently read the text with about 95% accuracy). The student’s reading should be supervised by an adult, older sibling, etc. It is fine to model reading the story first.
Oral rereading of texts improves:
Time your student/child’s initial reading of a passage, then the second and third re-reading–you will be surprised by how much he or she improves!
A good goal for which to aim is to have your child/student reread a familiar text three times. (The benefits generally don’t go beyond three times.)
by Carrie Koftan | Nov 18, 2019 | Monday Mornings: Proverbs, Quotes, and More
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”
–Robert Henri
by Carrie Koftan | Nov 11, 2019 | Monday Mornings: Proverbs, Quotes, and More
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” –Aristotle
