The Nightly Text as formative assessment
My experiment with the Nightly Text, this unit’s ongoing homework assignment, has been a major success. Reading’s up, homework’s up, and the ...
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Why the Nightly Text assignment is working
This unit, I’m trying something new to encourage my students to read the assigned book and to complete their homework. I call it the Nightly Text. Studen...
Why I believe in Kindles, not tablets, for students
Today’s article in The New York Times underscores why I prefer Kindles over tablets in my classroom. Julie Bosman and Matt Rictel write: People who read ...
“Mr. Isero, you’re everywhere!”
I’m pleased to report that my new text-me-your-homework experiment is working. My students have had three text assignments so far, and reading is up, hom...
No YouTube at school? No problem.
Yesterday, I wanted to show my class a brief clip of Chopin’s Prelude No. 24 in D minor. After all, this is the prelude that enchants Edna Pontellier, pr...