Start With A Book! Tweets of the Day 2/7/13

1.  What does your child love to explore and learn about? Pick a theme below and get started!

Explore dinosaurs, bugs, birds, planes, music, sports, superheroes, inventors, art, the night sky, the ocean, and more —
24 themes in all. Start with a book … and see where your child's imagination goes! 

http://www.startwithabook.org/?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter 

 

2. Number Sense, Not Counting Skills, Predicts Math Ability, Says Study

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2013/02/early_number_linkages_not_coun.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter 

3. 20 Must-use Education Technology Tools 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-steinberg/education-tools_b_2567342.html 

4.  Improving Speaking Skills with Poetry Podcasting

Grades 6-8, ELA, Technology

Common Core Standards: ELA.SL.8.6 ELA.SL.7.6 ELA.SL.6.6

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/middle-school-literacy-lesson?fd=1 

5. Timing Tips for the ACT and SAT

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/education/edlife/timing-tips-for-the-sat-and-act.html?ref=education&_r=1& 

6.  Building Pharaoh's Chariot

A team uncovers the advanced engineering behind an ancient Egyptian war machine

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/pharaoh-chariot.html 

7. Creating a Family Media Agreement: How to Have the Conversation

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-a-family-media-agreement-matt-levinson 

Looks like happy holidays.