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Author Archives: CircleReader
Every Title the Story of a Reader
or, How to measure a year of reading
In How Do You Measure a Year of Reading?, the true measure of Donalyn Miller's students' reading is shown in the challenges they set themselves, the new patterns & experiences they explored, and the richness of the "you had to be there" moments they shared.
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Madison Reads Leopold, 2010
"Yearly, the feathered tempest roared up, down, and across the continent, sucking up the laden fruits of forest and prairie, burning them in a traveling blast of life....Today the oaks still flaunt their burden at the sky, but the feathered lightning is no more."
Posted in Reading Around Tagged Aldo Leopold, Environment, Holidays, Reading Aloud, Spring 1 Comment
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
or, The First Meme
Acrostics -- lists and songs arranged alphabetically -- are of course a venerable tradition, uniting the ancient author of Psalm 119 with the youngest child learning to sing the ABC Song. One could say that the alphabet is the first & primary meme, the source behind every other, a natural fit for the blogosphere.
Posted in Reading Around Tagged Acrostic, Alphabet, Bookstores, Memes, WordPress, World Wide Web 2 Comments
Reading Aloud: the Words Endure
or, The Cosmic Bedtime Story
Our family's evening reading together was no more -- and no less -- difficult than all the other things we do together as a family. Day in & day out, this practice of reading builds up a foundation and a bulwark that will strengthen and protect us throughout our lives. Day in & day out, we parents are building up our children, our schools, and our communities, guarding them from a multitude of evils, just by reading aloud.
Little Things
or, The Lives of the Flu Cell
For me, microbiology always communicates a sense of secret revelation - it is so intimate, our very flesh & blood, and yet so intricate and strange. What a wonder to be able to see some small portion of the invisible entities that underlie our physical life! Here's an animation of a flu virus attack, from Zirus, Inc. via NPR.
Posted in Science & Technology Tagged Biology, Data Visualization, Microbiology, NPR, Science, Threshold Concepts, Virus, Zirus Inc. 1 Comment
Remebering Labor, Entering Rest
To truly make this a holiday, to truly rest in praise of the goodness, truth, & beauty of Labor Day, requires contemplation.
Posted in Mind & Society, Reading Around Tagged Arts & Literature, Canada, Economics, History, Holidays, Mind & Society, Science & Technology, Slavery, Work 7 Comments
Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!
or, What's all the hubbub, Bub?