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How to Find Joy in Reading and Writing #summerPD

If I could change just one thing about the elementary education and secondary English education majors I teach, it would be this: they would all love to read and write. I believe a love of reading and writing is a prerequisite to creating a classroom where children and teenagers become avid, engaged readers and writers.…

June 26, 2015 in professional development, teaching.
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