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This blog is great, by a teacher who has found ways to help kids with autism read and understand. She is funny and creative and her tips are easy to follow. She’s a great writer too and you feel like you are there in her classroom.
--Tamar Cohen, Comment, http://autism.about.com/b/2009/03/16/best-autism-blogs-whats-your-vote.htmIf you’re at all interested in helping your students (at any level) make deeper connections to what they’re reading, Sara’s post (and blog) is a must read. We’ve just added her to our RSS reader. You should too.
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Hello, World 2! Leave us a comment and tell us why you visited
Our very first post, on August 15, 2009 (just four months ago), was titled “Hello World!” At the time, with no one even knowing we existed who wasn’t a blood relative, it seemed a little pretentious. So no one is as surprised as we are today to notice that in the past 10 days [...]