Many of my blog readers have followed me from my web site Open Court Resources.com (http://www.opencourtresources.com) which compiles resources for teaching the Open Court Reading Program. I developed that site over eight or so years, starting with first grade resources I was sharing with teachers at my school site and expanding to include pre-K through …
Category: Site Updates
Please Update Your Feed
Please update the feed address you’re using to subscribe to this blog. You should be subscribed to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CreatingLifelongLearners and not any of the needleworks pictures addresses. Also, please update any links from needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog to creatinglifelonglearners.com Due to problems with my webhost, I’ve moved my site to its own domain at http://www.creatinglifelonglearners.com Needleworkspictures.com blog links will …
Open Court Resources on Facebook
For teachers of the Open Court Reading Program, OpenCourtResources.com now has its own page on Facebook. Please show your support by becoming a fan. Click on “Become a Fan.” It’s very cool to see and hear from web site visitors and if there are any special events going on with the site I may post …
A Bailout for LAUSD?
Happy New Year! Over the three week holiday vacation, I moved and was without internet access for a couple of weeks. The first e-mail that came through once I was back online was from our new superintendent. I try to avoid being political in my blog but turmoil is happening throughout my district. I think …
Computer Detox
I will be taking a one week vacation from my laptop this week. I will not be checking e-mail, updating my sites, or approving blog comments in that time. I think between blog reading, twittering, linkedin, and all the rest I’ve become a tad addicted to the internet and especially because I have some legitimate …
Welcome to the New Needleworks
What is Needleworks Pictures? Needleworks Pictures is the name of my film production company which became my first web site as well. When I started Open Court Resources I didn’t want to pay for a second host so Open Court Resources became a back door to the Needleworks site. Four years later, I go to …
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If you’re not used to reading blogs then you might prefer to subscribe to this blog by e-mail. Subscribe by e-mail If you subscribe by e-mail you will receive a weekly e-mail (currently sent on Sundays) which lists the previous week’s blog entries. You can read just the entries you’re interested in and come back …
Summing Up: Blog Year One
A Brief History of My Blog (Open Court Reading Strategy: Summarizing) Birth This blog started last year as another way of communicating with visitors of my site, Open Court Resources.com. Open Court, for the uninitiated, is the required reading series in Los Angeles Unified and many other large districts across the country. Some people …
Updated: City Wildlife Lesson Plans
Updated City Wildlife lesson plans. Also found a good site for bird video watching, Bird Cinema.com
Tons of Updates
I’m finally caught up on the backlog of site updates. There are several more to add but if you submitted your resources more than a week ago and you still don’t see them, please let me know.