Maine Learning Network

Hello, Everyone! Our final face-to-face meeting for middle level CDLN in Hampden met on Wednesday, May 1. Although we are a small group we had some great discussions centered around MCL, the ELA Shifts, and the Webinars of which we’ve all been a part. Our initial icebreaker activity asked the participants to think of things they are currently…[Read more]

Good Morning! Isnt this just a dashing spring?
The OH group had an intimate gathering Monday evening. We continued discussions around the Publisher’s Critera, discussing for clarity and connecting to recent discussions/professional development that has occurred. Leveled text, guided reading, close reading, and text complexity are still issues…[Read more]

Hello All! The small but talkative CDLN group met yesterday. We jigsawed the Publisher’s Criteria, discussing the major parts and implications for instruction. We then shared highlights of a variety of webinars. It would have been nice to have more time with the webinar material. Not everyone was able to view their sessions.

Hi Everyone! I am the facilitator for the K-5 group that meets in Saco. We have had some great conversations around the CCSS Instructional Shifts document. It is such a gift to have time to network with like-minded colleagues. I am looking forward to our last session tonight. We will spend some time with the Publisher’s Criteria document and…[Read more]

I teach a combined third and fourth grade classroom in Brooksville.

Folks-

Later this month, I’ll be leaving the DOE in order to join Educate Maine as project director for a new initiative called Project Login. That means my last day supporting MaineLearning.net will be Friday, March 15.

Since my federally-funded contract was already nearing completion, I’ve been working with David Connerty-Marin and Jeff Mao…[Read more]

Friends-

MaineLearning.net will be offline for 15-30 minutes between 12 and 1 pm today (Tuesday, February 26) as we continue to make improvements. No big changes, just keeping everything up to date and secure.

Please wrap up your work. During the maintenance time, you’ll see a notification screen. We’ll go live again as soon as we’re done, and…[Read more]

I’m Jill Bartash. I work as a Literacy Coach and Literacy Specialist at Dirigo Elementary in Peru (RSU #10).

For those of you looking for Common Core related lessons, you might want to check out LearnZillion http://www.learnzillion.com

The phrases that caught my attention in chapter 4 of the text Text Complexity Raising Rigor in Reading were, “A student who is motivated to read something can far exceed our expectations of what he or she should be capable of reading.” “A motivated reader is one who engages in significantly more reading than one who is not motivated.” p. 79 I…[Read more]