Cobb County Elementary Schools

National Public Radio: PERFECT THANK YOU NOTES-HEARTFELT AND HANDWRITTEN

After a particularly bad 2007, lawyer John Kralik decided to start 2008 with a serious New Year’s resolution: to be thankful for the good things and people in his life. So he spent the next year writing one thank you note for each day — to family, friends, co-workers, even the barista at his local Starbucks. Those notes make up his new book, 365 Thank Yous: The Year A Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life. Click Here to LISTEN to the 6 minute story and read John’s Ten Tips for Writing the Perfect Thank You Note. I find his project fascinating!

How to Help Students Effectively

Here is an article on How to Help Students Effectively.

Picture Learning

A choice literature article that gives a new twist to a parent teacher conference meeting

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1304.cfm

Cathy Mere rethinks early year assessments, weighing the benefits and drawbacks of too much too fast

To see this article on Cathy Mere’s blog about early assessments, click here.