HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Dr. Sam is Taking a Thanksgiving Weekend Break!
It is a long-standing family tradition that the day before Thanksgiving is “Pie Day.” My wife, children and grandchildren spend the day preparing pies for Thanksgiving. This year, there were nine of them. My job is to help the grandkids get the apples for the apple pie cut up and ready. Thanksgiving Day has now come and gone, and the pies in the picture are now history. This weekend will be spent getting the Bommarito household ready for the holidays. To accomplish that, I am taking a Thanksgiving break.
BTW Thanksgiving is a time to remember all that we have to be thankful for. Doing that should be a catalyst for us to want to take stock of what we are doing with our lives. For teachers, that especially means we should continue the good work that we do, work that helps the kids grow into responsible, informed citizens of our nation.
Next week, I will resume with some new interviews. The first of those is with Kathy James, who will be telling us how her district uses ideas from all sides to scaffold children into becoming lifelong readers. Her district uses Rime Magic and Tim Rasinski’s work, along with Orton-Gillingham and Haggerty, to help their children develop their decoding skills and fluency. It is the perfect example of using ideas from all sides and paying attention to all the research. I can’t wait to share that story with you.
Happy Reading and Writing!
Dr. Sam Bommarito (aka, the guy in the center taking flak from all sides)
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I also want to call your attention to some webinars and presentations I’ve done and will be doing.
Link to the Pioneer Valley Books webinar, which features Tim Rasinski LINK
I was the moderator for the webinar.
NOTE- You need to be in Vimeo to view this webinar. If you do not already have a Vimeo account, here is the link to set one up for free LINK. When you get to the site, click the Join for Free tab.
I will also do several sessions at the Wisconsin State Reading Associations Conference at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from February 8th through 10th next year.
Here is a link to information about the conference:
