Month: August 2013

One Month to Go #GRA13

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Just a few things as we get closer and closer to our start date of September 30th.
Please connect with someone, whether one class or a few, it is up to you.  Reach out to people either through the connections wanted portion of our wiki (you must be a member to edit and add your information) or all of our Edmodo groups.  Tehn you can branch off to your own groups from there.
Wiki connections wanted:  http://globalreadaloud.wikispaces.com/Connection+Wanted%21

Our Edmodo Groups for Teachers (not for students but to connect with other teachers).  There are special grade level groups set up, to find them join the main book group and ask for your grade level.  Links will be provided.

    • Marty McGuire’s teacher group edmo.do/j/wvqrhj
    • OOMM group for 5th is edmo.do/j/ut9pjm
    • Stupid Fast’s teacher group link is edmo.do/j/b2wtrq
    • Kindergarten teacher group edmo.do/j/z2pi78
    • Spanish GRA teacher group edmo.do/j/7gc5fg

      Share resources!  If you found agreat video to use with the book, have vocabulary, study guides, whatever you find – share it!  It can be added to any of the Edmodo groups in folders on the side or to the wiki under first week ideas http://globalreadaloud.wikispaces.com/Teacher%27s+Help+Page
      With more than 2,000 facilitators and 75,000 students signed up – this is huge.  Which means that besides getting ready to start school on Tuesday, doing all the behind the scenes stuff, being pregnant and being with my 3 kids, I am not able to find as many resources as I normally would. 
      Please get out of this project what you would like, we are all here to support each other so reach out, ask questions, use the hashtag on twiitter #GRA13, email me or whatever – but connect and get ready! 
      Finally, we have merchandise, so if you want to sport your support of this project I would really appreciate it.  
      One book to connect the world merch is here http://www.cafepress.com/gra2013
      GRA 2013 merch is here http://www.cafepress.com/gralogo1

      Hello and Welcome Spanish Teachers/Speakers!

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      One thing I am repeatedly asked is whether or not there is a Spanish GRA, just like there is a French one.  And while I have hoped someone would just start one, I decided to take a step in that direction today after my Edmodocon presentation.  So while I have no idea what this group will be reading, you now have a place in the official Global Read Aloud; welcome!

      To join the Edmodo group to discuss what to do with a Spanish GRA – please go here or use this code genrh5 and start the discussion.  It is up to you and I cannot wait to see what you do with it.