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BALANCED LITERACY:
A district-wide initiative to
improve reading and writing
- Create school wide and
classroom based literacy
environments
- Improve student access
to books
- Strengthen family and
community partnerships
- Guided reading, teacher demos, shared reading, interactive
writing, literacy instruction
across curricula
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APRIL
IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH AND
NATIONAL GARDENING MONTH
GARDEN POETRY CONTEST
The National Garden Association has teamed up with Magnetic Poetry® to
sponsor their first online Garden Poetry Contest. The contest is open to
both adults and children whose muses are inspired by the ups and downs of
gardening and the joys and tribulations of working with plants. Prizes will
be awarded in two categories: Kids and Classrooms (100 awards), and Home
Gardeners (25 awards). Winning poems will be featured in galleries on the
National Gardening Association and Magnetic Poetry® Web sites. Each winner
will receive a Poetry Stones Kit (retail value: $49.95).
To
review rules, prize information, and to submit your entry,
visit
the contest page. This contest is offered online only.
Submission deadline: June 30th, 2004.
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