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		<title>Imagine Learning supports students with disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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Using four exemplary practices that support cognitive growth, Imagine Learning English is a great way to help students with disabilities expand basic and academic vocabulary, increase reading grade levels, and master literacy and vocabulary.

Screen and monitor student progress. Identify students&#8217; instructional needs and regularly monitor their progress.
Elaborate on and model instructional tasks. Present tasks explicitly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thirty-one book recommendations for Read-A-New-Book Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The start of the school year is all about new things—new classrooms, new students, new friends, and that newly-sharpened pencil smell come to mind. The back-to-school season is also the perfect opportunity to find a new favorite book. September is Read-A-New-Book Month, and here are some recommendations for books to take you and your students on new adventures. ]]></description>
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		<title>Five essential components of an effective program for struggling readers</title>
		<link>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/five-essential-components-of-an-effective-program-for-struggling-readers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/five-essential-components-of-an-effective-program-for-struggling-readers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Struggling Readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orem utah struggling readers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/?p=832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Effectively helping struggling readers requires a knowledge of why they are struggling and tools to counteract those causes.]]></description>
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		<title>Three back-to-school ideas for pre-K English learners</title>
		<link>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/three-back-to-school-ideas-for-pre-k-english-learners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/three-back-to-school-ideas-for-pre-k-english-learners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ESL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next few weeks, more than one million early childhood education students will head off to their very first day of school. And while most of these students will be nervous about meeting their teachers, finding their cubbies, and making new friends, some of them will be apprehensive about something else entirely: learning a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Twitter tips for your PLN</title>
		<link>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/esl_twitter_pln_personal-learning-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/esl_twitter_pln_personal-learning-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ESL]]></category>

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Recently, members of the Imagine Learning instructional design and writing teams have started using Twitter to connect with the educational communities. In this way we have each developed our own personal learning network (PLN) and retweet the best of what we discover through our @ImagineLearning account. By doing so we have found a powerful space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight tips to make your student a back-to-school champ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paige</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Learners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is winding to a close, and that means a new school year is just around the corner. But back-to-school time doesn't always mean excitement for students. Here are eight tips to help get your child excited and ready for school to start.]]></description>
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		<title>The e-book debate</title>
		<link>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/the-e-book-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[EdTech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should schools replace traditional textbooks with e-readers?  It may be more advantageous than you think.]]></description>
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		<title>A game-changing teaching technique you might not be using</title>
		<link>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/the-game-changing-teaching-technique-you-might-not-be-using/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/the-game-changing-teaching-technique-you-might-not-be-using/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ESL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Learners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Struggling Readers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no secret formula to ensuring all your students succeed. Each student learns in a different way and benefits from different teaching strategies. But what if there were one thing you could do to significantly improve comprehension for all your struggling students, including English learners?
In 2009&#8217;s Quality Counts, David Francis of the University of Texas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to bully-proof your struggling students</title>
		<link>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/how-to-bully-proof-your-struggling-student/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/how-to-bully-proof-your-struggling-student/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ESL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Struggling Readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students with Disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classroom tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English learner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/?p=745</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like plants, students need the right conditions to really send out their roots and start growing. Students need to feel comfortable. Unfortunately, many students hold back their roots because they don't feel comfortable in the classroom. One of the reasons for this is bullying. Bullying can happen to any student, but English learners, struggling readers, and students with disabilities can be especially vulnerable because they may have low self-esteem or feel out of place. Luckily, you don't have to wait for a weather change to banish bullies and strengthen your struggling student.]]></description>
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		<title>Late night karaoke, a magic microphone, and your English learners</title>
		<link>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/el-learners-and-late-night-karaoke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/el-learners-and-late-night-karaoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dave.markov</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[English Learners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My wife (an English learner from the Philippines) loves karaoke. And with it, she taught me a valuable lesson on creating an environment where English learners can thrive.
In her home country, baseball isn’t the national pastime. Instead, belting out Gloria Gaynor or Bee Gees tunes is the entertainment of choice. So it wasn’t long after we [...]]]></description>
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