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Ruth Nathan

The WordBox Lesson

Introduction

Mar 15

The WordBox

Mar 15

It’s More Than Turning Lemons in Lemonade: The Usefulness of NowComment in the Classroom as Seen…

Introduction: I am a retired school teacher and now a retired Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley (2023), but my life as a scholar is far from…

Feb 16

Feb 16

Moving from a Subject (matter) to an Idea, Lesson Two: Realizing James Moffett’s Language-learning…

With a Focus on the “Difficult Conversations” of our Time*

Jun 16, 2023

The Bessboro Home for Mothers and Children in Ireland

Jun 16, 2023

Moving from a Subject (matter) to an Idea: Realizing James Moffett’s Language-learning Theory in…

RUTH NATHAN, WITH WENDY SAUL AND GILLIAN MERTENS

Jun 6, 2023

Jun 6, 2023

Writing Family Stories: An Exercise for the Times

Purpose

Apr 20, 2020

Writing Family Stories: An Exercise for the Times

Apr 20, 2020

Literature Study Circles: Reading/Writing/Thinking about Literature

Authors’ Note: This post is part of an on-going project that will eventually include fifty chapters offering best practices across the…

Apr 9, 2020

Literature Study Circles: Reading/Writing/Thinking about Literature

Apr 9, 2020

Cognitive, Social and Emotional Skills Linked to Literature Study Circles* and Outcomes

As interpreted by the author from K. D. Samway and G. Whang, Literature Study Circles in a Multicultural Classroom, Stenhouse, 1996, and…

Apr 9, 2020

Cognitive, Social and Emotional Skills Linked to Literature Study Circles* and Outcomes

Apr 9, 2020

Fabulous Fridays: Memorizing and Performing Poems

Ruth Nathan, Ph.D. and Mary Ann Frishman, with Roz Warren

Apr 1, 2020

Fabulous Fridays: Memorizing and Performing Poems

Apr 1, 2020

One Way to Use Close Reading in Writing Workshop

Authors: Ruth Nathan, Ph.D. and Mary Ann Frishman

Mar 16, 2020

One Way to Use Close Reading in Writing Workshop

Mar 16, 2020

Vocabulary Development and the Morph-O-Meter

Student Exploration of Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes, with Thanks to Mary Colgan McNamara and her Team

Mar 9, 2020

Vocabulary Development and the Morph-O-Meter

Mar 9, 2020

Ruth Nathan

Ruth Nathan

I travel in the world of universities (UC) and public schools— a visiting professor and school teacher who writes about enjoyable, research-based strategies.

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