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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">March is Reading Month for Elementary School Math Students<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In continued celebration of March is Reading Month for All, this weeks’ focus in on Elementary School Math students. Please visit the resources
<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-28753_65803-376051--,00.html#acc2">
here</a> to open an example lesson linked to no-cost MeL resources. This example connects literacy and math standards with careful reading to explore measurable comparisons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script",sans-serif">Brandy Archer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Brandy Archer, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Content Area Literacy Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Office of Education Improvement & Innovation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Curriculum & Instruction Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Michigan Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">517-241-4466<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="mailto:Archerb2@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">Archerb2@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Visit our <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-28753_65803-376051--,00.html">
<span style="color:blue">March is Reading Month website</span></a> for motivating examples and activities that encourage purposeful reading for all Michiganders.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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