Puns for The DEMENTED!

• The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
• I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian .
• She was only a whiskey maker's daughter, but he loved her still.
• A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
• The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
• No matter how much you push the envelope, it still will be stationery.
• A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
• A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
• Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
• Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
• A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
• Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, “You stay here; I'll go on a head.”
• I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Some thoughts on Reading

A couple of Saturdays ago, I was lucky to attend the Pittsburgh Chapter of the International Dyslexia Association Fall Conference at Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Dr. Maryanne Wolf, Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University was the Keynote Speaker. Her topic? "The Evolving Reading Brain in a Digital World".
Dr. Wolf talked about reading as a human invention, an invention that has changed all of humanity. We have no "Reading Center" in the brain. There is no reading gene. The human brain uses existing circuits of neurons - originally designed for vision, language and cognition - and we forge new pathways and connections. We are changed by what we read. The very act of reading changes the brain neurologically and intellectually. Wow!
She presented so much new information about the latest brain research, my brain was spinning!
I came away from the conference wanting to know more about reading, the reading brain and the dyslexic brain. What an amazing time to be in education. For the first time in history, we can see what happens within our brains when we are reading. This leading edge research will change everything we know about how to teach children to read.

Welcome to your Blog Site!

One of my goals for this school year is to create a blog for all the WIU Paraeducators. This is your site, a place for you to quickly post thoughts, interact with one another, and more. I will be posting articles of interest, important dates, websites and anything else I think you will find interesting.
I need your participation to make this site a success. Get ready to become a Blogger!
Kate