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Farin A. Houk-Cerna

Farin A. Houk is an elementary teacher in the Seattle area who has worked extensively with English language learners and their families in bilingual, dual language, and English-only programs. She lives in Seattle with her two sons Gabriel and Camilo.

Email planningservices@heinemann.com if you would like to contact Farin Houk-Cerna directly about professional development support.

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Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey share tips and principles of vocabulary instruction from their latest ... Making Word Learning Fun for All Students

Donald Graves (1930-2010), a long-time University of New Hampshire literature professor and prolific... Secrets of a Master Writer: An Interview with Donald Graves

Jim Burke shares how a question-driven classroom engages adolescents of the digital age inside schoo... How big questions engage and motivate students who have grown up digitally