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Featured Video: Highly Recurring Phonic Elements Chart and Recitation

From our instructional DVD workshop, Touching the Spirit Teaching Strategies: watch as teachers are introduced to Augusta Mann's Highly Recurring Phonic Elements Chart.

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Recent News

Augusta Mann will be one of the featured workshop presenters at the 2013 national convention of The National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC) at the Chicago Hyatt Regency, April 25-27.

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The celebrated professional development organization, the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA) is holding its 2013 Summer Academy in Minneapolis, MN, July 8-11.

Augusta Mann will lead professional development sessions for teachers and school administrators.

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About Augusta Mann's Blog

In her blog posts, in addition to opinion pieces, Augusta will introduce and report on exemplary educational models, teaching strategies, practices, and resources related to African American education and the education of all underperforming students.

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Recent Posts

Why All the Recitation and Memorization?

Scholars of African American culture explain that the traditional importance placed on oral communication in African and African American life flows from the belief in the African concept of Nommo, the generative and productive power of the spoken word. Of course the spoken word is prominent in all cultures, but in African-based cultures, the spoken word has a heightened level of significance.

Still, After All These Years: The Language of Black America

As we introduce and report on exemplary educational models, we will regularly explore the intersection of language and culture in African American life. The issues related to the language of African Americans will have a prominent place in these discussions.

Augusta Mann's Intensified Teaching Strategies

Designed for use with existing curriculum and adopted text books. Engaging and student-centered, these strategies lead students toward mastery levels of academic achievement.

Dancing Definitions
Essential Summaries
Phonic Pattern Hopscotch
Synonym Triplets
Pronoun Boxes
Good and Better
Panel Books
Punctuation Marks
Recitations

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Touching the Spirit

Touching the Spirit principles utilize culture in the achievement of educational excellence for African American and other students. They are the result of years of research and direct work with teachers and students in schools across the country.

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