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Deidra Mehis
Jan 3, 2024, 6:09:04 AM1/3/24
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The first Bricks and Books Club I launched in 2021 began with tweens. This popular program combined two of my favorite things: middle grade lit and LEGO bricks. Originally, our group met bimonthly to discuss a book (read in advance) and build. I brought the book club with me to my new library in 2022. Now we meet every month and we even have display cases for our creations! In summer 2023, I was excited to finally launch a Junior Bricks and Books Club for kids ages 5-8.
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We start with an icebreaker. Then I ask 3-4 additional discussion questions, ranging from lower-level recall to higher-level reflection. I always make sure to include at least one question that can be answered without having read the book.
As with the tweens, I usually have a longlist of families on the waitlist, so I start letting registrants in early. Because younger kids struggle more with transitions, I have families grab a snack and find a seat for our read-aloud, rather than let kids build with bricks right away. My library policy requires children under the age of 8 be accompanied by a caregiver, so I let older/younger siblings stay in the room, too.
Click on the Brisk extension to see the reading level of any text on the internet. Brisk uses the length of sentences and the vocabulary used in the text to determine what age level the text is appropriate for. With Brisk, you have unlimited opportunities for differentiation.
It can be challenging to find appropriately leveled resources for SPED students, ELL students, and students behind on reading. Brisk allows you to quickly convert complex material to an appropriate level, translate that material, and give your students all the support they need.
When you convert and article, Brisk will automatically populate it in a new Google Doc for you. You can then share it with your students or have Brisk to use the article to generate additional materials like a reading comprehension quiz.
After the pandemic, LEAD Public Schools saw the need to implement a reading intervention program to help students recover lost learning and get back on track. Although the program is only in its first year, students at LEAD Brick Church are already seeing significant growth.
When students returned to school after remote learning, it was clear the gap in reading proficiency had widened as a result of the pandemic. Having foundational reading skills and fluency is essential for students to be able to build their knowledge across all school subjects. By the time a student reaches middle school, their grade-level ELA classes are designed to only teach comprehension and analysis, which is why LEAD launched a reading intervention program to improve reading proficiency for students who have fallen behind.
The program offers six different levels of reading intervention based on the needs of the student. Improved student reading has a ripple effect: Not only does it raise their overall achievement and grades, it also strengthens their relationships, grows their feelings of success, and improves their desire to come to school, as well as their behavior while at school.
While LEAD has implemented the reading intervention program across all middle schools, LEAD Brick Church is leading the pack by surpassing the network in growth in four of the six levels of reading intervention.
Brick Church students are also outpacing the network in growth of words read correctly in five of the six levels. In particular, students in the B2 level of reading intervention grew an average of 24 more words read correctly per minute from Fall 2022 to Winter 2022.
LEAD believes in the potential of every student, establishes an environment where each student can forge their most ambitious path, and challenges both students and staff to do their best work every day. The best part about LEAD is that alongside those high expectations comes a high level of support: no one is in the work alone.
Each of these action-packed books build students' reading skills using two types of exercises: Daily Note Search emphasizes quick recognition of notes out of five-finger positions; Short Phrases in five-finger positions give your students a daily diet of reading (not rehearsing). The suggested practice routine fosters excellent self-evaluation habits. Progress reports help teachers and students track annual progress. Both of Levels 1 and 2 may be used with any beginning piano method.
As we use the Databricks platform, we need to make sure we are only allowing the right people access to sensitive information. Using a combination of Fernet encryption libraries, user-defined functions (UDFs), and Databricks secrets, Northwestern Mutual has developed a process to encrypt PII information and allow only those with a business need to decrypt it, with no additional steps needed by the data reader.
Managing any amount of customer data these days almost certainly requires protecting PII. This is a large risk for organizations of all sizes as cases such as the Capital One data breach resulted in millions of sensitive customer records being stolen due to a simple configuration mistake. While encryption of the storage device and column-masking at the table level are effective security measures, unauthorized internal access to this sensitive data still poses a major threat. Therefore, we need a solution that restricts a normal user with file or table access from retrieving sensitive information within Databricks.
Given these security requirements, we sought to create a process that would be secure, unobtrusive, and easy to manage. The below diagram provides a high-level overview of the components required for this process
The first step in this process is to protect the data by encrypting it. One possible solution is the Fernet Python library. Fernet uses symmetric encryption, which is built with several standard cryptographic primitives. This library is used within an encryption UDF that will enable us to encrypt any given column in a dataframe. To store the encryption key, we use Databricks Secrets with access controls in place to only allow our data ingestion process to access it. Once the data is written to our Delta Lake tables, PII columns holding values such as social security number, phone number, credit card number, and other identifiers will be impossible for an unauthorized user to read.
Once we have the sensitive data written and protected, we need a way for privileged users to read the sensitive data. The first thing that needs to be done is to create a permanent UDF to add to the Hive instance running on Databricks. In order for a UDF to be permanent, it must be written in Scala. Fortunately, Fernet also has a Scala implementation that we can leverage for our decrypted reads. This UDF also accesses the same secret we used in the encrypted write to perform the decryption, and, in this case, it is added to the Spark configuration of the cluster. This requires us to add cluster access controls for privileged and non-privileged users to control their access to the key. Once the UDF is created, we can use it within our view definitions for privileged users to see the decrypted data.
Currently, we have two view objects for a single dataset, one each for privileged and non-privileged users. The view for non-privileged users does not have the UDF, so they will see PII values as encrypted values. The other view for privileged users does have the UDF, so they can see the decrypted values in plain text for their business needs. Access to these views is also controlled by the table access controls provided by Databricks.
In the near future, we want to leverage a new Databricks feature called dynamic view functions. These dynamic view functions will allow us to use only one view and easily return either the encrypted or decrypted values based on the Databricks group they are a member of. This will reduce the amount of objects we are creating in our Delta Lake and simplify our table access control rules.
About 15 years ago I finally read the Book of Genesis, kinda, thanks to The Brick Bible. Equal parts serious and ridiculous, and summing up to something sublime, The Brick Bible is a visual retelling of the Bible entirely with LEGO bricks. The result is a curious mix of both reverence and irreverence.
Book 1 is for the Old City, which is the first two stories and the base. Each instruction book opens with an introduction to the level and brief character biographies for the minifigures. The city sits on a dark grey 3232 baseplate; a remarkably humble footprint for the third-largest LEGO set. Onto the base a layer of plates are applied to give subtle color to the water. A deep black channel runs through the middle of the canal, making extensive use of wedge plates laid angle to angle.
Up on the top level, vehicle doors make a sweeping roof, held firmly in place by headlight bricks. Thankfully, two segments employ this technique, meaning each door comes in a matched set of left/right.
Ninjago City is quite a high-rise, topping two feet to the tip of the antenna. Full of vibrant color and action, it looks the part of a bustling metropolis, reminding me of my visit to Hong Kong. Despite the rainbow of hues, the various structures form a cohesive and pleasing sum. While the structure is divided into three main levels, Ninjago City really includes five distinct stories with individual rooms that can be accessed and removed, plus the two levels of the sand green tower.While the back is definitely more subdued than the racous front streets, it still evokes its urban inspiration and has plenty of detail. The elevator on the right side spans all three levels, and is manually raised and lowered, relying on friction to hold it in place.
This level, which is the street level, has a full walkway around the stuctures, ringed with a fence covered in signage advertising various cyberpunk businesses, many using the Ninjago text. The crab shack features a large crab over the door greeting patrons.
Countless studies demonstrate that students with parents actively involved in their education at home and school are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, enroll in higher-level programs, graduate from high school and go on to post-secondary education.
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bricks reading 150 level 1 pdf free download
Download File https://t.co/kqMiX2n4mF
We start with an icebreaker. Then I ask 3-4 additional discussion questions, ranging from lower-level recall to higher-level reflection. I always make sure to include at least one question that can be answered without having read the book.
As with the tweens, I usually have a longlist of families on the waitlist, so I start letting registrants in early. Because younger kids struggle more with transitions, I have families grab a snack and find a seat for our read-aloud, rather than let kids build with bricks right away. My library policy requires children under the age of 8 be accompanied by a caregiver, so I let older/younger siblings stay in the room, too.
Click on the Brisk extension to see the reading level of any text on the internet. Brisk uses the length of sentences and the vocabulary used in the text to determine what age level the text is appropriate for. With Brisk, you have unlimited opportunities for differentiation.
It can be challenging to find appropriately leveled resources for SPED students, ELL students, and students behind on reading. Brisk allows you to quickly convert complex material to an appropriate level, translate that material, and give your students all the support they need.
When you convert and article, Brisk will automatically populate it in a new Google Doc for you. You can then share it with your students or have Brisk to use the article to generate additional materials like a reading comprehension quiz.
After the pandemic, LEAD Public Schools saw the need to implement a reading intervention program to help students recover lost learning and get back on track. Although the program is only in its first year, students at LEAD Brick Church are already seeing significant growth.
When students returned to school after remote learning, it was clear the gap in reading proficiency had widened as a result of the pandemic. Having foundational reading skills and fluency is essential for students to be able to build their knowledge across all school subjects. By the time a student reaches middle school, their grade-level ELA classes are designed to only teach comprehension and analysis, which is why LEAD launched a reading intervention program to improve reading proficiency for students who have fallen behind.
The program offers six different levels of reading intervention based on the needs of the student. Improved student reading has a ripple effect: Not only does it raise their overall achievement and grades, it also strengthens their relationships, grows their feelings of success, and improves their desire to come to school, as well as their behavior while at school.
While LEAD has implemented the reading intervention program across all middle schools, LEAD Brick Church is leading the pack by surpassing the network in growth in four of the six levels of reading intervention.
Brick Church students are also outpacing the network in growth of words read correctly in five of the six levels. In particular, students in the B2 level of reading intervention grew an average of 24 more words read correctly per minute from Fall 2022 to Winter 2022.
LEAD believes in the potential of every student, establishes an environment where each student can forge their most ambitious path, and challenges both students and staff to do their best work every day. The best part about LEAD is that alongside those high expectations comes a high level of support: no one is in the work alone.
Each of these action-packed books build students' reading skills using two types of exercises: Daily Note Search emphasizes quick recognition of notes out of five-finger positions; Short Phrases in five-finger positions give your students a daily diet of reading (not rehearsing). The suggested practice routine fosters excellent self-evaluation habits. Progress reports help teachers and students track annual progress. Both of Levels 1 and 2 may be used with any beginning piano method.
As we use the Databricks platform, we need to make sure we are only allowing the right people access to sensitive information. Using a combination of Fernet encryption libraries, user-defined functions (UDFs), and Databricks secrets, Northwestern Mutual has developed a process to encrypt PII information and allow only those with a business need to decrypt it, with no additional steps needed by the data reader.
Managing any amount of customer data these days almost certainly requires protecting PII. This is a large risk for organizations of all sizes as cases such as the Capital One data breach resulted in millions of sensitive customer records being stolen due to a simple configuration mistake. While encryption of the storage device and column-masking at the table level are effective security measures, unauthorized internal access to this sensitive data still poses a major threat. Therefore, we need a solution that restricts a normal user with file or table access from retrieving sensitive information within Databricks.
Given these security requirements, we sought to create a process that would be secure, unobtrusive, and easy to manage. The below diagram provides a high-level overview of the components required for this process
The first step in this process is to protect the data by encrypting it. One possible solution is the Fernet Python library. Fernet uses symmetric encryption, which is built with several standard cryptographic primitives. This library is used within an encryption UDF that will enable us to encrypt any given column in a dataframe. To store the encryption key, we use Databricks Secrets with access controls in place to only allow our data ingestion process to access it. Once the data is written to our Delta Lake tables, PII columns holding values such as social security number, phone number, credit card number, and other identifiers will be impossible for an unauthorized user to read.
Once we have the sensitive data written and protected, we need a way for privileged users to read the sensitive data. The first thing that needs to be done is to create a permanent UDF to add to the Hive instance running on Databricks. In order for a UDF to be permanent, it must be written in Scala. Fortunately, Fernet also has a Scala implementation that we can leverage for our decrypted reads. This UDF also accesses the same secret we used in the encrypted write to perform the decryption, and, in this case, it is added to the Spark configuration of the cluster. This requires us to add cluster access controls for privileged and non-privileged users to control their access to the key. Once the UDF is created, we can use it within our view definitions for privileged users to see the decrypted data.
Currently, we have two view objects for a single dataset, one each for privileged and non-privileged users. The view for non-privileged users does not have the UDF, so they will see PII values as encrypted values. The other view for privileged users does have the UDF, so they can see the decrypted values in plain text for their business needs. Access to these views is also controlled by the table access controls provided by Databricks.
In the near future, we want to leverage a new Databricks feature called dynamic view functions. These dynamic view functions will allow us to use only one view and easily return either the encrypted or decrypted values based on the Databricks group they are a member of. This will reduce the amount of objects we are creating in our Delta Lake and simplify our table access control rules.
About 15 years ago I finally read the Book of Genesis, kinda, thanks to The Brick Bible. Equal parts serious and ridiculous, and summing up to something sublime, The Brick Bible is a visual retelling of the Bible entirely with LEGO bricks. The result is a curious mix of both reverence and irreverence.
Book 1 is for the Old City, which is the first two stories and the base. Each instruction book opens with an introduction to the level and brief character biographies for the minifigures. The city sits on a dark grey 3232 baseplate; a remarkably humble footprint for the third-largest LEGO set. Onto the base a layer of plates are applied to give subtle color to the water. A deep black channel runs through the middle of the canal, making extensive use of wedge plates laid angle to angle.
Up on the top level, vehicle doors make a sweeping roof, held firmly in place by headlight bricks. Thankfully, two segments employ this technique, meaning each door comes in a matched set of left/right.
Ninjago City is quite a high-rise, topping two feet to the tip of the antenna. Full of vibrant color and action, it looks the part of a bustling metropolis, reminding me of my visit to Hong Kong. Despite the rainbow of hues, the various structures form a cohesive and pleasing sum. While the structure is divided into three main levels, Ninjago City really includes five distinct stories with individual rooms that can be accessed and removed, plus the two levels of the sand green tower.While the back is definitely more subdued than the racous front streets, it still evokes its urban inspiration and has plenty of detail. The elevator on the right side spans all three levels, and is manually raised and lowered, relying on friction to hold it in place.
This level, which is the street level, has a full walkway around the stuctures, ringed with a fence covered in signage advertising various cyberpunk businesses, many using the Ninjago text. The crab shack features a large crab over the door greeting patrons.
Countless studies demonstrate that students with parents actively involved in their education at home and school are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, enroll in higher-level programs, graduate from high school and go on to post-secondary education.
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