14. Cemented into Tectonic rifts &
a conglomerate collisions buried
400-1,550 ft.
stone deposits—
deeply—as land
masses migrated
north.
PANGEA
425-245 mil
yrs ago
18. 550 mil
yrs ago
1. Broken off GONDWANA LAURENTIA
(about 550 mil yrs ago) GONDWANA
2. Collided with each
other in process
3. Welded to LAURENTIA PANGEA
(about 370 mil yrs ago) 245 mil
yrs ago
4. Been sandwiched into
PANGEA (about 245
mil yrs ago)
19. Then, about 200 mil yrs ago,
began to rift apart to create modern
continents. ( )
PANGEA
TODAY
37. Lucky Stones, ancient and enduring,
serve as touchstones, reminding us
of our collective commitments to
our shared goals on
behalf of all children
at-risk for reading
difficulties.
38. Like the Lucky Stone, our
commitments must endure
over time & persist in all kinds
of environments …
41. To succeed,
we must
endure but
change,
Lucky Stones !
stand alone
but work
collectively.
We also need a bit of luck, which
the lucky stone brings to you …
42. … along
with the
lessons and
commitments
of the …
Tremaine-
Literate Nation
boot camp/
think tank!
43.
44.
45. Join the Cultural Movement to Drive
Seismic Change in U.S. Literacy Outcomes
All Children Literate & Educated—For Their Future
46.
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50. • DARK STONE: For testing
precious metal
• METAPHOR: Point of reference
- Against which things are evaluated
- For remembering
52. • Often called “Pudding
Stone.”
• Oliver Wendell Holmes
described appearance as
“plums in pudding.” In
1830 poem, “The
Dorchester Giant:”
“… the giant’s unruly children flung it over to Roxbury Hills,
They flung it over the plain and all over Milton and
Dorchester too
Great lumps of pudding the giants threw …”