Book Review: "The Teaching For Understanding Guide - 5 views
I don't think I've seen this book before. It sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
I don't think I've seen this book before. It sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
Nice job picking out the highlights of--what was the article about again-- lol Seriously, some great points that apply to more than just reading.
Hi Michelle!!! Yes, everything you mentioned for Question 2 is what we also have our students focus on. How is the text portraying the article? How is dialouge used between characters, etc. I comp...
I choose Derrick Jensen's book Walking on Water to review, mainly because he offers specific details on how to reform education, but focuses on students' attitudes on writing and reading. Jensen te...
You keyed in on some very important points. Informational texts requires a somewhat different approach from narrative text, and we do have to help students learn strategies to be successful in meet...
My student teaching right now is predominately in 6th grade Language Arts classrooms. In addition to these, I am in a 6th grade reading support class and a 7th-8th grade reading support class. I th...
The middle school I am teaching in has been doing a yearly exam across all three grade levels that is called the Reading Comprehension Measurement (RCM). We created (and when I say we, I was actual...
A thorough analysis of a fascinating article! I think when the authors were referring to "minutiae of students' rituals" it was more to help the reader understand the students wrote in their readin...
This sounds like an interesting read. I have a couple of journal articles you might like. I have always been interested in this subject, because part of my own journey toward literacy has been ba...
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The article is available through ERIC: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED423718.pdf