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Linda Clinton on 05 Apr 12

The author presents a convincing argument for emulating instructional design found in "Angry Birds."

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Educational Leadership:Reading: The Core Skill:Every Child, Every Day - 0 views

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CCSS reading literacy instruction TEMS520

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research has demonstrated that access to self-selected texts improves students' reading performance (Krashen, 2011), whereas no evidence indicates that workbooks, photocopies, or computer tutorial programs have ever done so
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If school principals eliminated the budget for workbooks and worksheets and instead spent the money on real books for classroom libraries, this decision could dramatically improve students' opportunities to become better readers.
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Studies of exemplary elementary teachers further support the finding that more authentic reading develops better readers
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struggling readers typically encounter a steady diet of too-challenging texts throughout the school day
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remediation that emphasizes comprehension can change the structure of struggling students' brains.
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to enable the brain to develop the ability to read: It takes lots of reading and rereading of text that students find engaging and comprehensible.
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he intensity and volume of high-success reading, that determines a student's progress in learning to read
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exemplary teachers were more likely to differentiate instruction so that all readers had books they could actually read accurately, fluently, and with understanding.
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Writing provides a different modality within which to practice the skills and strategies of reading for an authentic purpose.
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Time for students to talk about their reading and writing is perhaps one of the most underused, yet easy-to-implement, elements of instruction
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Research has demonstrated that conversation with peers improves comprehension and engagement with texts in a variety of settings
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better outcomes when kids simply talked with a peer about what they read than when they spent the same amount of class time highlighting important information after reading
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When students write about something they care about, they use conventions of spelling and grammar because it matters to them that their ideas are communicated, not because they will lose points or see red ink if they don't
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This high-impact, low-input strategy is another underused component of the kind of instruction that supports readers
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simply requires a decision to use class time more effectively.
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eliminate almost all worksheets and workbooks
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ban test-preparation activities and materials from the school day
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no studies demonstrating that engaging students in test prep ever improved their reading proficiency—or even their test performance
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The Neglected "R" The Need for a Writing Revolution - 0 views

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teaching reading writing elementary MS HS TEMS520

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Linda Clinton on 25 Mar 12

2003 report of the National Writing Commission

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Non Fiction Text Features Posters - Primary Punch - TeachersPayTeachers.com - 1 views

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TEMS520 reading comprehension infotext text features CCSS elementary MS ELA printables

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Linda Clinton on 25 Mar 12

This packet contains colorful posters to teach 14 non-fiction text features! -guide words -title page -table of contents -index -glossary -heading -keywords -illustrations & photographs -captions -diagrams -labels -text box -maps -charts

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This packet contains colorful posters to teach 14 non-fiction text features! -guide words -title page -table of contents -index -glossary -heading -keywords -illustrations & photographs -captions -diagrams -labels -text box -maps -charts</div>

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Linda Clinton on 25 Mar 12

Free downloadable posters to teach text features!

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The Florida Center for Reading Research - 2 views

TEMS520 reading Literacy strategies elementary

started by Anna Scott on 24 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

#2 Linda Clinton on 24 Mar 12

FCRR also has great ideas for interventions as well as links to research. +2

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Interactive Notation System for Effective Reading and Thinking (INSERT) - 0 views

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TEMS520 reading notetaking comprehension strategies

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INSERT is a strategy with several uses. Students mark a text (with pencil or sticky flags) with symbols such as +. -. !, ? to monitor their comprehension during reading. These marks can then be used by the teacher to help students engage in discussions, and clarify understanding. Students can also use the marks to make notes after reading.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">INSERT is a strategy with several uses. Students mark a text (with pencil or sticky flags) with symbols such as +. -. !, ? to monitor their comprehension during reading. These marks can then be used by the teacher to help students engage in discussions, and clarify understanding. Students can also use the marks to make notes after reading.</div>

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GuidedInstruction.pdf - 1 views

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TEMS520 instruction research teaching strategies

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Linda Clinton on 18 Mar 12

This is actually 2 articles from American Educator Spring 2011 -Putting Students on the Path to Learning: The Case for Fully Guided Instruction -Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know The first article asserts that "teachers are more effective when they provide explicit guidance accompanied by practice, not when they require students to discover many aspects of what they must learn." The second article presents 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is actually 2 articles from American Educator Spring 2011 -Putting Students on the Path to Learning: The Case for Fully Guided Instruction -Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know The first article asserts that "teachers are more effective when they provide explicit guidance accompanied by practice, not when they require students to discover many aspects of what they must learn." The second article presents 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice.</div>

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Combining Dictogloss and Cooperative Learning to Promote Language Learning - 3 views

TEMS520 reading ELL ESL

started by Linda Clinton on 18 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

#1 Linda Clinton on 18 Mar 12

This week's topic is "Making and Taking Notes." One of the suggested activities in our text is "dictoglos," a strategy first proposed by Wajnryb (1990; see text for original citation). Through some (brief) searches, it looks like dictoglos (more references spell it "dictogloss") is an instructional strategy for use with English language learners (ELL), and incorporates listening, writing, reading, and speaking. What are your thoughts as to the usefulness of this technique with students whose primary/only language is English?

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.111.5099%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&sa=U&ei=2RFmT5GwHcqwsALf5-22Dw&ved=0CBQQFjAH&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEfyTBFNUCZ2CC4Knii5NXlmixDnA

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Combining Dictogloss and Cooperative Learning to Promote Language Learning - 2 views

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TEMS520 reading comprehension listening ELL ESL

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"This article describes dictogloss, an integrated skills technique for language learning in which students work together to create a reconstructed version of a text read to them by their teacher."

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Smart Classroom Management - 0 views

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classroom management resources TEMS520

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