Journal #2 Words Made Flesh: Fusing Imagery and Language in a Polymorphic Literacy - 5 views
Another fascinating article. I appreciate how you share your thinking about your own literacy experiences, and what you hope to bring to students.
Another fascinating article. I appreciate how you share your thinking about your own literacy experiences, and what you hope to bring to students.
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...
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...
I don't think I've seen this book before. It sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
This book is a wonderful! The students become very independent and teachers are able to work with guided reading groups or individual conferences. It amazing what students can be trained to do with...
I Entered the Citation above of the book I mentioned in my last post.
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...
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...
Book Review: The Leader in Me by Stephen R. Covey Summary/Main Idea: Stephen Covey is also the author of the world recognized book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. in this book, s...
Diana Metsisto, 2005, http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/105137/chapters/Reading-in-the-Mathematics-Classroom.aspx As a math teacher, I wanted to find some information on reading in my content...
You did a nice job of summarizing the article and making connections to your own practice. Around 1990, I took a 2-week summer course on reading in the content areas. The instructor was actually ou...
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...
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.
Great question I didn't address in the review. All the examples used are middle to high school oriented and seem to require a level of maturity that elementary students would not possess. I think...
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