Dr. Clinton, when you stated that RTI is not legislation, I looked back on the article to see where I had misinterpreted information. The article states exactly what you commented on, that RTI is ...
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...
This is a phenomenal book for teaching text structures. For those who aren't familiar with text structure, it's basically the format that an author chooses to write a text in. Text structure is usu...
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...
The article is available through ERIC: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED423718.pdf
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...
You mentioned the article has "neat tips." Any that you might incorporate?
Williams, J. A. (2010). The Reading Teacher. 64:4, p 278-281. During reading strategies. Building questioning and clarification skills.
http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Authors/Mike-Schmoker.aspx?id=772617157001
I own this book in my collection too Scott. I love the works of Richard Lavoie. The special education field is a rewarding one, and with more insight we teachers can help students with a variety ...
I have heard a lot about this book in recent months. The hand selection of books is amazing. I could not imagine doing that for my students. I like a lot of the ideas that you wrote about like t...
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/guided-comprehension-previewing-using-226.html In using Anticipation guides I have had very good luck with bringing attention to...
Brozo, William G., 2002. International Reading Association. http://www.amazon.com/To-Boy-Reader-Engaging-Literacy/dp/0872075087/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331505635&sr=1-1 The author sugge...
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Hey Michelle, your story made me laugh too. Thanks for sharing the book title, I actually have heard of it and was interested in reading it, and then just completely forgot the title. :)
