Professor Clinton- It also makes me realize that teaching these students the position of their mouth/tongue/etc when producing these sounds is extremely important. When speaking to a Title I Aide t...
The article is available through ERIC: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED423718.pdf
"I have found it easiest to focus on using one strategy at a time and practice using it until it becomes part of my routine." This is excellent advice for applying almost anything new in the classr...
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...
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...
Beauchat, A. K., & Blamey, L.J. (2011). Word Walk: Vocabulary Instruction for Young Readers. The Reading Teacher, 65.1, p 71-75. For my first journal critique, I chose to read an article abou...
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. :)
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 definitely sounds like a worthwhile read! I often feel we kill the joy of reading by always trying to move on quickly and tie every bit to testing! I always try to carefully look at where to...
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A nicely done, comprehensive (therefore helpful) review. I'd love to see the book if you wouldn't mind bringing it to class.
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...
Another fascinating article. I appreciate how you share your thinking about your own literacy experiences, and what you hope to bring to students.
If you are a English/Language Arts teacher then this book is for you. Barry Lane is brillant and creative in this book entitled, After The End. How many times do students approach two minutes after...
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...
