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...
The article is available through ERIC: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED423718.pdf
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...
Thanks for sharing your personal memories, Erin. I have deeply fond memories of my mom reading to us as kids, and doing different voiced. if you ask me in class, I'll share my favorite!
I don't think I've seen this book before. It sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
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...
Another fascinating article. I appreciate how you share your thinking about your own literacy experiences, and what you hope to bring to students.
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...
I chose this article because one of my classes this semester is about teaching social studies, and so I thought it would be interesting to combine two of my classes. The article discusses the impor...
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.
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...
Please know that I genuinely am trying to get everything back within a week. Really, I am! ;)
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...
http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Authors/Mike-Schmoker.aspx?id=772617157001
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...
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...
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FCRR also has great ideas for interventions as well as links to research. +2
