I haven't seen too many books that are equally useful for teachers and parents. I'll have to take a look at this book. Might be something to pick up for door prizes for our parent involvement activ...
My student teaching right now is predominately in 6th grade Language Arts classrooms. In addition to these, I am in a 6th grade reading support class and a 7th-8th grade reading support class. I th...
by Anna Scott (reposted as a topic) The Café Book is written by The Two Sisters, Joan Moser and Gail Boushey. The book is written in conjunction with The Daily 5, also written by them. The Daily...
I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers is a great resource for implementing reading comprehension Strategies in the secondary classroom. The book is written ...
"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...
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...
http://rpsagsu.svsu.edu/gale-go/ps/i.do?action=interpret&id=GALE%7CA224989288&v=2.1&u=lom_saginawvsu&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1
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...
Please know that I genuinely am trying to get everything back within a week. Really, I am! ;)
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...
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.
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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...
Another fascinating article. I appreciate how you share your thinking about your own literacy experiences, and what you hope to bring to students.
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...
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...
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...
http://www.amazon.com/Motivation-Breakthrough-Secrets-Turning-Tuned-Out/dp/0743289617/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1328620537&sr=1-2-catcorr The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning O...
Plourde, Lee A., and Ludivina Prado. "Increasing reading comprehension through the explicit teaching of reading strategies: is there a difference among the genders?" Reading Improvement Spring 2011...
