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Another fascinating article. I appreciate how you share your thinking about your own literacy experiences, and what you hope to bring to students.

TEMS520 reading literacy

started by Anthony Stewart on 13 Feb 12 2 follow-ups, last by Linda Clinton on 21 Feb 12

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...

TEMS520 African American Literacy education culture bookreview

started by Carolyn Beyer on 18 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Anthony Stewart on 23 Feb 12

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...

TEMS520 reading

started by Anthony Stewart on 13 Feb 12 3 follow-ups, last by Linda Clinton on 21 Feb 12

I don't think I've seen this book before. It sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.

TEMS520 bookreview strategies education

started by Kevin Kerbrat on 21 Feb 12 2 follow-ups, last by Linda Clinton on 26 Feb 12

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...

TEMS 520 reading literacy strategies

started by Elly Salkic on 12 Feb 12 5 follow-ups, last by Michelle Repokis on 13 Feb 12

I Entered the Citation above of the book I mentioned in my last post.

TEMS520 strategies bookreview

started by Paul Pelc on 08 Mar 12 2 follow-ups, last by Paul Pelc on 09 Mar 12

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...

TEMS520 reading Literacy strategies education comprehension inferences vocabulary

started by Lauren Scherr on 27 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

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...

TEMS520

started by Erin Visger on 21 Feb 12 3 follow-ups, last by Erin Visger on 27 Feb 12

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...

TEMS520 bookreview behavior academics attitudes education

started by Michelle Repokis on 13 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

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...

TEMS520 reading strategies Math

started by anonymous on 30 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

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...

TEMS520 reading strategies MS elementary expository text Identifying Important Info

started by Michelle Voelker on 30 Jan 12 1 follow-up, last by Linda Clinton on 30 Jan 12

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...

Journal1 TEMS520 reading literacy strategies elementary education

started by Kevin Kerbrat on 30 Jan 12 1 follow-up, last by Linda Clinton on 30 Jan 12

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.

TEMS520 reading strategies memory

started by Kevin Kerbrat on 05 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Linda Clinton on 12 Feb 12

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...

TEMS520 bookreview strategies

started by Monica Orlando on 13 Feb 12 3 follow-ups, last by Monica Orlando on 13 Feb 12

http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Authors/Mike-Schmoker.aspx?id=772617157001

TEMS520 bookreview education

started by Michelle Voelker on 16 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Michelle Voelker on 16 Feb 12

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...

TEMS520 reading literacy strategies comprehension ELA text structures nonfiction

started by Lauren Scherr on 13 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Lauren Scherr on 13 Feb 12

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...

TEMS520 literacy media social studies education

started by Carolyn Beyer on 18 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

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...

TEMS520

started by Erin Visger on 13 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

I choose Derrick Jensen's book Walking on Water to review, mainly because he offers specific details on how to reform education, but focuses on students' attitudes on writing and reading. Jensen te...

TEMS520 literacy bookreview

started by Colleen Fell on 14 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

The article is available through ERIC: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED423718.pdf

TEMS520 Journal 1:Tse Lucy If You Lead Horses to Water They Will Drink: Introducing Second Language Adults Books in English California Reader v29 n2 p14-17 1996

started by Maria Moldovan on 29 Jan 12 3 follow-ups, last by Linda Clinton on 06 Feb 12