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...
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!
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...
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. :)
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...
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...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr081.shtml This article was very benefical to me. First off I loved the title, Are Students Ever Too Old? In this case the question was asking, when are st...
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 ...
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...
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You mentioned the article has "neat tips." Any that you might incorporate?
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...
Lots of free online resources for readers theater, too!
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...
Link to article: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED511811.pdf Corrin, W., Levin, J., Salinger, T., Sepanik, S., Somers , M., & Zmack, C. Education Publications Center , U.S. Department of Education. (...
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.
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...
A nicely done, comprehensive (therefore helpful) review. I'd love to see the book if you wouldn't mind bringing it to class.
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...
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...
