Book Review: "The Teaching For Understanding Guide - 5 views
I don't think I've seen this book before. It sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
This is the Diigo group for TEMS 520/312 - Reading in the Content Areas - a course through Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU).
I don't think I've seen this book before. It sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
I Entered the Citation above of the book I mentioned in my last post.
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...
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 ...
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...
It's so interesting to me how some people don't buy into the "different learning styles" theory. I really want to check out this book now! I like how it seems to incorporate the idea that, yes, eve...
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...
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...
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You mentioned the article has "neat tips." Any that you might incorporate?
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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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...
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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...
http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Authors/Mike-Schmoker.aspx?id=772617157001
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...
If you are sharing a link here to count as one of your journal articles, please indicate in your comments so I know to grade it. Better yet, tag it "Journal1" and share to group, and I can search t...