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Book of the Month Update!
After a rocky start, which I’m not really going to talk about here — I’ve done enough frustrated complaining about the issues — our Book of the Month initiative is in full swing. This month, we’re reading Wonder by R. J. Palacio as a way to connect with Bullying Awareness Month. The accompanying question asks readers … Continue reading
From Left to Right, Top to Bottom
For the last three days, my students and I have been talking about what we do when we read. I’m reluctant to call it “the reading process” because process implies that there are steps to making meaning, rather than a give and take transaction between the reader and the text. Specifically, we’ve been talking about … Continue reading
Monitoring Comprehension and the Backchannel
I’m doing something a little different with my reading instruction this grading period. This grading period, I decided to slide away from the rBook tied to the Read 180 program. What I learned, over the course of the first six weeks was that 75% of my students are repeats. They have taken Title I Language … Continue reading
AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy – Pairing Texts with Movies to Promote Comprehension and Discussion
AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy – Pairing Texts with Movies to Promote Comprehension and Discussion I found this in my twitter feed under the hashtag #engchat, a place where great English/Language Arts and Reading teachers post ideas, questions, articles, etc. for the good of the group. Most of the time I can’t keep up, but when I’m … Continue reading
Teacher & Student Questioning
One of the themes I’ve noticed running through the Model Schools Conference is the necessity of raising rigor and relevance with our students. A common issue teachers have, says Lin Kuzmich, is that we ask questions, then call on one of the three kids who always raises his hand, or, in the even that we … Continue reading
>Struggles
> This is not the paper I wrote. It may have been the paper I intended to write, but I’m not entirely certain. What I know is that what I did write made me ashamed to be called a grad student. A writer. Right now I feel like Paolo at the knee of Luis, learning … Continue reading
>"Five Things I’ve Gained from Reading Literature"
> This was the NCTE Inbox blog post by Traci Gardner that I thought of while I was reading through Sumara’s Chapter 2 “Learning how to create insight”. The post was a response to a report written by Carol Jago (who I believe is the current president of NCTE), which I have attached. Instead of … Continue reading
>Always On
> Baron, N. S. (2008). Always on: Language in an online and mobile world [Kindle DX Reader version]. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com “In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies–including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis–are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in … Continue reading
>Exploring the connections between biliteracy and bilingualism
>Reyes, I. (2006). Exploring the connections between biliteracy and bilingualism. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 6(3), pp. 267-292. doi:10.1177/1468798406069801 Through three case studies of four-year-old children of Mexican descent, the author explores emergent biliteracy and bilingualism in southern Arizona. Using observations of both home and classroom notes the children’s use of language and the factors … Continue reading
>Secondary-level literacy coaching
>Gross, P. (2010). Not another trend: Secondary-level literacy coaching. The Clearing House, 83, pp. 133-137. doi:10.1080/00098651003774844 In this article Gross examines the attitudes of content-area teachers over the period of two years. These teachers are engaging in a voluntary literacy program designed to better their instruction through literacy strategies. She used one-on-one semi-structured interviews to … Continue reading
