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Why Not to Read Outloud, According to Richard Peck
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Alison Finnigan Nov 3.
Meeting of the Minds: In-Class SSR
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Why D.O.L. Doesn't Work
Started Sep 3
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The purpose of this group is to share remedial reading strategies with intermediate, middle, and high school reading intervention teachers via blog sites, resource links, and more.
The purpose of this group is to share remedial reading strategies with intermediate, middle, and high school reading intervention teachers via blog sites, resource links, and more.
Brilliant idea re: the "dummy author." I've done this before with historical figures, but never with authors. To think out loud a bit... Why not create tag board author masks to cut out, have students color, compose mini-biographies on the back, t...
I thought your connections between two people having a conversation, and a reader and author communicating was a great example to help teachers simplify the meaning/importance of using questioning strategies when reading. Your link to self-questio...
The purpose of this group is to share remedial reading strategies with intermediate, middle, and high school reading intervention teachers via blog sites, resource links, and more.
I'm going to have to side with Michelle and Janet on this issue. Although I feel that at times teachers use read alouds to simply fill or kill some time, I think that when used correctly, they can be extremely beneficial for students. They are par...
I'm in! Let's define the issue a bit more first. It seems to me that the key lines of division within grammar instruction (meaning syntax, word choice, usage, punctuation, and even spelling—a catch-all term that most English language-arts teachers...
I really don't know. I teach in a very diverse district (economically, culturally...), but I've found that once I establish a relationship with my students, they will do the work. This doesn't usually happen as a large group, and I have to go out ...
I loved your ideas. I am taking a Problems in Literacy Development class and this is the perfect blog to refer to for great reading ideas.
The purpose of this group is to share remedial reading strategies with intermediate, middle, and high school reading intervention teachers via blog sites, resource links, and more.
Michelle, I could not agree more with you. Reading is a hidden process. Teachers need to utilize read aloud lessons in the classroom to SHOW their students how a good reader uses comprehension strategies and monitors his or her comprehension. We h...
I have never thought about comprehension in terms of being a "50-50 interaction." A young lady I am tutoring is a 4th grade but independently reading at a 2nd grade level. Her comprehension is very low. A pattern I have noticed with her when she i...
The purpose of this group is to share remedial reading strategies with intermediate, middle, and high school reading intervention teachers via blog sites, resource links, and more.
I suggest that teachers should allocate a few 15-20 minute sessions per week for fluency practice. Teachers can differentiate the instruction, using the modeled reading/repeated reading design, along with CDs of varied reading levels and reading r...
What can you do when students fight the connections? I am currently a graduate student and substitute teacher, but I taught in North Philadelphia last year. My students fought me tooth and nail when it came to reading. They refused any association...
The purpose of this group is to share remedial reading strategies with intermediate, middle, and high school reading intervention teachers via blog sites, resource links, and more.
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Hey Chris! Well, over the past two years I've been collaborating with a professor at The State University of New York, which is a few miles from my high school. Her pre-service English teachers (seniors and graduate students) led online book clubs...
My biggest challenge is that students fluent in neighboring districts are suddenly not legally fluent in our district, as it is determined by our state through formalized test scores that students need more English in our community than in neighbo...
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