Jacquie McTaggart published an article in Reading Today's April/May 2008 Issue entitled "Appeal to Students' Pride with Online Book Reviews." This was a timely article for me since I just put together the May newsletter for my students' parents stating that I'd like to see my students doing more reading responses (i.e., each and every… Continue reading Writing About Reading: It’s Time to Kick It Up A Notch (or two)
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Closing the Summer Writing Gap????
Linda B. Gambrell, President of the International Reading Association, has a great column in the April/May 2008 Issue entitled "Closing the summer reading gap: You can make a difference!" It's a great column on ways teachers can help their present classes stave-off summer reading loss. (Something I fear every September when a new class comes… Continue reading Closing the Summer Writing Gap????
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Student Resources on ReadWriteThink
One of my students contacted me yesterday asking for things to do online because she was bored. Hence, I found some great student resources over at ReadWriteThink that I shared with her. There are quite a few writing resources on the page, which definitely deserves a look!
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Voice/Silence — Poetry Friday
Staying with the voice/silence theme my class has begun to think about during our Interactive Read Alouds, I give you this poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller on the first Poetry Friday of National Poetry Month. First They Came for the Jews First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I… Continue reading Voice/Silence — Poetry Friday
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Of course you can write!
My kids returned from lunch and recess looking like they were ready for a discussion, not a read aloud aloud. However, it was time for Interactive Read Aloud and we were supposed to look at The Other Side though the voice/silence lens. However, I decided to deviate from the plan and went through the "Voice/Silence… Continue reading Of course you can write!
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Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: #31
I heard the clicking of heels on the hallway floor. The clicking was getting closer. It was Kate. She had come to talk about our upcoming Voice/Silence Interactive Read Aloud Text Set, for which we haven't decided up on yet. We talked for a few minutes, both of us sitting atop the students' desks when… Continue reading Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: #31
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Reading Photographs Helps Students Write Better
I just got around to perusing the Feb/Mar 2008 Issue of Reading Today this afternoon. Tucked away on page 46 I found an article entitled "'Reading' photographs can lead students to better writing," which talks about a book that deals with this entire concept. I've always been a proponent in looking at photographs and helping… Continue reading Reading Photographs Helps Students Write Better
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Family Tree Book
Tomorrow's Interactive Read Aloud includes Alan Say's Book Grandfather's Journey. Since our IRA Theme for the past two months has been immigration, I thought it would be nice to end out the unit with a book that the kids compile on their families (sort of as an unofficial independent writing project). I'm giving these sheets… Continue reading Family Tree Book
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“Everything and everyone goes on and on.”
I've read Jacqueline Woodson's Book Sweet, Sweet Memory to three classes now. However, I've never had such an intense discussion with any other group of children about Sweet, Sweet Memory as I did with my class today during Interactive Read Aloud (aka: IRA). One of the boys in my class, who sits right next to… Continue reading “Everything and everyone goes on and on.”
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Summer Vacation Literacy Activites
ReadWriteThink, a partnership between IRA and NCTE, launched a brand new section of their website today, which focuses on summer literacy activities for children. The activities are broken down into three clusters, K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.
