This has not been the first time I have heard of Article of the Week (I think I have a lot of Kelly G. friends). When students are reasiboo novels, augment them with real-world texts related to the reading you are doing in class. So many of our students don't have the level of cultural literacy we would like for them to have. I am sold! This will be going oN in my class this year.
I don't have enough fingers to count the times I have heard that SSR (or whatever you want to call it) is a waste of time. Kelly points out many reasons why it isn't.
* It is actually an investment in test prep. Students are building those skills that are discussed in class.
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"The measure of the worth of a society is how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable citizens." Theodore Sizer's quote is quite relatable. How are we treating our vulnerable students? Drill and kill? Take away time for high interest reading?
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"The measure of the worth of a society is how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable citizens." Theodore Sizer's quote is quite relatable. How are we treating our vulnerable students? Drill and kill? Take away time for high interest reading?
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Peter Elbow states that we have to give our learners the experience to be simultaneously sure of of themselves and humble when they are writing, after we critique their writing. As a teacher, I want to edit my students' papers right away; correcting punctuation, spelling, paragraph structure, and then-some.
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Most of our learners are writing externally and out of desperation. How can we help ourselves and our learners be internal writers? Where does your writing take place and what do you consider your writing to be external or internal and why?
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In Kelly Gallagher's Reading Reasons, it is stated in a study that there is a strong correlation between time spent reading and higher test scores. In a study of fith graders by Anders, Wilson and Fielding, the following correlation was found that students who scored higher spent at least a half an hour reading per day. What are your thoughts about independent reading?
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Have any of you ever taught in a charter/private school setting? Do your children attend a charter,private, or public school setting and why did you choose this type of setting for them? For those of you who do not have any children, when you do, what will be your preference for them to attend and why?
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Will this program reduce our student's college/high school drop out rate in Charlotte, NC? What are your reactions to this article? How effective is this program?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/us/the-posse-foundation-comes-to-houston-for-the-2012-13-school-year.html?_r=1
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How can we use this article to alter instruction in the fall? Are we listening to our students? Should we give homework?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-07-09/school-too-easy/56120106/1
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