[LIT] What is the most effective thing you do as a literacyteacher?

[tinas]

       Great, thanks Heather, for responding so quickly.  I
am going to try    it out today...
   
> It depends. Right now, since we just started school (we
> are in the 2nd week) I am just having them read and not
> writing anything. Last year, sometimes I would have them
> write a paragraph or so on what they read, and it would be
> a reflection on what they read. I'm about to introduce
> some reading strategies, so probably after I do that they
> will have to respond to the reading based on whatever
> strategy I taught.
> 
> On 9/13/06, Tina Sciumbata  wrote:
> > 
> >  Heather,
> > 
> >  I like the idea of having the kids read silently for
the
> >  1st 10 minutes or so of class.  We also have reading
>    >  time everyday.  In a.m. homeroom, we read aloud a
book
> >  to the kids for about 20 minutes.  Like you, I believe
> that practice, practice, practice will make the kids
> >  better readers.  I tell them that on day one, making
> >  analogies to athletes, musicians, artists who practice
> to    improve on their craft. > 
> >  I want to implement your idea of reading at the
> >    beginning of class.  I have some "rowdy" kids & I
think
> >  that would be a good way for them to settle down before
> we start, plus it would give me time to do attendance. 
> >  Also, there are always one or two kids who need help
> >  with something in the beginning of class.
> > 
> >  Okay, so to my question.  Do you have the kids do
> >  anything after they read for 10 minutes such as a
> >  journal entry about what they read?  Or, do you just
> call time & get started on the agenda for the day? > 
> >  ~Tina
> > 
> >  "A good teacher must be able to put herself in the
place
> >  of those who find learning hard."
> >  ~Eliphas Levi~
> > 
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> 
> -- 
> - Heather
> 
> "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of
> man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments
> fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out;
> new races build others. But in the world of books are
>    volumes that have seen this happen again and again and
yet
> live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were
> written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men
> centuries dead." --Clarence Day
> 
> "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little
> good evidence exists that there's any educational
> substance behind the accountability and testing movement."
>    —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds
> 
> "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose
> funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase
> funding. "
>    —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate
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