[LIT] building background knowledge...and Caroline

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In a message dated 7/5/2007 9:54:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
bivey at sbschool.org writes:

It's a  pity more
people don't know, or at least acknowledge, these facts, since  the many
schools which are cutting subjects which don't appear on state  tests are
actually hurting their cause more than helping  it.




I could not agree more.  i present the reading training for our school  as 
staff development, which we have several times a year.  i am in heaven  when any 
teacher tells me they use reading strategies in their classroom.   it is more 
exciting when it is a non-LA teacher because of what you  stated.  if the 
kids hear it across the curriculum..especially my kids  because they are the 
lowest scoring in the school, it helps them understand that  the strategies are 
valid and can be used in every reading situation.  i  fight the battle every 
year; use these strategies every time you read, not just  in mrs. domino's 
reading class.  this process belongs to everyone...all  teachers, the students and 
their parents.  
 
we have one world language teacher who teaches spanish and every time she  
sees me, she tells me how she uses reading strategies in her classroom and how  
well they work no matter what language we are teaching.  i love her!   :)  she 
is the type of teacher that i want to be around.  not for  personal praise, 
just because she is so upbeat and willing to try everything and  anything for 
kids.  we think alike and she and others like her, are so  inspiring to me.  i 
run from the negative..it takes up too much  energy.  
 
i really miss my kids.  :)
 
 
*\l/**\l/**\l/*Lynn*\l/**\l/**\l/*
Doctorate Student, Florida Atlantic University


Please visit my READING website! :o)  
http://cyberedtech.fau.edu/domino/default.htm 



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