[LIT] desperately need advice--how do I weave this together?

[ncteach]

Sheesh. Please excuse the typos. I meant "teach social studies for a few 
years."

Kim

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From: "ncteach" <ncteach at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:16 PM
Subject: [LIT] desperately need advice--how do I weave this together?


> Hi All,
>
> A bit of background: I taught language arts (for one year) and reading 
> (for
> 5 years). I then went on to teach social studies for a some time. I am now
> back in language arts (6th grade).
>
> Problem: How do I weave all that I am supposed to do together in a 
> logical,
> coherent fashion? I am so stessed out trying to figure it out! (Literally
> sick to my stomach.)
>
> Questions: How do you bring together reading, writing, grammar, and
> vocabulary in a way that makes sense? How do you "do" vocabulary? How do 
> you
> teach spelling (if at all)?
>
> Here are the tools that I have: Language of Literature textbook; grammar
> book; Stephanie Harvey's Comprehension Toolkit (I bought this last week);
> Learning Focused material (we are supposed to use this as our framework);
> lots of trade books (which I bought); 6+1 Trait books (which I bought).
>
> I feel as if all I have are bits and pieces. How do I bring them all
> together? Do you teach using themes or by genre?
>
> Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!
> Kim
>
>
>
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