Hey Everyone,
I’ve just finished reading through the “Reading Next” packet. I found it EXTREMELY useful. It is a great overview of the instructional and infrastructural necessities It has some good methods that we have talked about in this class, as well as in Professor Kennedy’s class (modeling, scaffolding).
Did anyone else find the list of Recommendations [...]
October 14, 2007
Reading Next- The Basics
October 14, 2007
Tuesday Thought
Mandy, Ray & Jessica:
I’ll be getting coffee at McDonald’s just before I arrive at school on Tuesday morning to leave for our fieldtrip. If anyone would like something there, please put your orders in now & I’ll get that for you. Otherwise, I am packing granola bars and orange juice in the car for everyone [...]
October 14, 2007
Wise Words from a Parent re: Making Readers
I thought this was a timely NYTIMES essay by a parent who is asking some of the same questions we are in 541. Here is an excerpt from his essay:
“Several years ago, just as New York’s testing program was being implemented, my twins were in seventh grade and came home with letters saying that a [...]
October 14, 2007
ITHACA ON THE MAP!
As many of you know, the Friends of the Tompkins Public Library book sale in Ithaca on Esty St. is going strong this weekend and next. This now famous sale even has its own Wikipedia entry.
I encourage you to check out the remaining dates. A number of students have spoken to me about the finds [...]
