I always try to balance my curriculum with hands-on learning and text. It's not easy and takes some work but the results are worth it. A good balance works well with different types of learners. Sticking to one way of teaching may hinder some learners. Just text is so boring! If i have a hard time teaching it, I can only imagine those trying to learn it is feeling.
Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com) Melanie Flemming 5th Grade Franklin Elementary -----Original Message----- From: Laura [lcan...@satx.rr.com] Received: Monday, 01 Aug 2011, 4:14pm To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group [mosaic@literacyworkshop.org] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] boys and literacy Have your classes been successful? ( I bet they have!) Close your door and teach what you know is right--have "alternate" plans when observers are there. ----- Original Message ----- From: <kinder...@comcast.net> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] boys and literacy >I have run my class for 25 years with a hands-on meaningful curriculum. I >am now told I have to read page to page from a textbook. So, now what? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jennifer Palmer" <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 4:34:34 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] boys and literacy > > Many boys learn by doing... Handling things... > Too many classrooms require boys to sit and be quiet. That's not how they > learn. They associate reading with school, sitting still... > > In addition, we often don't value the kinds of reading they like. > > Finally, it is cultural ... What does our culture expect from our boys? > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 31, 2011, at 5:59 PM, "Jessica Lee Flynn" <jflyn...@fau.edu> wrote: > >> My question is: Boys and literacy--what do you think the real issue is? >> >> Jessica >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
