It is so worth it - and that's why the posters keep posting - these are the
people who know how worth it it is. But the trend is terrifying for public
education in America.
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Susanne Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> after reading a lot of the emails on this site and
YOu also might want to keep in mind that a first grader's world can be
as small as your classroom. I have done things that relate to
different science units and other great activities being done in your
classroom and at your school/district.
Lori
kindergarten
Quoting elisa kifer <[EMAIL PR
after reading a lot of the emails on this site and the "To Understand" site, I
also wonder why I spent so many years in school for education (I also have a
masters in business, my first career) and why I have spent SO much money for my
classroom just to be faced with what you are faced with. Wh
`I had the best luck with this when I did things backwards--what is going on
in the world and how can I find picture books that will help kids connect to
it? Books about war, about parents who are away 9as our parenting soldiers
must be), books about the election process--those would be books I wo
One of the best resources I found for non-fiction text to connect text
to world is National Geographic. Their first grade edition is thematic
so it covers one topic unlike the older grade versions. It is really
worth looking into.
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I teach 3rd grade, so a great author for that age group is Eve Bunting. I
also use articles from Scholastic News and Time for Kids. What better way
to intro. t-to-w than using actual current events. I've heard you can use
newspapers, but the text is too hard for my little ones, that's why I like
Hello,
The following is a list of picture books that lend themselves to teach the text
to world connections to younger students:
Fly Away Home - Eve Bunting
Gleam and Glow - Eve Bunting
A Picnic in October - Eve Bunting
Someday a Tree - Eve Bunting
On Call Back Mountain - Eve Bunting
Smoky Night
Hello,
I am going to be working on schema with my first graders, and I was
wondering if anyone is willing to share books they use with the little ones
for text to world connections?
Thanks for your help,
Stacy
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Someone posted last week about an alternative model for RtI called, "A
Comprehensive Intervention Model for Continuous Literacy Improvement: An
RtI Approach" that Linda Dorn at the University of Arkansas is
proposing. She will be at the Illinois Reading Recovery Conference on
January 14, 2009 as t
