Carol,
What is MAP?
Leslie
In a message dated 9/14/2009 9:45:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
hccarl...@comcast.net writes:
Somewhere along the way fluency has been equated with comprehension. While
fluency is extremely important and does highly correlate with primary
students, it lose
Testing/assessment is embedded into this book, but I think it would be worth
its weight in gold to you. Check out The Word-Conscious Classroom by Judith
A. Scott, Bonnie J. Skobel, and Jan Wells. Should be required reading for
us all, I think.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jan Sanders wrote
I recently took a job as a curriculum coach and would love to read a text about
how to do my job well. Since this is off-topic you can email me at
kendra.carr...@gmail.com. Thanks!
Kendra Carroll
Elementary Teacher Coach
Sandy Ridge Elementary School: Amostown Rd; Sandy Ridge, NC 27046
Phone
I really like the Alex Rider series starting with Stormbreaker. other books I
have had good luck with are Harris and Me, Otis Spofford, and The Pinballs. If
they like Fantasy I read the first book in the Ranger's Apprentice series this
summer and thought it would be a good choice for reluctan
If you haven't seen this great website, check it out. It goes with Renee's
post.http://maiolo.org/2nd_Grade/0809/Pages/Words.html
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Renee wrote:
> For any word that's appropriate (and most are), why not have students draw
> a picture that shows the meaning of the
Marzano has done a lot of research on vocabulary. He focuses on academic
vocabulary, but to me, his work transcends all vocabulary. You might want
to look at his findings. Our district studied his work a couple of years
ago. He has a "worksheet" students fill out when they are learning a new
wo
For any word that's appropriate (and most are), why not have students
draw a picture that shows the meaning of the word? I've done this and
in addition to tapping into the strengths of students who are visual
learners, it gives students a little time to think creatively.
Renee
On Sep 17, 2
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I've always like having the students create a sentence using the word. That
allows you to know if they truly understand the meaning of the word. Also gives
you an idea about mechanics as well, which you can grade separately.
Kelly AB
On 9/16/09 10:59 PM, "reading" wrote:
Anyone have any advic
