on behalf of
Tamara Westmoreland
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I was a Title 1 Teacher for many years. Each year I had approximately 80
students in my program (1st-5th grade). Our school
Hi,
I am actually a classroom teacher. It is a scheduling challenge to make this
work and extra planning and time on everyone's part.I'm very fortunate to have
a very supportive administration.
We are a large elementary school with close to 1200 students K-5. We have two
ESE specialist, 2
I was a Title 1 Teacher for many years. Each year I had approximately 80
students in my program (1st-5th grade). Our school had 4-5 classes per
grade level and I had two instructional assistants who each worked 4 days a
week and I worked 3 days a week.
I always had a pull out model.
Now- I read
Sally I would love to read your articles. Can you please send more
information.
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Sally I would love to read your articles. Can you please send more
information.
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Our school was awarded a classroom set of iPads to use with our students.
Has anyone used this type of technology as part of their reading
instruction?
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Judy
Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that
by the time they leave school every boy and girl
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Our school was awarded a classroom set of iPads to use with our students.
Has anyone used
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Hi Sally,
I too would be interested in reading your articles and any others dealing with
motivation. Early in my career I read a book on motivation, Self-worth
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Hi Sally,
I too would be interested in reading your articles and any others dealing with
motivation. Early in my career I read a book on motivation, Self-worth and
School Learning by Covington and Beery, that really opened my eyes and altered
I'm not sure what the Calkins/Columbia TCC instittues are like but I've
heard good things. I also loved going to Nancy Atwell's insttitue tho hers
focused on writing. She brings other teachers from her K-8 school. I would
find Franki sibberson a Stenhouse publisher if she's doing workshops or
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Here's what I did that I think helped, along with all the other strategies I
used from Atwell, Sibberson in her Reading Workshop book etc.
In my 5/6 multiage class I had kids who sometime ranged from 2/3 to high
school
I don't usually talk about a HUGE part of my research over the years -
motivation research. With my colleague Oldfather (who originally researched
my 5/6 grade class) , we researched my last class of 5/6 graders through
high school about their motivations for learning. They were co -researchers
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I don't usually talk about a HUGE part of my research over
Therrien sptherr...@sbcglobal.net
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I think the kids who struggle as readers often lack general knowledge and
therefore
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Sue and Paul Therrien
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I think the kids who struggle as readers often lack general knowledge and
therefore, they need
I am wondering if there isn't more Reading Workshop and Writing
Workshop because of the inherent shift toward more student control and
less teacher control. And horrors less district control!
It makes perfect sense to me to do readers' and writers' workshops and
I don't even think a
or resources to address. The
rest of it must still come from the classroom teacher.
Carol McLoughlinReading Specialist/ESL TeacherLong Island, NY
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T
My school has amazing special are teachers
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I agree with you Renee. So I would ask what would Allington say to do. I
know one of his points in his RTI book is that then during the other parts
of the curriculum, teachers should
, Jul 17, 2011 17:43:12 GMT+00:00
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You have me thinking as I am going to bring the two emails to my class on
Thursday for discussion.
Maybe there should be a push in with knowledgeable support teachers
co-planning with the regular teacher
I am not getting why the classroom model wouldn't be Reading Workshop. You
know, a mini lesson and a solid long block of reading time, and a few share
out at the end. During that time, all children are reading at their own
independent level in books that are just right for them in terms of
the
classroom teacher.
Carol McLoughlinReading Specialist/ESL TeacherLong Island, NY
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T
My school has amazing special are teachers that ask for our imput
every month. They make sure to reinforce
18, 2011 8:42:46 AM
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I am not getting why the classroom model wouldn't be Reading Workshop. You
know, a mini lesson and a solid long block of reading time, and a few share
out at the end. During that time, all children are reading
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Workshop would be ideal. I think it takes lots
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Carol,
Thanks for throwing your thoughts into this important discussion. I
understand completely what you go through with scheduling, and commend
you for taking the time and effort to consider children's overall
school experience through a lens wider
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I am not getting why the classroom model wouldn't be Reading Workshop. You
know, a mini lesson and a solid long block of reading time, and a few share
out at the end. During that time, all children are reading at their own
independent level in books
other classes.
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Date: Monday
Oh my. I SO disagree with this! No child should be excluded
from equal access to the curriculum, and that includes Art, Music,
P.E., or whatever else, no matter where they are performing. In fact, I
would say that low-performing children might need these parts of
curriculum most of
You have me thinking as I am going to bring the two emails to my class on
Thursday for discussion.
Maybe there should be a push in with knowledgeable support teachers
co-planning with the regular teacher to help create better reading workshop
type classrooms. And two informed teachers have to be
Renee,
I so agree with you. I have been in education for along time. Long
enough to see all types of educational practices. One of the
strategies that I disliked the most was this. We did it back in the
80s and children that disliked school began to hate it. I was in
middle school
I agree with you Renee. So I would ask what would Allington say to do. I
know one of his points in his RTI book is that then during the other parts
of the curriculum, teachers should differentiate the literacy taskse.g.
Have social studies texts available at varying levels of difficulty or
You make great points Renee! Also, the students being pulled out of these
fun parts of the day will resent it. These activities are the very things
that keep the struggling student motivated to come to school -it certainly
is phonics practice or worksheets.
Jan
You do not really understand
Sally,
When I was teaching art, students came to me for one hour
approximately once every three weeks or so. I wish, wish, wish I
could have had them more often. With a few exceptions, most teachers
just brought the students to me, dropped them off, and returned in an
hour to pick them
``
Wendy
PS. I love the 10 Lessons that the arts teach--thank you for sharing
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You are absolutely correct. The child is first your responsibility as a
teacher then the specialist adds to your instruction. We must work as a
team to increase the struggling student's learning potential!!
Dianne Krueger
Hartland North Elementary
Grade 2
262-369-6710 ext. 1522
I cannot live
, 2011 9:55 AM
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I agree with you Renee. So I would ask what would Allington say
to do. I
know one of his points in his RTI book is that then during the
other parts
of the curriculum
I 100% agree with ALL students having equal access to ALL of the
curriculum. I have been very privileged to work with students that do not
perform
well on standardized tests and for years had been pulled out of the
classroom for remedial instruction. I fought hard for a push in model and
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And I have more to say on this.
Some of the students
: Sunday, 17 Jul 2011, 1:36pm
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You have me thinking as I am going to bring the two emails to my class on
Thursday for discussion.
Maybe there should be a push in with knowledgeable support
I have been reading this discussion, and I want to make sure that it
does not sound as if it is somehow the current teacher's fault that the
student is struggling with reading.
If a student starts high school (which I know we are not talking about)
reading at the third grade level, it is
I completely agree that background knowledge is very important is
reading comprehension.
I'd love ideas from all of you about how to increase background
knowledge for middle school students. When I have a student who is
aware of current events, I always have a better class.
Jan
I fought hard for a push in model and it
works really well.
Hi Ali.
I'm wondering what grade you teach, and if you could share more about the
actual management of the push in -- who does what when? small group?
individual? how many days/week? conferring time? etc. With only so many
We had arguments about this, and I lost until a new teacher came in and
supported me. Frankly, if a student is 2 or more years- even less, frankly -
then they really do need to sacrifice music, or art, or another special for
extra reading instruction, and stay in the regular class for regular
You and Dick Allington and federal Title I guidelines agree!
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