May 24th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Critical, Reading, reading strategies, Strategies
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Lack of critical reading skills, especially at tertiary level, is a great handicap to undergraduates, as they will find it difficult, or even unable to analyse and evaluate materials. The amount of reading students has to do and the endless exposure to all kinds of materials makes it crucial for them to be able to read effectively. This study examines whether the students were able to respond critically to reading texts given and if so, what the critical reading strategies employed were. The critical thinking skills of interpreting, analyzing, evaluating, explaining, inferring, and self-regulating (Facione, 2004) have been adopted…
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May 5th, 2010
Category: Literacy Education
Tags: About, balanced literacy, Elementary, Literacy, Principals, Program, Question, reading strategies, School, Schools, Teachers
Hello, I am taking a grad class concerning reading strategies for exceptional children. I need to interview a principal(or teacher) about their literacy program. I teach on the high school level and to be honest we don’t teach reading. Students should be reading by the time they reach us and those who don’t are usually in special education. So I wanted to get the view point from an elementary school perspective. If you could answer the following questions I would be much indebted to you.
1. How does your literacy program meet the needs of all students?
2. What components are in…
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December 27th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: at, Issues, Reading, reading for today series, reading strategies, Series, Today, Vocabulary
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These best-selling, academic skills books systematically develop reading and vocabulary skills through engaging themes and intensive practice. Readers learn successful reading strategies and are further prompted to build proficiency in their writing, listening, and speaking skills.
Reading for Today Series 3: Issues for Today
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December 16th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: at, Comprehension, Grades, Literacy, literacy strategies, Phonics, Reading, reading strategies, Reinforcing, Strategies, struggling readers, teach english, Threads, Vocabulary
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In Literacy Strategies for Grades 4–12: Reinforcing the Threads of Reading, Karen Tankersley provides a multiplicity of practical, research-based reading strategies tailored specifically for use with older students. These students may no longer have a reading class as part of the school day, but they are still developing their reading skills—and every teacher contributes to that effort.
As in her previous book, The Threads of Reading: Strategies for Literacy Development (2003), Tankersley here focuses on the six foundational “threads” necessary for effective reading—phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and higher-order thinking—only this time with a focus on the…
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December 4th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, at, challenge, Comprehension, English, english language learners, english learners academic literacy and thinking, Learners, Learning, Literacy, Reading, reading strategies, Thinking, Zone
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For educators individually and collectively who aspire to implement a curriculum based on intellectual quality, Pauline Gibbons book provides inspiration and guidance. The wealth of classroom examples based on actual practice convincingly refutes the argument, reflected in current polices, that EL and low-income students are incapable of benefiting from an intellectually challenging, inquiry-based curriculum. Jim Cummins University of Toronto
Deep understanding, critical thinking, subject knowledge, and control of academic literacy are goals we have for all our students. The challenge for teachers is to find a way of teaching that helps everyone, including English language learners, to reach these high…
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