As I walked briskly down Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C. last autumn while visiting a friend, the click, click, click, click of my heels added to the cacophony of the street vendors, construction workers, vehicles, and the throng of people who each added their own particular noise to the mix. Where were they all going?…
Shrek: For your information, there’s a lot more to ogres than people think. Donkey: Example? Shrek: Example… uh… ogres are like onions! [holds up an onion, which Donkey sniffs] Donkey: They stink? Shrek: Yes… No! Donkey: Oh, they make you cry? Shrek: No! Donkey: Oh, you leave ’em out in the sun, they get all…
Lights… Camera… Fluency! Teachers of reading have begun to adapt Reader’s Theatre as a new instructional strategy in their classroom. The Reader’s Theatre strategy combines reading aloud, repetitive readings, and performing which not only motivates students to read, but it also increases reader’s fluency. As the student is assigned a role, they are required to…
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” –Mason Cooley Did you ever think that teachers had to come up with ways to teach their students that reading could be fun? Or did you ever know that teachers cater to individual students interests and likes to get them hooked…
If given the option, would you rather read a novel or a graphic version of the same novel? Do you believe that graphic novels carry the meaty substance that other literary works can? Many have believed that comics and graphic novels are literary fluff, something students can read for fun in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)…
Questions people ask about Montessori: Is it that hippie school down the road that lets kids learn whatever they want? Is it possible to teach reading kinesthetically? Don’t they only teach kids how to pour and home economics? Don’t they clump all the grades and ages together? Well, the answer is all of those is essentially,…
Have you ever thought about using technology in your classroom, but was not quite sure how it would turn out? For many of our students technology, is a second nature. They are handling technology before they are even in school, enabling many to be “tech savvy” at an early age. As an education major and…