Friday, March 19, 2010

Literacy Across Content Areas[1]

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Right To Literacy In Secondary Schools2

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You Gotta Be The Book2

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

You Gotta BE the Boook PowerPoint

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Friday, February 19, 2010

Blog 2 Matrix and Toolbox kit

What to include in your content literacy instructional toolkit

What to include in your content literacy instructional toolkit

As an educator, it is important to find innovative tools to help students be more successful in the classroom. Consider the following:

Before every presenting the topic to the students, find other references.
Practice you lesson and what it should look like in your classroom. As the instructor, it is important to find other texts other than the textbook to make the lesson more relevant and appraochble by your students.

Make the lesson exciting.
The first day of class, you should be excited about the new lesson and want to teach. Students sometimes react off of our emotions and if they think we are not interested they will not want to complete it.

Encourage the use of technology.
Allow students to work together and share ideas. The interactive white board is a great technology tool to get students out of their seat and interacting. Other technologies and stations in the class require students to be more active and reinforce the need for students to think.

Encourage teamwork and discussions.
Have students read their texts and compare ideas and views on the topic. Students should read and after reading some things quietly have them share responses. Students can be more successful in the classroom learning to respectfully share their responses and ideas on the topic.
Have student investigate.
Students should feel comfortable challenging ideas and information. Encourage students to conduct their own research to compare the information from the text and textbook.

Have a presence in the class.
While students are working in groups and discussing ideas, as the teacher you should be walking around asking questions and challenging students to think deeper. Encourage students to think in another way or think about the topic another way.

Praise students’ effort.
As you walk around give students praise for their efforts. A pat on the back or words of encouragement can stop a student from giving up or refusing to participate in the discussion.

Friday, February 12, 2010