http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/reading?feed=rss&pg=10 jgordon's bookmarks tagged "reading" on Netvouz http://www.colorincolorado.org/beyondclass/faq.php Scroll down to that section for several ideas. Literacy > EMERGENT LITERACY jgordon Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:53:28 GMT http://www.sbsun.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3123197 This article is about using iPods for audio-books as a support for teaching students to read. The users in a middle school site benefits to ELLs C.L. Lopez, Staff Writer San Bernardino County Sun Diverse Modalities jgordon Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:43:32 GMT http://cri.cps.k12.il.us/pdf/Literacy_Handbook.pdf This resource from the Chicago Reading Initiative provides very explicit guidance for the components of their literacy framework. It defines a strategy, what the teacher does, what the students do and what an observer is looking for. Rubrics for age-appropriate evaluations are included. Literacy jgordon Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:03:47 GMT http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=89 I Read It, but I Don't Get It is a practical, engaging account of how teachers can help adolescents develop new reading comprehension skills. Cris Tovani is an accomplished teacher andstaff developer who writes with verve and humor about the challenges of working with students at all levels of achievement -from those who have mastered the art of "fake reading" to college-bound juniors and seniors who struggle with the different demands of content-area textbooks and novels. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy jgordon Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:02:04 GMT http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/index.html Instructional strategies determine the approach a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives. Five categories of instructional strategies and explanation of these five categories can be found within this site. Literacy > Reading Strategies jgordon Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:24:25 GMT http://www.justreadnow.com/strategies/index.htm Just Read Now offers an "up close" look at a range of innovative and effective reading strategies, along with actual classroom examples and associated lesson plans. Literacy > Reading Strategies jgordon Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:39:27 GMT http://www.justreadnow.com/index.htm Just Read Now offers * Effective metacognitive reading strategies. * Sample lesson plans implementing reading strategies. * Video demonstrations of teachers modeling strategies. * Tools for integrating reading strategies. * Specific content area suggestions. * Quality online professional development courses. Literacy > Reading Strategies jgordon Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:33:50 GMT http://www.scholastic.com/ems/tr/010406/index.htm With this new resource, Anne McGill-Franzen shares what she’s learned from a decade of kindergarten research. The good news is that all kindergarteners are ready to acquire the literacy skills they need for a lifetime of learning. Rec. by ASCD Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy jgordon Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:58:10 GMT http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/elemlit/index.shtml Information about ELL challenges and teaching practices, divided by grade levels Literacy > ELLs (See ESL section also) jgordon Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:11:26 GMT http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE-APPROACH.pdf LEA is used to teach students to read from their own retelling of an experience. Jeanette Gordon summarizes the strategy, provides support for using the approach with ELLs individually or in multi-level classes. Suggestions for teaching writing, differentiated follow-up literacy tasks and other resources developed with Lucia Morales are included. English as a New Language jgordon Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:09:15 GMT