http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/reading?feed=rss&pg=4 jgordon's bookmarks tagged "reading" on Netvouz http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies The classroom strategy section is designed to share with teachers what research suggests are the most effective ways to build fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills. Not ESL specific, see Colorin Colorado for ESL bilingual, but helpful strategies. Well organized, includes teacher examples. You can submit your own. Literacy > Reading Strategies jgordon Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:31:53 GMT http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=8966&r=sb060418 In these DVDs Anne Goudvis and Stephanie Harvey welcome you to the child-centered classrooms at Columbine Elementary in Boulder, Colorado, where the majority of the children are English language learners. Effective comprehension strategy instruction is integrated with content knowledge acquisition in science and social studies. Explanatory segments with Nancy Commins are included. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > VIDEOs and DVDs jgordon Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:17:51 GMT http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/intro.html ReadingQuest challenges you to think about what students should know or be able to do and, perhaps more importantly, what it looks like when they are engaging the content towards the purpose of that lesson. While designed with social studies in mind, teachers of any content area can find the strategies and the process useful and helpful. Links to great reading strategies. Social Studies jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:32:31 GMT http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/K_landingPage.asp Flashlight Readers, A Club for Kids Who Like Reading Ex. for Charlotte's Web: read a simple summary of the story with strong visual support, create an online cartoon, interact with others about the book, etc. Literacy > Storytime: Diverse Modalities jgordon Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:40:14 GMT http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/K_landingPage.asp This site provided by Scholastic provides multiple resources for kids including Flashlight Readers, a bookclub for kids with a focus for boys. Student Resources jgordon Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:58:04 GMT http://scienceideas.org/pubs-pres/articles-learrning-literacy/index.html These research articles support teaching reading through comprehensive science instruction that combines hands-on activities with related readings and writing. Students outperform those who are learning to read primarily through language arts. Literacy > Research jgordon Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:01:30 GMT http://www.esc13.net/socialstudies/downloading.html Powerpoint presentations, Lessons, Reading strategies, Graphic Organizers, Word wall, Word Categorizaton activities, and many other excellent resources for social studies teachers. Social Studies jgordon Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:32:47 GMT http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do Find Children's Books by Reading Level, Topic, Genre. Level Books | Scholastic.com It is important that students are reading books that match their interest and also a right fit in its reading level. This site offers teachers a resource in helping find books for students by searching through various categories. Teachers can find the level of specific books based on grade equivalent levels, DRA, lexile ranges, or the guided reading system. Also, in finding appropriate texts for students in instruction and for independent reading, teachers can search books by subject/topic, reading level, student interest level, book type, genre, and language (English or Spanish/bilingual). Recommended by Eunice Park Differentiated Instruction jgordon Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:17:31 GMT http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.book/menuitem.ccf6e1bf6046da7cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/?bookMgmtId=e275177a55f9ff00VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD Book Rec. by ASCD view online: Emily F. Calhoun In this practical guide to teaching beginning language learners of all ages, Calhoun encourages us to begin where the learners begin--with Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy > Vocabulary jgordon Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:41:40 GMT http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0871203375/103-8368736-5989446?v=glance&n=283155 Emily F. Calhoun In this practical guide to teaching beginning language learners of all ages, Calhoun encourages us to begin where the learners begin--with their developed listening and speaking vocabularies and other accumulated knowledge about the world. Engage students in shaking words out of a picture--words from their speaking vocabularies--to begin the process of building their reading and writing skills. Use the picture word inductive model (PWIM) to teach several skills simultaneously, beginning with the mechanics of forming letters to hearing and identifying the phonetic components of language, to classifying words and sentences, through forming paragraphs and stories based on observation. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy jgordon Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:33:17 GMT