Hi Teachers,
I know that you are extremely busy (ISAT-mania). Just a note to let you know that I have copied the first part of chapter 2 of Text Talk. I will place it in your boxes on Friday. Keep up the great work.
Sandra Howell
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Reading aloud to students is a great way to begin to build a community of thinkers. It fosters a central theme in which to begin dialogue. Random questioning about the obvious may not yield the desired results. But preselected questions can guide learners to look for meaning beyond the text. Got any great books that you would like to recommend for Read Alouds? Let's share.
S. Howell
May Community Academy
S. Howell
May Community Academy
Monday, February 1, 2010
Not a Bad Read Huh?
Talking about Text,(chap. 1) really not a bad read. Clear ,concise and right to the point. Teaching students to talk purposefully and meaningfully around text. I can see where purposeful talk can foster collaborative thinking (ah, a nice way of saying teach them to listen to one another.) Its goal is to also help students build habits of the mind.(I like the way it sounds, habits of the mind). Having students to understand that what they say will be questioned, and they must have evidence to support their thinking, may assist them when they are writing extended response. From what I gathered purposeful talk will help students to understand that there will be points of view different from their own, which in turn, may assist them in conflict resolution as well. ( hmm, just a thought.)
Look forward to hearing some of your thinking around chapter 1.
Sandra Howell
Look forward to hearing some of your thinking around chapter 1.
Sandra Howell
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Introduction to MCA's Teacher Talk
Hi Teachers,
Just a brief note to welcome you to MCA'S Teacher Talk. My thoughts are that this would be a great way to share with one another and not take away too much time from our very busy schedules.
Many of our students here at MCA love to talk. We know this from the amount of talk they do in class. But they need to be strengthen in the area of "talk "as it relates to text . They have problems inferring, drawing conclusions, predicting, and paraphrasing.
Let's meet them where they are and allow them to talk , but teach them how to talk meaningful and purposeful " around text . One tool that may assist us in this endeavor is a book by Maria Nichols, Talking about Text. She presents several lessons that demonstrated how she taught students to "talk "around text to construct meaning. Let's read, share and enj0y!
S. Howell
Literacy Coach
May Community Academy
Just a brief note to welcome you to MCA'S Teacher Talk. My thoughts are that this would be a great way to share with one another and not take away too much time from our very busy schedules.
Many of our students here at MCA love to talk. We know this from the amount of talk they do in class. But they need to be strengthen in the area of "talk "as it relates to text . They have problems inferring, drawing conclusions, predicting, and paraphrasing.
Let's meet them where they are and allow them to talk , but teach them how to talk meaningful and purposeful " around text . One tool that may assist us in this endeavor is a book by Maria Nichols, Talking about Text. She presents several lessons that demonstrated how she taught students to "talk "around text to construct meaning. Let's read, share and enj0y!
S. Howell
Literacy Coach
May Community Academy
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