Dana I agree that this conversation with your husband is important to share with students but I would also suggest you share it with your teachers! Think about what you did...you had time to converse with someone...time to think about it. You revised your thinking and incorporated new knowledge and beliefs. This is more than determining importance...it is an opportunity to teach one of the dimensions of understanding to both your teachers and your students! :-) Jennifer In a message dated 11/22/2008 5:42:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think this same concept - of experiencing it for ourselves - applies equally to the teaching of the strategies. Unless we know ourselves what good readers do, we can't possibly model it for our students. The other night, my husband (who has recently started a photography hobby) showed me a picture from a magazine and just said "look at this picture". I did, and I commented on it, but then he said, "didn't you notice this? and how about how the photographer did this?" and so on. I immediately thought - I need to take this picture to school and share this conversation with my kids! THIS is how we determine importance - his purpose for looking at the picture was different from mine, his knowledge of photography is different from mine - so we each looked at the picture differently. Just like readers. It is through these experiences in my own life that I'm better able to teach my students. Dana M. **************Check out smokin’ hot deals on laptops, desktops and more from Dell. Shop Deals (http://pr.atwola .com/promoclk/100000075x1213345834x1200842686/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;209513277;31396581;l) _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list Understand@literacyworkshop.org http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
