In a message dated 1/11/07 10:17:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> What is an ELMO? > > An Elmo is one brand of document camera that you use similarly to an overhead with a LCD projector set-up. They are expensive, but I'm working on finding one. Do you have CD players and books on CD (that match titles that you have on your shelf)? I invested a portion of my FCAT $ (we figure that we will go back down to a C this year & back up to a B next year based on our student population - I figure I'll get my document reader then). I used a couple of hundred to purchase 6 CD players (not anything fancy, just a simple cheap CD player) with headphone splitters and headphones. That way I can get upto 36 kids into 6 different books on CD (or tape - I do have some on cassette with cassette players). The rest of the $$ went towards books on CD and more book sets for Lit Circles. My goal is to have audio books to go with all my Lit Circle books (or at least those books who have audio versions). The students who use the audio books are required to follow along in their novels. I found several years ago, while teaching intensive reading classes, that spending so much time following along with a fluent reader caused my kids' fluency to shoot way up. Plus they were sooooo much more engaged with the literature and really got far more into the book discussions. I think that by listening to the book while following along in text form allowed them the chance to process it with far more ease - many of my readers would spend so much time decoding and reading sentences that by the time they got to the end of the pages, they were clueless as to what was happening in the plot. Pam Tempest Team Neon-6th Gr. ELA Hudson Middle School http://nlcommunities.com/communities/tempest "The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn." John Lubbock _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
