Hi! In a free moment, I decided to click on a podcast by Kelly Gallagher at Stenhouse. http://www.stenhouse.com/gallagher.mp3 It's short, just under four minutes long, and it's about him reflecting on the year, and how he wants to improve for next year. He wants to focus on getting his kids to do a lot more reading and writing in the real world - newspapers, magazines, speeches, etc. He also speaks of his students' lack of background knowledge and how that affects their comprehension.
One thing he talks about is bringing in an article of the week. Does anyone do this? What would be good ways of building background knowledge in our students? Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ 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
