Hi All, A bit of background: I taught language arts (for one year) and reading (for 5 years). I then went on to teach social studies for a some time. I am now back in language arts (6th grade).
Problem: How do I weave all that I am supposed to do together in a logical, coherent fashion? I am so stessed out trying to figure it out! (Literally sick to my stomach.) Questions: How do you bring together reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary in a way that makes sense? How do you "do" vocabulary? How do you teach spelling (if at all)? Here are the tools that I have: Language of Literature textbook; grammar book; Stephanie Harvey's Comprehension Toolkit (I bought this last week); Learning Focused material (we are supposed to use this as our framework); lots of trade books (which I bought); 6+1 Trait books (which I bought). I feel as if all I have are bits and pieces. How do I bring them all together? Do you teach using themes or by genre? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated! Kim _______________________________________________ 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
