Hi, Stephanie,
My students were almost all ESL (or whatever the current initials
are), and I started with text to self, then T to T, then T to world.
In addition to teaching the concept with the regular reading lesson,
I modeled it during the 3-4 times I read to my students each day (one
fiction, one non-fiction, one poem and one chapter book, after
lunch). As they began to catch on, which was a few at a time, they
would model for each other, as well. Some it took a week, some it
took all year, but they all get it eventually.
Teaching the strategies is sort of a layered spiral, if that makes
sense. You introduce new things, and keep repeating the older
things, coming around again and again. The ideal thing is to have
the same students for several years, and either loop with them or
have teachers who are teaching the same concepts. Of course, inner
city schools, that isn't likely to happen. So you keep hitting the
concepts, and get the most out that you can. It will be worth it for
every one who learns even one strategy.
--
Hugs,
Susan
"When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart,
she produces a philosopher to speak her mind"
~Kahlil Gibran quotes
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