I had the most interesting "aha" the first week of school. I have five classes of ELA in 7th grade. Four are regular with lots of second language learners thrown in. The fifth cless is either GATE or on level, the highest group, with only 5 certified. When I asked if any of my kids had heard of the reading strategies, I had a smattering of kids throughout the four "regular" classes (maybe 5 total) that had. Yet, in the GATE class, well over half had, and almost all could define, if not describe, many of them. Could it be that these kids aren't exactly all brilliant, just have been taught the strategies and can use them? I just found it interesting.
-- Kimberlee Hannan Language Arts Department Chair Sequoia Middle School Fresno Unified School District _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
