Bahiyh, The college I attended as an undergraduate required the students in the elementary education program have picture files - they were part of our grade. In my 39 years as a teacher I have taught on a reservation in northern Arizona and now along the Mexican border, and that (expanding) picture file has been a valuable tool for building background knowledge.
Melody Pinkston Yuma, AZ On 7/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two of my students that are on the digest are having a hard time posting. > Since the list seems a little slower today, I was wondering if you could > respond > to one of their questions. > Nancy > > > Hi, my name is Bahiyh Shariff. I am a student at Wayne State University. > My major is in Language Arts, and Elementary education. I am currently > taking > a class with Mrs. Creech who is an active member on this litserv. > My question is, how can you tap in prior knowledge to students that > have not > had much experience in their life, especially those that are new to the > country or are low income? What are some of the things you have done > in your > classroom? > Bahiyh > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
