To help with schema, see if your district has access to United Streaming. It has a huge library of video clips that are catagorized by target audience and topic. It has some sort of partnership with Discover, because there are a ton of Discovery channel shows included.
Lisa -- Lisa Glos Patterson Park Public Charter School Kindergarten/Baltimore, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- Original message -------------- From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have to respectfully take exception to this. It rankles me from head to > toe, and I know it was not meant to do so, so please do not take that > personally. However, there is something you can do, there are lots of > things you can do... Taking the example of a child who has never been to a > farm... > > Find a short educational video about life on a farm. > Read to them abut farm life. > Find photographs and do a gallery walk--what do you notice? > Invite someone to come talk to the kiddos about farming. > Create a bit of a farm in the classroom (we created a barn out of appliance > boxes and the hayloft opening became the theatre for puppet play. > Use music about farms as shared reading. > Find a class expert and encourage some talk. > > > As an adult, there are lots of things I don't have strong schema for BUT > part of teaching anyone about schema is letting them know that happens--and > that it happens with proficient readers as well. Then we hand them some > tools so that they can begin to accommodate, expand, develop their schema. > > > Lori > > > > > On 7/26/07 10:32 PM, "Debbie Goodis" wrote: > > > One of the unfortunate things about some populations of children is that > > they DO NOT have background knowledge for many things and if > > they do not, there is nothing you can do about it. > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 57555 > > http:www.tcsdk12.org > ph. 605.856.2211 > > > Literacies for All Summer Institute > July 17-20. 2008 > Tucson, Arizona > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
