I am very interested in purchasing the book you've mentioned in your reply, Teaching Struggling Readers: How to Use Brain-Based Research to Maximize Learning; will it help a middle school teacher as well?
Thank you! Carolyn Booth 7th-grade LA/SS/PE/Health Pine Lake Middle School Sammamish, WA On Jul 30, 2007, at 2:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One thing I have learned as a Reading Recovery teacher (for 10 > years; 31 years total teaching experience) is that when the kids > don't learn, it's not because they are immature or lazy or > disinterested or anything else that is their fault. So, when I've > got a child who is not being successful---then I know I better > start doing some hard looking at what I have been doing with this > child. From personal experience, I can tell you it can be hard to > make this shift in thinking as a teacher. (I hope this doesn't > sound tacky because I don't mean it that way!) > > Carol Lyons (I think her title is now professor emeritus at Ohio > State and she was/is a long-time Reading Recovery teacher leader > trainer) has written an excellent book for classroom teachers > dealing with this. It's called Teaching Struggling Readers: How > to Use Brain-Based Research to Maximize Learning. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
