I think he was referring to, and maybe you are too??? video games and instant message, cell phones, etc.
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Janice Friesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love this list and am so glad for summer and a chance to take time > to think again. > > Why does electronic media have to be the competition!? Why not > collaborate. It is a different and important part of literacy and it > is not going away. I think we can help students to learn to use > electronic media well and teach them to appreciate books, words, and > reading as well. These students will need to be able to communicate > using electronic media and so they need to know how to read it also. > > Janice > > > On Jun 7, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Susan Cronk wrote: > > > > > Our district just had Richard Allington in for a day, awesome, I > > think I am > > in love *: )*. He is amazing I could go on and on about that > > however.... He > > told us that some report said that our students are spending 5 1/2 > > hours > > daily with some type of electronic media a day! There is our > > competition > > folks! He also spoke about the Five Missing pillars of Scientific > > Reading > > instruction from the NRP (2001) which he says,"... has been > > criticized for > > its narrowly-focused research review." Allington gave us citations > > from > > five additional pillars of scientific reading instruction... what > > really > > matters. *Writing and reading have reciprocal positive effects. > > The more > > effective we curriculum plan ensures that lessons in reading and > > writing, > > composing and comprehension, and decoding and spelling are well- > > linked so as > > to take advantage of the natural reciprocity between the various > > reading and > > language process. *somewhere in that is vocabulary development. > > > > > > Susan Cronk, MS, NBCT > > Jenks West Intermediate > > 6th Grade LA/SS > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
