Dick Allington says, find text that is easy enough for her to read then smile at her. We teach our kids to be teacher reliant. If instead we do nothing BUT smile everytime they look at us, they will read and rely on themselves. Of course the text has to be just right too. MEANING 99.999999 percent that they can read. He did a study to prove this so he has research to back it up. Not what you are looking for I am sure. I bet it works though. Imagine if every classroom had books that children could read. Imagine if every classroom had history books at all levels, and English books at all levels, etc. etc. Imagine if every child actually read in every high school class for a minumum of 10-15 minutes about the topic they were studying how smart they would be? Michael Pressley challenged us to dream before he died a year ago. Can we the current educators of the children we truly care about the minds of children change the world, one classroom at a time? deb
Hello, I have a student in 11th grade who uses only context and initial letter of words to decode or recognize words. Her spelling is very poor. Currently she is having great difficulty in her Philosophy class. I believe the text is too difficult and she isn't understanding enough to use context to assist word recognition.I believe she has poor phonemic awareness, is that possible for an 11th grade student?What are some instructional methods I can use to teach her to decode words. What approach would be most effective, phonics or morphological strategies? Any other?Can anyone suggest activities to use with this student? Thank you _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
