I have learned an incredible amount as a silent reader of your posts. It is
encouraging to know that other teachers struggle with the exact same questions
and concerns that keep my brain whirring. One tiny example: everyone's ideas
about spelling and also the lexical component were insightful. I constantly
read professionally about teaching spelling and revise my spelling instruction
in an endless struggle to incorporate word work in an effective way while
focusing on the deep structure systems in reading and writing workshops. It is
good to know that I'm not alone in that!
As the school year draws near I have been pondering how I am going to live
differently (and teach differently) after completing this book. How is my
classroom going to look different this year? What can I be intentional about
in the first weeks of school to ensure that I am teaching and modeling the
dimensions? What minilessons need to be incorporated to improve what I
already do in setting up my reading classroom?
Has anyone else had these ponderings? Any thoughts?
Andrea
4th Grade
San Antonio, TX
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