Elisa
Good point! :-)
Thanks everyone for helping me out! I will keep you all up to date and let you 
know how the year progresses!
Jenn


Jennifer Palmer
Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher
FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the adventure.
"Ancora Imparo." (Translation: I am still learning.) Michelangelo at 87 years 
of age



From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa
Sent: Mon 11/17/2008 8:12 AM
To: Special Chat List for "To Understand: New Horizons in Reading Comprehension"
Subject: Re: [Understand] But If you did know


Jennifer,
I notice this tuning out happens when I try the same modeling activity over and 
over again.  It's "supposed to work", I think stubbornly, but it's not working 
this time or with this group of kids.  I don't know if this has anything to do 
with what's going on here but a totally different approach might help.  That's 
why Tanny McGregor's book gave me a new way to look at strategy instruction and 
how to make it more concrete, and even come alive for students.  (Yes, I 
finally read it just a few weeks ago!)  Sometimes, letting go and giving kids 
time also helps.  When I am the most worried about a student she or he does or 
says something that makes me realize, again, that learning is happening all the 
time.  We all need time and space to make this learning stick or reveal itself. 
 Make sense?   
Elisa 

Elisa Waingort
Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual
Dalhousie Elementary
Calgary, Canada


 
Thanks, Rhonda. I know they need modeling, but they tune out when I model. I 
feel like the adults in the Peanuts cartoons... you know "waaah waah waaah 
waah!" :-) That is why I feel like I have to build that sense of urgency first. 
I am just one more stimulus in their overstimulated little lives! :-O
 
 
Jennifer Palmer
Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher
FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the adventure.
"Ancora Imparo." (Translation: I am still learning.) Michelangelo at 87 years 
of age
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