... ? Describe it. K-W-L (What I Know, What I Want to Know, and What I Learned) is a teaching strategy developed by Donna Ogle (1986) used to encourage reading by first activating students" prior knowledge, then developing questions of interest to focus attention during reading, and finally reflecting on what was learned. B. Why use it? This method is used by educators to activate high order thinking skill which ... out about the text or chapter. c. Teacher reads outloud 2 pages of the text to the class d. Teacher list in a 3rd column what he/she has learned for the 2 pages D. When to use it...

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... this topic and feelings go both ways. Can parents really have an important opinion or do they have to just agree with the books that have been put on the list? Obviously this question has to be addressed and action must take place, but what do we do? In my opinion, the school's English department carries most of the power in ... the book should be allowed. Still, parents and those opposed to the book must be heard as well. There might be a logical reason why the book shouldn't be on the list; that is where the voting comes into play. Overall, some type of agreement has to be made among ...

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... Sharon Williams, Teacher Our Summer Bridges Summer School began its last week of the program today. Over the previous two weeks, the students and staff at our learning camp have been actively involved with curriculum and instruction ... sessions. We use our staff meetings to enjoy breakfast, share best practices, and clear all minds of discrepancies. I have seen a remarkable difference in the attitude of teachers working through the summer program, versus the regular school year. My personal goal is to inspire co-educators, staff, parents, and students to be enthusiastic throughout the...

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... mean that we will not implement it. We will but not today. I, the first speaker on the affirmative side, firmly stand that the K-12 curriculum should be abated based on the following grounds: 1. The state is not yet ready for the new educational system as far as structures ... . Presently, it has been reported by TESDA that only few schools, mostly private schools, have facilities and equipment designed for the K-12 courses. This K-12 curriculum does not only require more classrooms, it also requires facilities, laboratories and equipment that are replica of the exact workplace and equip...

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... them-doing their work, continuing their projects, and sometimes for yourself, following your agenda" (pg. 1). This statement is confusing to a reader. After reading over a few times it is still tough to understand. As you read further into the introduction the more the author makes note of essays from the ... strengthens your understanding of what is being said. This introduction was challenging at first because of the strong views on reading and the comparisons to essays located in the book, thus after reading it a second time, the author's views became clearer. The introduction actual...

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... that they cannot do by themselves, 2) provide opportunities for children to succeed, and 3) provide practice for children before they are independently able to read. Some of the goals for Shared Reading (Tompkins, 2003) are 1) to demonstrate as the teacher how print works, 2) to provide opportunities for students to use the prediction strategy, 3) to increase children's confidence in their ability to ... as he or she constructs meaning from text read or viewed, 4) recognize and use prediction strategies to develop meaning in text, and 5) become an independent reader. Guided Reading The...

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... there is no picture that, how then will a child read? Phonics is an important necessity in reading, take away phonics, and children could not read. Smith writes in chapter one, "Unhappily, although every method of reading instruction seems to achieve some success with some children, no method succeeds with all children." This statement could ... my classroom. Those that struggle to read in a general classroom, may not in mine, because as Smith says "Computers can stimulate reading on their own account." I never thought of that before, but some children love to get on the Internet and re...

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... I chose to do my review on how computer programs can be used for reading instruction in the class room. My article was written by a teacher who is not only a reading specialist but also a technical support teacher as well. The school in my article had just recently received a new computer lab ... felt that the readers had to interact with the text on the screen therefore she kept using the format of reading that she had developed. This model, adapted from the framework of Ringler and Weber (1984), suggests three phases of interactive teaching: prereading, active ... reading, and post r...

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Ray Bradbury is very well known for writing short stories. In the story, "All Summer In A Day", he tells about a little girl and the life on Venus. He lets the reader know what the characters are like and what they feel by their actions in ... ...

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... also in their standards. In the fall of 2002, each state had its own standards for their schools. The standards are based on math and reading but will include science by the 2007-08 school year. The standards will also be on achievement of subgroups and teacher qualification (Spar 2003). They ... will be measured by their progress each year. The idea of these standards is to give schools 12 years to make every student who graduates have a mastery of basic skills (No 2002). Even though the schools are given all this flexibility, they ... are given higher priority for relocating and servi...

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... office. Some additional things the teachers and students could prepare might be a booklet of activities, a dictionary in the student's native language and English to help students make connections, a classroom schedule, a list of student names, engaging English books, and even manipulatives for mathematics tasks. All of these activities/items will help the ESL student feel greeted and engaged in the learning process ... student is about 10 years old so will begin to acquire the English Language at a pace slower than younger students aged 6-8 but at an accelerated rate than students who ...

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... then stating how they learn what they like and what career would suit them best. The verbal / linguistic learner prefers to think in works and likes writing, reading and speaking, they learn best by reading and writing. A suitable career for this type of learner would be a teacher or librarian. The logical / mathematical learner enjoys calculating, experimenting, and likes charts and graphs. They ... the same time while teaching children about weather by, having an assignment where the children get to draw different types of weather scenes such as a snowy winter day and a hot summer day...

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I've been following and reading publications distributed by the Triangle Coalition for over a year now. The Triangle Coalition is a group of organizations ...  an increasingly popular educational concept that aligns "programming, funding and expectations from the earliest years ("P"reschool) of a child's development, through the K-12 system, and into and through post-secondary education and workforce participation." The idea of building a framework that encompasses a learner's educational experience from pre-school ... and President Obama.  As a result of a major reorganization in STEM ...

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... America's faltering public school system has become a serious concern. The crisis in K-12 education is one of the biggest challenges facing the nation. Over thirty-seven percent of fourth graders in the United States are below proficient reading level (Center for Education Reform, 1). As scores continue to drop in America, ... knowledge to be able to compete in the workplace. The failure of the nation to adequately educate the students of America has an endless list of negative effects. In the latest Jobs Rated Almanac ranking of the most desirable careers, teaching came in at number 1...

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... should be a change from an increase in schooling to less schooling altogether; he talks about how schools are now cutting into summer vacation by assigning the compulsory reading of novels. The article states that these assignments are discouraging children from reading novels on their own. The second argument comes about with the author discussing how our current educational system interferes with love ... or free time. I think that the key word is "free", in the sense that students should be free to do as they wish during their summer break. These types of compulsory reading assignment...

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Year in and year out, millions of school aged kids across America read through their school's required reading list with the anticipation of agonizing essays and treacherous tests. While some of the selections on the reading list will make kids cringe, others will immediately win the hearts of these kids. These books will quickly become a staple in the literary diet. One of these heart winning ... books and a popular selection on required reading lists is The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Salinger's novel which The ... Catcher in the Rye. They will find that a copy has some how made ...

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... experience than you. The first person I interviewed was a ninth grade math teacher. It went as follows: Q: What is your educational background? A: I graduated from the University of Delaware, on the Dean's List. Q: What is your professional background? A: I am a new teacher. This is only my second year, so the only experience I had other than my first year as a teacher was teaching ... summer school. Q: What direction would you like your career to head in? A: I would like to teach for my entire career. Some people aspire to move up the ranks, but I believe that ... at a high school. I...

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... . They need to be stimulated, creativity encouraged, curiosity and individuality rewarded. Instead of minimizing anything that does not fall into the reading and mathematics categories, schools should be allowed to put emphasis on all aspects of education including the arts, humanities and physical education. The author also suggests that the increase in prescription drug use is a cause for the problems in the ... ...

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... web environment presents a number of educational opportunities over traditional classes. For example, many informational resources can be integrated in to the class. The instructor can assign web pages as required reading, or have students do research papers using online databases. Also, some instructors had guests in their on-line classes. The teacher could get an author, or an expert in their ... new millennium. We can get computers in every classroom. By integrating technology in the class it will enhance our learning, and put us at the top. They can add more humanities to the genera...

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... able to understand most of her thoughts. Paulo Freire has written "The Banking Concept" in a much easier to read paragraph form. In reading "Short Talks" by Anne Carson, I found it very challenging to interpret what the author was trying to say. In "On Sunday ... ). "The banking approach to adult education, for example, will never propose to students that they critically consider reality" (Freire 218). By reading the previous language used by Freire you can sense his intense emotion in regard to the "failing" educational system for adults and youth alike ... the works by Anne Carlson and...

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... teachers, and more parent involvement in the education of their children. As teachers we must be willing to accept the challenges before us. So many of our youth are below reading and math levels, are not able to comprehend, or are not able to read at all. They are seen as numbers and tests scores and not individuals. Who is to ... education and child development. I was willing to do whatever it took to be better qualified as a teacher. I was accepted into the Urban Teacher Scholarship program and became directly involved in reading instruction for a class of 25 students during the summ...

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Montgomery After reading "Montgomery County Taketh Away" by Reynolds Williams, I learned that it was a very strong argument between two different opinions that people had. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men ... quote means. This debate is mostly about rights and who had them and who did not. Also the students should learn why we had slavery which could be taught after reading this particular quote. I personally believe that I am an activist because the constitution needs to change as America changes. Many laws along with much of the constitution would ever change because ...

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... introduce computers to children, the better. For the first fourteen years of a child's life, the normal experience of free play, person-to-person interactions, and the development of critical thinking, reading, and writing are more important than skills required to run a computer. I believe that childern need to be introduced to the computer as early as possible without interrupting the normal life ... can do the teaching, too. A computer with the right voice software could use microphones and earphones to talk to and teach the child using both his language and English. Bergen County Te...

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... possible. In 1819, he founded the University of Virginia. This introduced a curriculum based on his own views of He believed that students should draw their own conclusions from hearing lectures, reading books, observing nature, and conducting scientific experiments. He felt that the law did not need specific details, but simply a basic system to work from. Robert Coram was a young man who ... that "the mode of acquiring information, which is common to one, is common to all" (G323). Coram begins to disagree with Jefferson stating that he feels that more than just reading, writing, and a...

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... classroom. It was packed with students and parents. All of the parents wanted to speak to the teacher, Mrs. J. Konans. We were number 11 on the list, so I decided to walk around the busy classroom. Suddenly, out of the crowd, I saw Mrs. Konans approaching us with her distinct way of walking. She ... the most. She also said that she wanted to share a unique passage with an important message written by one her brilliant students. Mrs. Konans started reading the passage in a soft and maternal tone of voice. The child who wrote it expressed an immense admiration for his or her mother. His or...

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