"Teaching reading IS rocket science."

— Louisa Moats

 

 

"Babies are born with the instinct to speak, the way spiders are born with the instinct to spin webs. You don't need to train babies to speak; they just do. But reading is different."

— Steven Pinker

 

"The teaching of reading never stops and it is not the sole domain of the English/Language Arts teacher.  Reading belongs to every teacher. Students are the architects of the future, teachers are the builders of the knowledge.  Let's teach the instructional strategies that will help our students in accessing and understanding the knowledge that only reading can bring. "                                  

 

Rose Harrison

 

 

 

 

How effective were you in incorporating some of the strategies and/or technologies learned last week during our first FLIGHT? ( polls) 

 

 

 

AGENDA

 

Technology Component

• Audacity - creating podcasts
• www.visitmyclass.com/blogs/takeflight 
• Manual for VisitMyClass 

 

Reading:Accessing and Understanding Text

• Welcome

 

Using the Textbook

• Different Types of Readers
• Two Programs

 

Primary Sources

 

Activities for Comprehension

• Jigsaw & podcasting
• High Five
• Text-Mapping

•  Seven Strategies
• Marginalia
• QAR
• Other Activities

 

Read & Think Alouds

 

Vocabulary Activities

 

Content Areas

 

Additional Sources

 

Passport Requirements

 

 

 

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