2012

Venturing forth on another expedition to Teachers College to further explore Readers Workshop.

2011

Back in the saddle again for Round 3. K and I are ready to add some shine to our Writers Workshop strategies this summer. Until we jump on the bandwagon Monday morning we are taking note of the metropolitan environs... and then some.

2010


After jumping in with both feet, teaching Readers and Writers Workshop in our classrooms for a year, K and I are back at Teachers College for Act II. We are attending Readers Workshop and will be filling the bill with more strategy focused morning and afternoon sessions. Until Monday, when the training gets underway, we are obligated to paint the town red, (or "read", as the case may be).

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Shadow Side

One of the best upgrades to the ivy league, Columbia campus that I have witnessed is the revitalization of SIDEWALK along Broadway at 120th St. For the
past two years this has been a construction zone and we were herded through a makeshift cattle shoot flanking the streetside traffic. We can now freely swing our arms and walk two or three abreast! in udder, (mmmooo), comfort. With the termination of the construction came the birth of a new building at this intersection and within the confines of said modern building lies a now-well oiled espresso machine. Dearest S, (employed by the university) was burdened with the task of taste testing the wares of
notable coffee marts last year and helping to court just the right purveyor of liquid adrenaline to set up shop in the building. Alas, along came Joe. Joe the Art of Coffee, that is. Nice work S! Good temp, consistency, and flavor.
















View from inside the new building.




Carl Anderson session:
-Discussed the command, range, and precision in use of details - action, feeling, dialogue, facts.
-Voice - the way we write text that cues the reader; the
sound of the human voice coming through. Facilitated by punctuation, sentence length. And font treatment.

Dahlia session:
- Shared/modeled nonfiction mini-lessons that we wrote yesterday.
-Tangent: Dahlia is looking for a turtle that she can borrow/have. Her, (real - not me), girlfriend is shooting a commercial that will feature a turtle styled in different outfits. If anyone knows of a turtle waiting for its big break, let me know. I have connections.

Closing session - Phonemic Awareness:
-Explored the difference between and the different stages of:
  1. Phonological Awareness - being able to hear sounds in spoken language
  2. Phonemic Awareness - being able to hear smaller units of sound
  3. Phonics - being able to connect sounds of language to print

















Nonfiction compare and contrast between the different types of signage gracing the walls of our institution. ... Only in our profession.














Thanks to K's dad's patience and tenacity, (he waited in line while we were at school), we got to see a FREE and fabulous Shakespeare in the Park production of Measure By Measure. Rather racy.

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