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).

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Over the Moon





Quotes:  In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we teach them.  (Thomas Friedman) 
80% of Guided Reading is giving appropriate book intros.


Here's a look inside of the walled and gated Columbia campus proper.  The Low Memorial library was built in Roman classical style.  Columbia is the 5th oldest institution of higher learning in the US.  

Small Group and Large group topics:
Reading Cueing Systems and Analysis, Shared Reading, Book Clubs, Small Group Work, Character Study, Strategy Lessons










I loved the closing session with comprehension expert, Kylene Beers.  She detailed 7 "clues" for readers to notice and take note of when looking for themes in a text:
Turning point 
Lesson of contradictions
Again and again 
Tough questions
Lesson of the elder
Memory lane
Last line of the chapter

I'm starting to think that I really could have written The Da Vinci Code.

Maybe I'll start with a simpler story line about studying in nyc for two weeks, but including all the clues:
Turning point - being asked for directions
Lesson of contradictions - I want to do to the homework...
Again and again - repeated cannoli consumption
Tough questions - Cuban or Thai tonight?
Lesson of the elder - If there is a bathroom on the premises, use it.
Memory lane - What stop do we get off at?
Last line of the chapter - It is so great that we are here, getting to do this!  We are so lucky!

(Note: these aren't exactly the kinds of clues Kylene Beers laid out as examples - just a twisted angle.   I really do find the detailed dissection of reading and writing fascinating.)




We went for Cuban drinks and plantain and empanada appetizers on a reco from SC. Although the establishment was called Cafe Con Leche, their speciality beverages had little to do with coffee.  The coconut mojitos were the perfect Thursday evening ticket.







We were determined to take the bull by the horns and get to bed at a respectable hour, however the moon was high in the sky by the time we got back home.


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