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Behavioral Issues - Using a Point System
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Behavioral Issues
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Boys and Reading
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Coercion Theory
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Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
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Finding Good Books
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Helping 8th Graders with Organization Issues
PD: August 15, 2011
pamela.petty@wku.edu
daniel.super@wku.edu
jeremy.logsdon@wku.edu
kristy.cartwright@wku.edu
| PURPOSE | 1) Teacher must always directly state a PURPOSE for reading. ("The passage I am assigning today introduces you to ... AS YOU READ this passage you need to ...") Always READ AND ... |
| BACKGROUND | 2) Teacher must always activate schema and build background knowledge for students. Always - must - before any reading is assigned. Multimedia, reading a connected passage (something that piques interest), something to make students WANT to know more about the topic and ensure they have their brains ready to take in new information. |
| ACTIVE | 3) Students must read actively. They have to have something to DO while they read - reading guide, graphic organizer, structured note-taking ... a million things but reading passively is no better than not reading at all. |
| STRATEGIC | 4) Good readers have an array of strategies they can automatically apply to a reading event and vary those strategies based on purpose, text, circumstance, and personal choice. Introduction to, modeling of, and hands-on application of good reading strategies is essential. |
| AUTHENTIC | 5) Students have to be able to connect AUTHENTIC (there was truly a PURPOSE) reading to the classroom instruction. Disjointed learning leaves the brain with little chance of retaining and retrieving information at another date. We do not want to leave anything to students' capacity or desire to transfer learning from one situation to another - we must bridge that path. |
Workshop Model of Instruction:
http://www.nkschools.org/158910926114626357/lib/158910926114626357/ThinkingStrategies.pdf
 Book Club Books
All Things Book Club ALL the options for book club supports: ALL BOOK CLUB OPTIONS in one friendly spot! BOOK CLUB PowerPoint to help introduce the book selections:
Please click here to read suggested structure for Book Club: http://www.pampetty.com/bookclubchoices.pdf Shelby County Book Club Discussion Forum: https://www.sites.google.com/site/shelbycountybookclub/ NEW: Book Club Procedures (optional support we are offering): http://www.pampetty.com/bookclubprocedures.pdf Video for TEACHERS regarding book clubs and getting students started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnIcZDdwnvU&NR=1 Need some help with Literature Circles/Book Clubs? Check out these resources: http://www.pampetty.com/bookclubresrouces.pdf Podcasts: https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/depaul.edu-dz.4535996813.04535996815
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