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Workshop 3: Building Comprehension; Workshop 4: Writing
Workshop 3: Building Comprehension (30 min): Comprehending text is one of the main goals of reading. In this session, literacy expert Nell Duke discusses what good readers do and strategies teachers can use to help students build comprehension skills. Classroom footage provides examples of comprehension strategies. Workshop 4: Writing (30 min): This workshop examines the relationship between reading and writing in the middle grades.
The Sharp Wits In: Amazing Analogies
The Sharp Wits learn what analogies are, when to use them and why they are important. In order to solve a mystery, they need to figure out seven different analogies
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Across the Curriculum, Secondary Edition
Program 1: Every Teacher a Language Teacher. Program 2: Putting the skills to Work. Two videotapes with an accompanying CD recommend techniques for improving language skills. Presented by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Across the Curriculum, Elementary Edition
Program 1: Every Teacher a Language Teacher. Program 1 Putting the Skills to Work. Two videotapes with an accompanying CD recommend techniques for improving language skills. Presented by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Reading - Writing - Discussion - Middle School
This teacher works with a wide range of reading abilities in her sixth grade class. She uses a combination of reading, writing, and discussion activities to motivate students to read for meaning and get actively involved with the narrative and characters in a novel. (Video Journal)
Plagiarism: It's A Crime
Viewers will learn about the different forms of plagarism, including omitting documentation and using the work of another writer. Looks at the reasons people may plagiarize as well as the consequences of those actions. Includes strategies to help students avoid plagiarism
The Multiple Intelligences Of Reading And Writing: Making The Words Come Alive
Explore the ideas and strategies presented in the book by the same title by Thomas Armstrong. Armstrong suggests that reading and writing are not simply linguistic acts but something that engages all of the intelligence areas. Teachers at Clara Barton School in Minneapolis, understand that they can help their students nurture their literacy skills by tapping several of these intelligence areas, including kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, and naturalist intelligences
Meet Leo Lionni, Caldecott Illustrator
This program features Leo Lionni in his homes in New York City and Italy, creating art and showing children how he makes his books
The Making of a Storybook
Mary Calhoun shares a personal glimpse of her life and helps children understand the writing process of a storybook
