The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

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.

Theo reads a story about a sad dad who gets advice from a wise woman and ends up with chickens, goats, cows, and an elk in his house. Features key word "bad", word family "-ad", short "a" vowel sound, consonant "d", theme: problem solving, folk tales

An African folktale about two friends whose disagreement over the color of a hat threatens their friendship. Features the short "e" sound and the letters r and w

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

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

Shows how to explore and create alternative methods of assessing students' learning. Includes: 44 min. video, viewer's handbook, book of readings, and two resource books

Presented in 3 tapes, this program examines how teachers in the content areas can improve subject area learning and reading comprehension skills simultaneously. Tape 1: Pre-reading Strategies - shows how to engage student interest and gives them the tools to find meaning in new subject matter. Tape 2: During-Reading Strategies - demonstrates various ways that teachers can help students understand and retain what they read independently. Focuses on active engagement of students to make meaningful connections between prior knowledge and new information to increase learning.

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)

Sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can never hurt you. Or can they? Features key word "rat", word family "-at", short "a" vowel sound, consonant "r", theme: friendship, self-esteem, and writing

The Video Journal Of Education: Volume 11 Issue 3. Program 1: Achieving Great Leaps In Reading (34 min.) Discusses the need for intervention, history, methodology of Great Leaps Reading Program developed by Kenneth Campbell. The three probes of phonics, phrases, and stories are introduced. Program 2: Great Leaps In The Classroom (43 min.) Examines phonics, phrases, and stories at a greater depth. Explores the logistics of implementation. Includes guide