Tuesday, July 14, 2009
All reading teachers
I truly believe that we are ALL reading teachers. Even though I am not an inclusion teacher, I am constantly finding new ways to help my students. For example, my school is a part of an online program called quia.com. All of my tests are given on quia and when I created my tests I also recorded them. All of my students are able to grab headphones on test day and have the tests read to them. I also use other content reading strategies such as graphic organizers, KWL, Webquests, RAFT, etc. Using these strategies reassures me that even though the students might be struggling in reading, they have numerous options to gain the knowledge in other ways and build on thier reading skills.
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I completely agree with you April that we are all reading teachers. Reading is essential to any classroom. I think its wonderful that your school is linked to quia.com. It is such a great way to help students! I helped out at a middle school that was linked to quia.com. The life science teacher there had links to all the homework assignments and posted several videos as helpful hints on how to understand the material and tackle tough homework assignments.
ReplyDeleteGraphic organizers are absultely awesome for breaking down text. I love to include clipart on them and I then use the same clip art on a quiz/test. That picture is a visual clue to the text and hopefully the answer!
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