Tony Stead “How To” Resources

http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/share/index.php?n=WorkshopNotes.TonyStead10262007 
Tony Stead, the author of the two books, Is That A Fact? and Reality Checks, is one of my favorite authors.  I have recently been revisiting his work.  One of the lessons I am developing is the writing understandings needed for “How-To” writing.  Tony Stead has lots of resources in his book, Is That A [...]

Rough Draft – Summarization Ideas

Summary (narrative) – a shortened version of the original story or article. It should include a beginning, middle and end.  It includes information about the characters and setting, the situation or problem the character is facing 2 – 3 events that happened as the characters deal with their situation or problem.  It includes information about the [...]

Sunday’s Session Thinking Theme

Pat and I are very thankful for each and every teacher (and educator) who attended the session.  Our session’s room held 75.  People stood by the walls, sat on the floors, kept the backdoors open, the side doors open, and were quiet as mice so over 120 people were in the room and over 50-75 [...]

Sunday, February 22 Comprehension Strategy: Thinking Theme

See you there!  International Reading Association in Phoenix.  Pat Cunningham and I will talk about how to do the Thinking Theme Strategy.  We have movie footage of students.  It is awesome!

Books to teach Courage

                                 
The teacher and students read lots of books about a theme.  The students are studying a character trait or theme.  The students easily identify the theme in a book. 
Which characters in _____ (name of the book) do you think show courage, and how do they show [...]

Self Selected Reading in High School

http://www.wholechildeducation.org/blog/?storyId=24614&lk=6848403-6848403-0-35417-3LV8Lpnm16/-qfAShjyNt/tpeLS2frrm
SSR matters to High School kids too.  My two highschoolers read all the time.  I don’t force them too, they choose to read.  My husband and I have blessed books and encouraged them to read.  We discuss books.

Do you know this word?

This site has tons of sight word support for kinder and first grade.  Any teacher who is trying to reinforce high-frequency words will appreciate this writing.  http://mrskilburnkiddos.wordpress.com/reading/sight-words/

An Early Article about Donald Graves

http://unhmagazine.unh.edu/w05/writeway_pf.html   How Donald Graves started his early career…  It is interesting reading about the writing process and writing workshop’s beginning.

Life Images

Life posts incredible images here.  I remember looking at the LIFE Magazine growing up.  The images are saved here.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life

Presenting February 22, Sunday at International Reading Association

 
Pat Cunningham and I are presenting our book at the International Reading Association on Sunday.  Our session is Comprehension Strategy:  Thinking Theme (Higher Level Thinking and Big Ideas).  It is hosted in the Phoenix Convention Center in room W211B.  I can’t wait!  I hope to see you all there!