Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
One of the most important skills necessary for student success in the elementary years is the ability to make meaning from fiction and non-fiction text. Reading comprehension is taught in the primary classrooms systematically, beginning with phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary and sight word development, with the goal of fluent reading. Our school goal this [...]
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How will reading comprehension improve with a classroom focus on vocabulary development?
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2008 3 Comments »
Often when students are asked to do research for a project, the first place they go to is the computer and the first site they often find themselves reading is Wikipedia. As a lower intermediate teacher I am troubled by several aspects of this on-line encyclopedia. I often worry that because Wikipedia is [...]
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