Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
After spending the day at SFU on Saturday, November 1st listening to the mentors discuss what to do with the various data I felt, at times, that I was beginning to get a handle on what data analysis was all about. I would spend some time looking at my collection of data, sort it, reread [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Data collection has been rather difficult for me as I find myself very busy at the beginning of this school year (as usual). I will often write a few words on a yellow sticky or a few sentences on scraps of paper during the day or after school. Once or twice a week I try [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2008 No Comments »
I found the research process both exciting and frustrating. The idea of having the resources of the SFU Library at my fingertips was very exciting because I knew there would be a great variety of legitimate research to read and to get information and ideas from. While using the internet and researching articles on my [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2008 No Comments »
How will reading comprehension improve with a classroom focus on vocabulary development?
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 [...]
