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Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu 903-468-8627 |
ELED 524 Language Arts in Grades 1 through 8 |
Syllabus .rtf | Schedule .rtf | Requirements .rtf | Resource Links |
Required Texts: Gunning, Thomas G. (2008) Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students (6th ed). Pearson Education. Textbook Website: www.ablongman.com/gunning Fillmore & Snow. (2000). What Teachers Need to Know about Language .pdf NAEYC & IRA. (1998) Learning to read and write: Developmentally appropriate practices for young children. http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/PSREAD98.PDF IRA (1999) Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement. http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/524/IRAadolescent.pdf |
Our list of children's books:
Cartwright & Gill (?) Alaska's Three Bears Gibbons (?) Apples Houston (1992) My Great Aunt Arizona Silverstein (1977) Boa Constrictor and Sick Day Williams (2001) Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart Wedge (2002) Bunny Sendak (1963) Where the Wild Things Are. |
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12/6 | Case Study Closed
Notes from our Last Day of Class: Quick Phonics Screener (QPS) is an informal, individually administered diagnostic assessment. Teachers can use the results to plan students’ instructional or intervention programs in basic word reading and decoding skills. http://www.readnaturally.com/products/qps.asp FLY Fusion™ Pentop Computer responds instantly to everything you write on special FLY Paper, captures your ideas for upload, and delivers homework help as you write—helping you master your homework faster. http://www.flyworld.com/ |
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11/29 |
Literature Circles BookTalks, ShareStories, ReadAlouds, etc. |
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11/15 | Bring an update on your case study | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/8 | Work on Case Study | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10/18 |
Comprehension - bring Strategy Notebooks - What did you learn from our conversation and discussion today regarding collections of comprehension strategies? What will you do NEXT with your case study? |
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10/4 | Vocabulary, Gunning ch 5 Essay 2 - Review your own writing for essay 1. Lit Circle Presentation by Sheree - thank-you very much. for Oct 18 Strategy Notebook |
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9/27 |
ELED 524 Study Guide (9/20/2007) for Exam I (9/27/2007). Look at this list of topics from Gunning (2008) ch 1, and our introductory lessons on The Nature of Literacy. Get acquainted with each, in terms that you can understand. Come to class on Thursday, 9/27 ready to sift and sort through these topics with familiarity. Note: red text means valued by members of our class.
To think about: What is your personal theory of the way students learn to read and write? What impact do you think your beliefs will have upon the way you teach reading and writing? |
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9/20 | ECE Comprehensive Exam Review
Degree Plans Graduate Orientation in Commerce Oct 2 Phonics - Gunning chapter 4 Assessment - Gunning chapter 2 |
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9/13 | Read Gunning chapters 1 & 4
Bring an intro to your case study on Display Boards |
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9/6 | Northeast Texas
Masters Cohort @ Commerce COURSE ROTATION Our Literature Circle Book Club
Observation - How Teachers Look at their Classrooms Amazon Listmania
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8/21 |
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