524 Josh Thompson PhD Linguist 903-468-8627

Dr Josh Thompson

Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu

214-663-6102

An Intro to the Professor .pps

ELED 524 Language Arts in Grades 1 through 8

Required Texts: Gunning, Thomas G. (2008) Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students (6^th 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

Additional Resources:

     Searchlight http://searchlight.utexas.org/

     Texas Teacher Reading Academies http://texasreading.org/utcrla/
     Annenberg Teacher Development http://www.learner.org

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11/13	Many things to do to finish our class strong. Look at the course objectives again: http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/524/524Obj.ppt Think, constantly, about your tutoring case study project: http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/524/TutoringProject.ppt. What would you like to do to show your case study to our class on 12/4? How you present your case study is totally optional. Do not try to guess what I want - what do you want? Then do it. Read Gunning, chapter 12 on Diversity and chapter 13 on Management. Soon, there will be directions in eCollege on how to respond and engage these topics. ESSAY Three - Evaluate yourself as a communicator. Here is the ppt used in class to get you thinking about Gender and Language: http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/Presentations/HelpingFathersEngage.ppt. Observe yourself - how do you communicate? Choose a specific time and watch your own style, method, mode, meaning, tone, etc - and evaluate: How effective are you at total communication? Write a one to two page paper; it is due in eCollege drop box by Sunday, 11/23. ELED 524 Course Objectives. ppt ELED 524 Tutoring Project .ppt Helping Fathers Engage Their Children in Conversation .ppt
9/25	Emergent Literacy - read Gunning, chapter 3 http://nieer.org/resources/policybriefs/10.pdf Strickland (2007) What Makes a Good Book .ppt F2F in MPLX (or you may join our F2F group in Commerce on Tues, 9/23, 5pm-6.30pm
9/18	Evaluation & Assessment - read Gunning, chapter 2 online: eCollege: 6 Assessment - opens on Friday, 9/12, due by Sunday, 9/21
9/11	Language .ppt Fillmore & Snow .pps http://www.cal.org/wrih/# http://searchlight.utexas.org/content/serp-elementary/activities/video-word-study-overview/view?SearchableText=&search=true&Subj=[%27Phonics%20or%20Word%20Study%27,%20%27Overview%27
9/4	Read Gunning, chapter 8 - Write reflectively about yourself as a reader of complex technical texts. Print a hard copy, bring to class on Thursday to read aloud to a small group of peers. http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/deli/exhibits/1000347/Peer_Evaluation.html
8/28	You can now place your Scholastic Book Club orders online! Browse all the great monthly Club selections at low prices and order online - all while helping our classroom earn FREE books, software, and resources. Here's how it works: Use the information below to access the Scholastic Book Clubs Web site. Browse the titles with your child, and place your order with your credit card. Your order will come to me, and your credit card payment will go directly to Scholastic's secure server. There's no need to send money to school. After I submit the entire class's order to Scholastic, your order will be delivered to our classroom for your child to take home. www.scholastic.com/parentordering Class User Name: thompsontamuc Password: TeacherReaders Remember, placing your online credit card order is completely safe and secure. Ordering online is the most convenient way to use Scholastic Book Clubs. You can order anytime, right up until the online order due date. And this month, our class can earn additional FREE books, just for trying this online ordering service. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
8/28	Bring a book to class, to read aloud to a friend or two. Explore the people in this neighborhood. How I Learned to Read & Write Course Objectives Five Big Ideas of Early Reading Instruction Intros to eCollege, Searchlight, learner.org, myLabSchool.com First Essay

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