Part III: Teaching ENC 1102 homework Read Convergences pp. 242283 to discuss in class next week. examples to help create your visual/auditory literacy portion of the project? http://writing.fsu.edu/fyw/tguide/p3/part3l.htm
Extractions: This strand for ENC 1102 encourages students to think about research and communication as it appears in the world around them. Though the main emphasis in this course is writing, students have the opportunity to express their research through other media including web design, photographic essays, musical compilations, and drawings. By engaging themselves with the assignments, students will learn how to express themselves more clearly in academic and everyday life, and will gain the analytical skills to better understand life in the 21st century. Resources
School If you or your child needs help in finding books to read on an appropriate reading AT SCHOOL. The literacy Program uses a trade book for each theme, http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/columbia/SCHOOL.htm
News Releases CSUN Receives $10000 from Starbucks for literacy Efforts will create anaggressive online writing program that will include nightly homework help. http://www.csun.edu/~hfoao102/press_releases/spring01/starbucks.html
Extractions: carmen.chandler@csun.edu CSUN Receives $10,000 from Starbucks for Literacy Efforts (NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2001) - For the second year in a row, Cal State Northridge's Center for Community-Service Learning has received $10,000 from the Starbucks Foundation for child literacy programs. This year's grant will be used to create programs in which CSUN students will help to boost the language and literacy skills of ninth graders at Reseda High School and encourage good reading skills among local preschoolers. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to expand our work with the Starbucks Foundation. Their generosity has allowed CSUN service-learning students to use what they are learning in the classroom to benefit the community," said Maureen Rubin, director of the Center for Community-Service Learning. "This grant," she said, "will help address an urgent community need for college students to become actively involved in the education of young people who will unquestionably relate to them not only as tutors, but as role models and perhaps even friends." In the first part of the project, "The Language of Hope," CSUN students enrolled in Janet Cross' freshman composition class will become tutors/mentors to ninth graders at Reseda High who are having difficulty with literacy and language arts skills. The CSUN students will work with 50 to 60 youngsters who scored in the lower quarter on the Stanford 9 standardized test. In addition to an hour of in-person tutoring each week, the CSUN students will create an aggressive online writing program that will include nightly homework help.
Primary Websites even prereaders can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their The kids also have a Kids literacy Page, homework helpers, Kids Friendly http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVprimary.htm
Extractions: Clickteaching : Free downloads of worksheets, lesson plans, activity ideas and teaching resources for primary schools, teachers and parents. Snaith Primary School Literacy Lessons : Joy Simpson's website dedicated to literacy planning for years 8 to 11. Each year group is divided into terms and planning relating to the range for the term is listed covering fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays. Each block of work is planned according to the latest ideas from the National Literacy Strategy and the DfES and shows the ways in which literacy teaching can be creative and fun for pupils. If you would like to reduce the amount of time you spend planning on a Sunday evening then visit the site and download the free lessons and resources. Sciencezone : Contains interactive information pages designed to complement the national curriculum. Each page also contains an online quiz or other activity to aid assessment. Primarily aimed at year 5, though new materials are being developed. Online Ideas : A free site where primary teachers and trainee teachers can find teaching resources and links to recommended web sites for every curriculum subject.
Techlearning The New Literacy September 15, 2004 Decoding information Beyond decoding text, literacy requires reading Music composition is only one example. The computer displays the numbers in a way http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47102021
ReadWriteThink: Web Resources (by grade level) that help with homework and offer educational activities . A collection of literacy resources including materials on read alouds and http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/index.asp
Extractions: Web Resources Gallery The Web Resources Gallery offers links to a myriad of useful English language arts resources on the Internet. You may use the drop-down menus above to sort ReadWriteThink's Web Resources by grade band and resource type. See our Resource Definitions for a description of each resource type.
Helping Your Child With Science. ERIC Digest. The Benchmarks for Science literacy (available online at help the childavoid rushing to finish homework before a deadline such as dinner or bedtime. http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-1/child.html
Extractions: Information Literacy Blog Helping Your Child with Science. ERIC Digest. by Haury, David L. - Milbourne, Linda A. "Being "scientific" involves being curious, asking how things happen, and learning how to find the answers. Curiosity is natural to children, but they need help understanding how to make sense of what they see. All we need is a willingness to observe and learn with them, and, above all, to make an effort and take the time to nurture their natural curiosity." http://www.pmct.org/science.html Guidelines and resources presented here are intended to help willing parents nurture interest and success in science among their children. WHAT ARE CHILDREN LEARNING IN SCIENCE? Each school has its own science program and expectations, but most are aligned with state curriculum frameworks or guidelines that are, in turn, strongly influenced by national standards. "National Standards for Science Education" were developed by the National Research Council (see http://www.nas.edu/nrc/). The "Standards" present unifying concepts and processes that pertain to science at all grade levels, as well as specific content standards at each grade range for (a) science as inquiry, (b) life science, (c) physical science, (d) earth and space science, (e) science and technology, (f) science in personal and social perspectives, and (g) history and nature of science. These standards andothers are summarized online in "The McREL Standards Database" (see http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/); select "Table of Contents," then "Science."
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC. Promoting Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement through Cooperation. ERIC Digest. At the time of the study, 74% of the students in the Ysleta Independent School District were nonnative English speakers; 70% were Hispanic and 24% were limited English speaking. Students were provided with intensive instruction in their native language from kindergarten through Grade 2. Reading and writing in English were given more emphasis in Grade 3, with continued instruction in Spanish. By Grade 4, students were reading and writing in both English and Spanish. However, the transitional phase continued through Grade 4. To study how students make the transition from their first language to English, Grade 2, 3, and 4 classes were selected for the project. Twelve bilingual experimental BCIRC classes and 12 bilingual control classes were involved. Control and experimental teachers spent 60 to 90 minutes daily on reading and language arts instruction. During this time block, experimental teachers used only BCIRC and heterogeneous grouping. Control teachers grouped students by ability and used more traditional reading instruction approaches such as round robin, oral reading, simple cooperative activities, and workbook practice. They conducted English as a second language (ESL) instruction as a separate 30-minute block using a packaged curriculum. Control teachers alternated instruction in English and Spanish daily. Experimental teachers integrated second language acquisition principles and methods into BCIRC. They taught 2 weeks of Spanish literature followed by 2 weeks of English literature throughout the year. BCIRC students used Spanish for first language reading and English for ESL and transitional reading.
Kindergarten Language Arts Houghton Mifflin A Legacy of literacy It is the responsibilityof the family to help at home by reading to and with their child daily, http://www.oaklyn.k12.nj.us/kindergarten.htm
Extractions: Kindergarten is the beginning process of a child's journey towards becoming a life long learner. Students will begin this life long journey by learning academic as well as social skills that are necessary in moving them towards becoming independent learners. The teacher will achieve these goals by planning, implementing and guiding lessons that will help to develop these important life skills as learners. Parental support is also a key factor in the success of a child's development in moving the child towards becoming an independent life long learner. Together, parents and teachers can begin the first step in helping children begin their journey in becoming independent life long learners. The kindergarten classroom reflects relevant teaching and learning to meet the demands of this ever-changing world. The curriculum incorporates all the language processes (speaking, listening, reading and writing) in a meaningful context to ensure a balanced literacy approach that values purposeful reading and writing.
L R C --Sites Of The Month ABC CANADA Family literacy Day Every year, on January 27, families and Ask a Teacher! is an educational Web site offering free homework help for http://www.kpr.edu.on.ca/BoardInfo/Services/Educ/LRC/sites.htm
Extractions: LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE April 2005 EARTH DAY CANADA EcoKids Curriculum Connections is an interactive website built with kids and educators in mind. Kawartha Environmental Educators Network Resource Directory Links to books, videos, kits, web sites, field trips and human resources Canada's Aquatic Environments An interactive educational web site to promote awareness of Canada's aquatic resources See also Geography, Ecology and Tourism links March 2005 manybooks.net 10, 238 Free eBooks for your PDA. OpenReader Consortium Home Page E-book primer from MemoWare details choices and formats Digital Librarian- Electronic Texts and Primary Sources Ebooks for Young Readers from Etext Center- Collections More February 2005 Media Awareness For Teachers 100s of lessons, activities and other resources for teachers on Media education and Web Awareness. ICON - Innovation Curriculum Online Network features a large collection of digital resources aimed at K-12 community KidsClick!
Textbooks At The Chelmsford Public Librarye reading and Language. literacy Place 5th grade Scholastic reading Literature(7thgrade); * Heath Grammar and composition(6th grade) http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/teen/textbooks.html
Extractions: There are times when even the best students forget to bring home the books they need to do their homework. Now those books are available at the public library.The McCarthy and Parker Middle Schools have loaned a set of textbooks for grades 5-8 to the Chelmsford Public Library. These books do not circulate so they will always be on the shelf in the Library when you need them. Just go to the Reference Desk in the Main library, and sign out the textbook you need. (Books marked with asterisks (*) are also available at the MacKay Library.) Reading and Language: Literacy Place 5th grade Scholastic
Archived: Parent Involvement Workers including a traditional program that emphasizes reading, composition, When teachers conclude that students need more parent help with their http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Paraprofessionals/wichita.html
Extractions: Wichita, Kansas Paraprofessionals Helping Parents Overview Twenty-four of Wichita's elementary schools and an early childhood education center employ paraprofessionals as parent involvement workers, who operate parent resource centers and reach out to draw parents into partnership with teachers. Based on what parents and teachers need, PIWs develop programs to provide coordinated, informed support for students' studies. Parenting classes, family nights, and workshops help build a tight link between school and home. A centrally located, districtwide parent resource center is open to all parents. District Context Located in south central Kansas, the Wichita Public School system is the largest in the state, with more than 47,000 students. The district has 68 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 13 high schools. Fifteen elementary magnet schools are organized around a variety of special themes including: a "traditional" program that emphasizes reading, composition, grammar, handwriting, spelling, mathematics, and social studies; the performing arts; the environment; "open" education; and health and wellness.
UC Links - Berkeley's Annual Report Computerassisted music composition; homework Assistance/College preparation.Goals. Increase computer, information, and basic literacy skills for http://www.uclinks.org/people/berk/dusty.html
Extractions: DUSTY Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, DUSTY has two elementary school sites, one middle school site, and one high school site. The sites are: The Castlemont Community of Small Schools (CCSS, Oakland Unified School District), is composed of three small autonomous high schools on the former campus of Castlemont High School. DUSTY serves all three schools. These schools are 1) The Leadership Preparatory Academy; 2) The School of Computers, Business, and Information Technology (CBITS), and the East Oakland School of the Arts (EOSA). The CCSS is in East Oakland and serves students from ninth through twelfth grade. Cole Middle School (Oakland Unified School District) is the middle school site of DUSTY. This site is located in West Oakland and serves students in sixth through eighth grade. Stege Elementary School , located in Richmond, is one of two elementary school sites; this site serves first through fifth graders. McKinley Elementary School , located in San Francisco, is the second elementary school site and serves kindergartners through sixth grade.
Fishman- coaching on strategies for reading and writing that could improve literacy . I doubt that all in composition studies and educational psychology would http://www.aaanet.org/cae/aeq/br/fishman2.htm
Extractions: Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations? Learning to Teach Underprepared Writers across the Curriculum. Stephen M. Fishman and Lucille McCarthy. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2002. 238 pp. A NNE B EAUFORT Stonybrook University anne.beaufort@stonybrook.edu Although the title of this book is apt, the books scope is so broad that I could imagine two or three additional subtitles: Negotiating Power Relations and Roles in the Classroom, or Applying Dewey vs. Freire in a Multicultural Classroom, or Examining the Social Aims of Education. If you are interested in any of the above, explored honestly, in a systematic and engaging manner, read on. In the first two cases, Fishman did no direct one-to-one intervention: other than giving feedback that the initial work was below a passing grade, Fishman applied the same strategies to these students as to the whole class. He practiced great respect for individual differences, a passion for helping students learn, and enactment of active and democratic (decentralized) classroom activities and homework assignmentsall of which involved frequent and varied types of writing. With the third case, which occurred after the first two, Fishman took an experimental approach to helping the student: a one-to-one tutorial, following the same principles enacted in the classroom, and adding two key elements: (1) an openness to learning what was causing the students reading and writing problemsrather than assuming the causes; and (2) gentle coaching on strategies for reading and writing that could improve literacy.
BGfL - BGfL Home - Parents And Carers Centre Birmingham Libraries run homework help Clubs in most local libraries and in Parents are very important partners in helping children with reading and http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/index.cfm?s=1&m=388&p=236,index
Extractions: Materials by Subject Alphabet / Phonics Reading / Literacy / Books Writing / Language Arts Basic Skills / Readiness Activities Math Science and Social Studies Themes Computers / Technology Classroom Displays / Bulletin Boards / Name Plates Classroom Helpers: learning centers, forms, plan books Learning Games / Flashcards / Bingo Best of the Mailbox series
Extractions: Materials by Subject Alphabet / Phonics Reading / Literacy / Books Writing / Language Arts Basic Skills / Readiness Activities Math Science and Social Studies Themes Computers / Technology Classroom Displays / Bulletin Boards / Name Plates Classroom Helpers: learning centers, forms, plan books Learning Games / Flashcards / Bingo Best of the Mailbox series
Extractions: We are a network of more than 300 community technology centers where people get access to computers and computer-related technology, such as the Internet. The 300+ sites are enormously diverse in program areas and participating populations. Some are stand alone centers; others operate as one part of a larger organization, such as a multiservice agency or museum, job training center, shelter, cable public access center, etc. (see some centers' web sites and related links). All support equitable access to computers. What impact do these centers have on participants?
Extractions: var ecp_channel="Teachers"; Todd Oppenheimer is the associate editor of Newsweek Interactive. He has won numerous awards for his writing and investigative reporting. His article ("The Computer Delusion") can be found at http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/computer.htm Last year before NECC, I had a couple of telephone calls from Mr.Oppenheimer because I was a member of the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council. I looked forward to the article he was writing. It was interesting to see the finished commentary. First of all, he had wrongly dismissed the council as people who were all pro-technology. We came to some understandings that we all shared after the two years of intensive work. The work of the council reflected lots of different thinking about different kinds of technology, and though we came to agreement most of the time, there was no consensus on everything. We worked to achieve a balanced set of reports. Of course all of our agreements and disagreements are a part of the Congressional Records , which Mr. Oppenheimer should have had access to. Second of all, it was interesting to find out that Mr. Oppenheimer had similarly dismissed most of what Linda Roberts had also said to him in her phone interview. Dr. Linda G. Roberts, is the Director of the Office of Educational Technology and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. As Senior Advisor on Technology, Dr. Roberts represents the Secretary on the Vice President's National Information Infrastructure Task Force, and other interagency efforts. She is also a member of the White House educational technology working group.
