I have
taught middle school reading, language arts, social studies, science, industrial technology, life skills, and careers education.
Lake Charles, LA About Blog Tips, ideas, and freebies for
teaching middle school reading and literature.
She has written and edited numerous books, chapters, and articles on adolescent literacy, most notably Reading and the High School Student: Strategies to Enhance Literacy (with Buehl & Klemp, 2007), Strategies for Enhancing Literacy and Learning in Middle School Content Area Classrooms (with Buehl & Radcliffe, 2007), and
Teaching Middle School Reading (with Rycik, 2005).
Lake Charles, LA About Blog Tips, ideas, and freebies for
teaching middle school reading and literature.
Not exact matches
I
taught myself to speed -
read in
middle school, and to this day, it is probably the most valuable skill I've ever learned.
When I was in
middle -
school, I
taught myself to speed -
read.
So I
teach at a
middle school - and let's just talk about how funny (and by funny I mean awkward)...
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I have
taught for 16 years in 4th grade, self - contained 5th grade, 6th - 8th
Reading Intervention at the
middle school level, and 12 years as a 6th grade ELA teacher.
She has
taught as an adjunct instructor in the English Skills Department at SUNY / Rockland, a General Studies
Middle School Teacher, and was a
reading Mentor through the East Ramapo
School District.
At KIPP, a
middle school founded by two former
Teach for America members, one recent class entered with passing rates of 35 and 33 percent on state math and
reading tests.
Whether
teaching elementary,
middle, or high
school,
read alouds connect students to the content they need to learn, peak student interest, and provide information.
For K — 12 education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to
teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in
middle school» for «
teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive
reading and math instruction, and extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»
New Ways Use
Read Alouds to Complement Content Learning Whether teaching elementary, middle, or high school, read alouds connect students to content, peak student interest, and provide informat
Read Alouds to Complement Content Learning Whether
teaching elementary,
middle, or high
school,
read alouds connect students to content, peak student interest, and provide informat
read alouds connect students to content, peak student interest, and provide information.
Shared
Reading: Listening Leads to Fluency and Understanding Many middle and high school teachers use shared - reading — an approach to teaching reading that engages students and makes them better r
Reading: Listening Leads to Fluency and Understanding Many
middle and high
school teachers use shared -
reading — an approach to teaching reading that engages students and makes them better r
reading — an approach to
teaching reading that engages students and makes them better r
reading that engages students and makes them better readers.
After
teaching for six years, I recognized a recurring story:
middle school students lacked the literacy skills — speaking, writing,
reading, and listening — to contribute to the community, to succeed academically across content areas, and to, perhaps most importantly, create their authentic narrative.
«Content - area teachers in
middle and high
school feel less prepared to
teach reading skills, and they also view reading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall Readi
reading skills, and they also view
reading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall Readi
reading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall
ReadingReading Lab.
If I were still
teaching in a
middle school language arts classroom, I would definitely have a LibraryThing account for my class as a place for students to discuss the books they're
reading.
Chandler, who
teaches sixth - grade at Sequoia
Middle School in Redding, California, has her students
read biographies and implements some ingenious related activities.
For more on the use of simulations to
teach the social sciences, you may also want to
read Aaron Kaio's «Civic Mirror: Simulated National Building for
Middle Schoolers.»
Even though lecture - style
teaching seems to be a more effective method in
middle -
school math and science, that does not mean it would be the preferable approach to elementary -
school reading.
The State Board had been expecting to vote on a recommendation to
teach integrated science in
middle school as part of a conversion to the new Next Generation...
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And in suburban
schools nearly a third of lower income and nearly two - thirds of
middle class White students are
taught to
read proficiently.
Even
middle class Black students are denied a meaningful education in the state's urban
schools: Just 12 percent of them are
taught to
read at grade level in eighth grade.
A champion
reading teacher most recently at Uncommon
Schools» Troy Prep
Middle School, Maggie co-facilitates workshops and creates both general and
reading specific
Teach Like a Champion content and resources.
Mississippi
teaches just 8 percent of its Black students to
read to national standards in
middle school; Michigan
teaches just 9 percent.
A nominee for Maryland Teacher of the Year, Bender has
taught reading, English, math, history, social studies, and science to emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, gifted, and average students in elementary,
middle, and high
schools.
But there is good news contained in the latest report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on how well Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Joel Klein are doing in New York City at
teaching elementary and
middle school students how to
read.
Four years later, she began
teaching at CALS Charter
Middle School as the 8th grade Humanities and
Reading teacher.
As Sharon Kingen points out below, a book report is primarily a
school exercise, «a means of determining whether or not a student has
read a book» (
Teaching Language Arts in
Middle Schools, 2000).
Read more about
Middle School Mathematics Teachers and
Teaching Survey
Optimize students decoding skills from pre-K through
middle school with this text on
teaching reading and spelling, based on the latest research.
Nancy Blair
taught middle school English and
reading before becoming a
middle school administrator.
Middle School Matters Field Guide Alignment
Reading and Reading Interventions Reading Principle 4: Teach students to use reading comprehension strategies; Reading Principle 6: Guide students during text - related oral and written activities that support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization o
Reading and
Reading Interventions Reading Principle 4: Teach students to use reading comprehension strategies; Reading Principle 6: Guide students during text - related oral and written activities that support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization o
Reading Interventions
Reading Principle 4: Teach students to use reading comprehension strategies; Reading Principle 6: Guide students during text - related oral and written activities that support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization o
Reading Principle 4:
Teach students to use
reading comprehension strategies; Reading Principle 6: Guide students during text - related oral and written activities that support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization o
reading comprehension strategies;
Reading Principle 6: Guide students during text - related oral and written activities that support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization o
Reading Principle 6: Guide students during text - related oral and written activities that support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization of text.
With 30 years experience as a classroom teacher and
reading specialist, she has
taught elementary,
middle, and high
school students in rural Virginia and on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona.
This resource offers
middle school reading teachers an overview of research - based instructional approaches for
teaching struggling readers.
Beating the odds:
Teaching middle and high
school students to
read and write well.
Harmon and Wood (2001) implemented a
teaching strategy for use with
middle school students who were
reading below grade level.
In the early and
middle grades, is a test drawn only from topics that have been
taught in
school the only fair way to test
reading comprehension?
And it has led to improvements in areas like
reading, where we now know the best ways to
teach reading comprehension to
middle school students.
This is a must
read for anyone in the
teaching profession, especially
middle and high
school language arts.
Her work in the
Middle School Quality Initiative (MSQI) involved helping school leaders and teacher teams to implement school wide systems of assessment in literacy, integrate vocabulary instruction across content areas, and plan, develop and teach strategic reading lessons for students reading below grade
School Quality Initiative (MSQI) involved helping
school leaders and teacher teams to implement school wide systems of assessment in literacy, integrate vocabulary instruction across content areas, and plan, develop and teach strategic reading lessons for students reading below grade
school leaders and teacher teams to implement
school wide systems of assessment in literacy, integrate vocabulary instruction across content areas, and plan, develop and teach strategic reading lessons for students reading below grade
school wide systems of assessment in literacy, integrate vocabulary instruction across content areas, and plan, develop and
teach strategic
reading lessons for students
reading below grade level.
While you will need to major in at least one subject to
teach that subject in the
middle grades, it is becoming more common for
schools to offer
middle school teaching programs that include preparation for two related subjects, such as science and math or English and
reading, depending on state - level subject requirements for teacher licensing.
Mrs. Koder is a
Middle School Intensive
Reading teacher who has
taught at Coral Springs Charter
School for five years.
In addition, more experienced teachers appear more effective in
teaching elementary and
middle school reading.
Tennessee also requires
middle school teachers to pass the Praxis
Teaching Reading: Elementary Education test, which, under the heading «reading comprehension strategies across text types,» requires teachers to know «how to select and use a variety of informational, descriptive, and persuasive materials at appropriate reading levels to promote students» comprehension of nonfiction, including content - area texts.
Reading: Elementary Education test, which, under the heading «
reading comprehension strategies across text types,» requires teachers to know «how to select and use a variety of informational, descriptive, and persuasive materials at appropriate reading levels to promote students» comprehension of nonfiction, including content - area texts.
reading comprehension strategies across text types,» requires teachers to know «how to select and use a variety of informational, descriptive, and persuasive materials at appropriate
reading levels to promote students» comprehension of nonfiction, including content - area texts.
reading levels to promote students» comprehension of nonfiction, including content - area texts.»
Traditionally, content - area focused teachers, particularly in
middle or high
school, have not been trained to
teach students how to access rigorous texts, including which disciplinary - specific strategies to use, how to break down and think about disciplinary text, or how to grapple with difficult questions while
reading closely.
When she used to
teach, Stephanie Itle - Clark — now of Humane Society University — used to take her dog, Kasey, to her
middle school classroom three days a week so students could practice
reading to her.
Projects include: Denver Regional Mock Trial Tournament, National Constitution Day, in - class mock trial scripts for elementary,
middle and high
schools, «We the People» volunteer training, K - 5 Law Day Contest and curriculum, DBA - DPS Guest
Teaching Initiative, DBA - DPS Truancy Program Training, Debate Club,
Reading Partners Tutoring, Book Drive for
Reading Partners and speaker bureaus.
Taught multiple courses for
middle school and high
school students that focused on developing writing and
reading skills
As a caring and skilled
teaching professional, I
read with interest your posting for a new special education paraprofessional at Duluth
Middle School.