Recently added articles from New England Reading Association Journal:
Oh, the places we will go!
May 01, 2009; ... Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! Dr. Seuss' book Oh, the Places You'll Go!" captures our enthusiasm as we begin our journey with you as your new editors of The New England Reading Association. We begin our tenure ...
To-With-By: A three-tiered model for differentiated instruction
May 01, 2009; ... All teachers differentiate instruction; it's natural, it's intuitive; we couldn't survive without differentiating. However, we can become more conscious and intentional in the ways we think about our students and in the ways we plan our lessons so that differentiation helps even more students ...
Dare to differentiate: Vocabulary strategies for all students
May 01, 2009; ... Llesenia arrives to the classroom nearly an hour before the first bell rings. She has completed all of her homework perfectly, organized her desk in preparation for the day's lessons and helps herself to different learning center activities to occupy herself while she awaits the start of ...
Barriers to implementing differentiation: Lack of confidence, efficacy and perseverance
May 01, 2009; ... Between January and May 2008, a small group of educators in Springfield, Vermont enrolled in a series of workshops on differentiating instruction. As an observer, I became interested in what happens after everyone goes home, summer ends, and a new year begins. To what degree and extent will ...
One size does not fit all: How assessment guides instruction in word study with English learners
May 01, 2009; ... As the school day begins the first graders enter their classroom following familiar routines of putting away homework and finding a book to read. While the students read aloud in English, smatterings of other languages are heard. A boy and girl discuss in Hmong what book to choose while two boys ...
Differentiating instructional strategies to support English language learners
May 01, 2009; ... Differentiating instruction enhances learning experiences for all students, by meeting them "where they are" in their own learning and providing them with the supports needed to help them extend their learning. We know that students come to our classroom at different levels of readiness. They ...
Differentiated instruction: Using a case study
May 01, 2009; ... Classrooms have become increasingly diverse. Nevertheless, we have the same goal for all our students: we want them to achieve high standards by providing them with equal and varied opportunities to reach their potential (Lawrence-Brown, 2004). Research suggests that differentiated ...
Transforming classroom instruction with personal and technological literacies: The WebQuest connection
May 01, 2009; ... It was Friday afternoon in Mr. Hade's fifth grade classroom, and students were observing the earned activity period (EAP). EAP is a flexible time during which students participated in any activity of their choice. EAP is also a good time to observe the dynamics of this classroom. On one such ...
Transforming philosophy and pedagogy through critical inquiry
May 01, 2009; ... Learning to teach is a process that develops and evolves over an educator's career (Ehri & Williams, 1996). Seasoned teachers recognize they must continually update and position themselves on current educational issues and research to transform their teaching and grow as informed ...
Using spelling inventories to inform instruction
May 01, 2009; ... What if there was an inexpensive assessment that could be administered to an entire class in less than thirty minutes, scored in about sixty minutes, have high predictive validity, and provide relevant information for reading and writing instruction (Invernizzi, Landrum, Howell, & Warley, ...
Taking a new look at Lincoln: New books in time for the bicentennial of his birthday
May 01, 2009; ... Anniversaries are excellent reminders of men, women, and events from the past, and publishers quickly capitalize on anniversaries as noted by the flurry of books published in 1992 to celebrate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, again in 2003 to honor Lewis and ...
Differentiated instruction: How are design, essential questions in learning, assessment, and instruction part of it?
May 01, 2009; ... Differentiated instruction: How are design, essential questions in learning, assessment, and instruction part of it? The authors of the books reviewed here have different perspectives on differentiated instruction. Wormeli (2008) points out that differentiated instruction is preparing ...
Different paths: Books in the differentiated classroom
May 01, 2009; ... Different paths: Books in the differentiated classroom For differentiated instruction to work, we first have to know our students. We have to have strong background knowledge of learning styles, multiple intelligence theory, and methods of authentic assessment. Then we have to work ...
Cinderella's glass slipper and differentiating instruction
May 01, 2009; ... Cinderella's glass slipper and differentiating instruction Let's start with reality for Cinderella Teacher. (Cinderella Teacher can easily become Prince Charming Teacher throughout this article by simply substituting the pronoun he for she.) She has many arduous tasks to manage such as ...
Using technology to differentiate instruction across grade levels
May 01, 2009; ... Using technology to differentiate instruction across grade levels Recently, I was introduced to Clickers by a colleague who decided to begin to utilize them in his undergraduate and graduate classes. A clicker looks like a TV remote with few buttons, which are used to indicate each ...
Reauthorization of NCLB: A postscript on voices from the field
May 01, 2009; ... Enacted on January 8, 2002 by President George W. Bush, Jr., the No Child Left Behind Act was commissioned to revitalize the deteriorating status of American education by raising the educational performance of all school children in America. In its intent and caprices, the NCLB is a brain child ...
Word Study
Jan 01, 2008; ... The special topic of this issue concerns word study and contains five interrelated articles that are sometimes overlapping yet highlight various components of this broad focus. Leading off, What is Word Study and How Can I Get Some? Bringing Word Study Instruction to Scale by Kristin M ....
What is Word Study and How Can I Get Some? Bringing Word Study Instruction to Scale
Jan 01, 2008; ... Over the past 15 years I have worked as a classroom teacher, a literacy consultant, a staff developer, and a college professor. In these varied roles I have traveled throughout New England and the country collaborating with educators who are working to bring best practice to their classrooms, ...
Synergistic Phonics and Fluency Instruction: The Magic of Rhyming Poetry!
Jan 01, 2008; ... Phonics (accuracy in word decoding) and reading fluency (automaticity in word recognition and expressive or prosodie oral reading) have been identified as two critical components in early elementary reading instruction (National Reading Panel, 2000). Indeed a long line of research and theory has ...
Broadening Perspectives about Vocabulary Instruction: Implications for Classroom Practice
Jan 01, 2008; ... Despite a continuing national emphasis on educational reform over the past 20 years, meaningful learning from text remains a significant educational problem for many students (e.g., AFT, 1997; Donahue et al., 1999; Feldman, 2000; Snow, 2002), hut particularly for low socioeconomk status (SES), ...