Elementary Reading Teachers

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Comment by Betsy Basom on November 4, 2009 at 4:58pm

Would anyone out there like to read a story electronically to my second grade class in the month of November? My class will return the favor! We could share our stories via Skype, or Voicethread. My school is having a contest to see how many readers we can get to come to our classes this month and we get double points for Skype, or technologically facilitated read-alouds! Send me a message if you are interested. We are a second grade class in an independent school in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Comment by Dr. Rita Oates on October 21, 2009 at 4:42am

New England teachers...will you be at NEATE on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24 at the Providence RI Crowne Plaza Hotel? I'm doing a session on Saturday morning there and would love to have an audience with great questions! www.neate.org

Comment by Kim Kerian on July 7, 2009 at 12:48pm

Has anyone every used "dimdim" for online conferencing for activities such as bookclubs with kids? I am curious because I am seeing it mentioned more and more.

Comment by Pozycjonowanie Poznan on April 2, 2009 at 4:19am

Michelle, where this start discussion? I don't think comments are the best place to ask just because your's almost a year old but maybe someone can help.

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Pozycjonowanie

Comment by Michelle TeGrootenhuis on July 24, 2008 at 8:46am

Tracy,
How about posting your question in the discussion forum? You might get more responses there. :-) Just click on "+Start Discussion".
-MTG

Comment by Tracy Muller on July 24, 2008 at 5:21am

I have a ? about Debbie Miller's Reading With Meaning. She is teaching a grade 1 classroom and each chapter seems to be about teaching a new comp. strategy that takes her across the entire year...How would you use this book in a gr. 3 class...would you spend as much time on each strategy do you think?? She also has a great idea for collecting questions called a "wonder box" ...the children go outside and notice things and write questions about these things on index cards to be placed in their wonder boxes..I was thinking that perhaps this could be a method for collecting "noticings" or "small moments" to spark ideas for writing in their writer's notebooks...what do you all think??

Comment by Trish Dower on July 17, 2008 at 6:24am

Thanks for sharing such great ideas and links... i've spent a little time having a look and know my weekend will be busily checking out these great sites. I've been on a pretty steep learning journey over the last 12 months and am beginning more and more to investigate and incorporate web2.0 tools into my classroom practice. One of our favourite sites to use is a uk site called sebastian swan ... here you will find books to read online, linked webquests, teaching plans, questions, ideas for use in the classroom and so much more. We have read a few of these books online and the interactivity of the resource makes them great to use with an interactive whiteboard. Another great site is an Australian site from the sunshine state of Queensland. Beenleigh State school offers great literacy resources and also many more across the curriculum. Have you checked out Roy the Zebra - great interactive resource for shared and guided reading with loads of teacher support. The Woodlands literacy zone is another great resource I visit often.
Looking forward to visiting here more and sharing the love as they say. Cheers. Trish