You presented a very helpful summary of Chapter 4. It is very interesting to learn how activities such as "revolving role" were used to engage different struggling readers. I could clearly see the author's use of many of your tool kit strategies within the chapter. It appears that in addition to collaborating among colleagues it is also important that classroom teachers collaborate with their students in order to help foster a love of reading.
Your summary of Wilhelm's text is accurate. It allows those who have yet to read the text to get ideas from it. Further, I agree, the text does give teachers ideas about how to encourage participation through assigned reading activities.
Rich, this is a very clear, concise summary that includes good detail! Drama could be a very powerful tool, especially when working with middle schoolers (who can create plenty of their own drama!)I wonder if this would work with high school kids as well, and if the students' skill level improved with their motivation level.
I had never heard of the learning activity "revolving role" until I listened to your video. I think using drama works with any age level, especially our wonderful middle school kids!
I think as you pointed out that it is important to find things that interest our students to get them where we want them. Where the teacher was faced with students labeled “LD” or “ED”, he was able to get to participate in group work and find things that interest them.
Drama is a good vehicle to use literacy to reach our students of today. Children do need variety and different methods to learn. This particular method has many different aspects as well and this could benefit students to learn by infusing their uniqueness into what they read and write. Students can be genuine, creative, and expressive. This is what literacy is about creating and expressing your own ideas and thoughts.
Reading these books has encouraged me to re-evaluation some of the ways in which I approach learning in that I need to consider the student’s interest more just as your chapters have suggested.
I think you did a good job at summarizing chapter 4 I never heard of the revloving role until I viewed your blog I feel as educators we are sctor in a sense and student need to take the literacy role by using drama from time to time to make more interestiing.
You presented a very helpful summary of Chapter 4. It is very interesting to learn how activities such as "revolving role" were used to engage different struggling readers. I could clearly see the author's use of many of your tool kit strategies within the chapter. It appears that in addition to collaborating among colleagues it is also important that classroom teachers collaborate with their students in order to help foster a love of reading.
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Your summary of Wilhelm's text is accurate. It allows those who have yet to read the text to get ideas from it. Further, I agree, the text does give teachers ideas about how to encourage participation through assigned reading activities.
ReplyDeleteRich, this is a very clear, concise summary that includes good detail! Drama could be a very powerful tool, especially when working with middle schoolers (who can create plenty of their own drama!)I wonder if this would work with high school kids as well, and if the students' skill level improved with their motivation level.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of the learning activity "revolving role" until I listened to your video. I think using drama works with any age level, especially our wonderful middle school kids!
ReplyDeleteI think as you pointed out that it is important to find things that interest our students to get them where we want them. Where the teacher was faced with students labeled “LD” or “ED”, he was able to get to participate in group work and find things that interest them.
ReplyDeleteDrama is a good vehicle to use literacy to reach our students of today. Children do need variety and different methods to learn. This particular method has many different aspects as well and this could benefit students to learn by infusing their uniqueness into what they read and write. Students can be genuine, creative, and expressive. This is what literacy is about creating and expressing your own ideas and thoughts.
ReplyDeleteReading these books has encouraged me to re-evaluation some of the ways in which I approach learning in that I need to consider the student’s interest more just as your chapters have suggested.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job at summarizing chapter 4 I never heard of the revloving role until I viewed your blog I feel as educators we are sctor in a sense and student need to take the literacy role by using drama from time to time to make more interestiing.
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