On 1/22/12, Meg wrote: > Hi. > I use a few things. > One thing I do is shared reading. We have a morning message > that we all read together and then a student of the day reads > it to the class. We focus on fluency, expression, etc. > > They all have fluency homework. I use readinga-z.com and print > out fluency passages on their independent reading level. They > have a week to read it at home 10x's for one minute. They > record the number of words read correctly in 1 minute. An > adult reads with them and signs. Then we test them in school. > > I also have the students read the word wall each day and I > assess each student. The student of the day reads the words to > the class and the class repeats. > > All these things have helped with fluency.... Meg > > > On 1/07/12, Denise wrote: >> HELP! I need help with teacing fluency. My second grade >> student are excellent with comprehension.Howerver, they >> struggle with fluency. I understand the definition of >> fluency. I don't understand how to teach it. I can't >> picture it in my mind how this would look in my class. I >> need ideas, strategies, suggestions, activities, center >> ideas or anything that will help me help my students.
"“I have a dream” where parity reigns Where freedom flows freely through everyone’s veins. Where exclusion by colour, by class or by creed - Is changed by attention to each other’s need."
This is one of six verses which directly relate to Martin Luther King's speech "I Have a Dream."
It concludes with the following:
"A shot from a gun - - - - - and was his dream killed, Or in the world of today, is it being fulfilled?"
This is a poem which i've written myself for MLK Day and which I feel will be a centrepiece for a lesson leading to a class discussion.
I hope this makes sense. I support this project with many copies of age/reading level appropriate biographies of MLK. My students read about him, I also show video clips of speeches, I would love to have the video "Our Friend Martin", but don't have it yet. I also have a packet I have created from worksheets I have collected over the years. I don't have copies of these, but two of them are timelines, one is about current events in MLK's lifetime, and one is a simple "mini-book" about events in MLK's life that students read and color.
This year I have presented this unit in a different manner because I am having to assess my students earlier than normal. To get this done, my students are doing the packet independently. I have used various resources and have come up with 30 "events" in MLK's life that my students will be making a pectoral time line that they will share with the class and that will be posted as a border around the students' finished product. This project will be sent home in February for the parents to use to help their children create a "Hero" project for their personal heroes.
I hope this makes sense, and you can use some of the ideas. When writing this email I realized how much I have "collected" over the years. I think the project itself can be created without too much trouble.
Hi. Does anyone have any tips or advice? For the first time I have a Smartboard for Open House and am wondering what has worked for some of you? Would a video or slides dominate the room too much? Please tell me your thoughts! Thanks in advance!
On 1/15/12, KinderESL wrote: > I am tired of rotten pencil sharpeners! I have some supply > money to spend and I want a GOOD electric pencil > sharpener. Any suggestions?
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On 1/22/12, Meg wrote: > Hi. > I use a few things. > One thing I do is shared reading. We have a morning message > that we all read together and then a studen...See More