Archives: 2006 February 22

ReadWriteThink: It Doesn’t Have to End That Way

Feb 22

Finished revising and published a fancy new version of It Doesn’t Have to End That Way: Using Prediction Strategies with Literature, a K-2 lesson plan that now uses one of my computers in children’s literature and technology books, Arthur’s Computer Disaster.

Inbox: Reading Across America (and Across the Grades)

Feb 22

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March 2 is Read Across America Day, so it’s time to begin making plans for celebrations in the classroom. This week there was also an article in The Grand Rapid Times about a cross-level reading collaboration: Reading unites Calvin, Lee. As a result, the Ideas section of this week’s Inbox focuses on Reading Across America (and Across the Grades), which includes resources to celebrate reading with students in different grade levels.

In the News: E-mail and Teaching

Feb 22

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“To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It’s All About Me” from the New York Times has caused a stir on all the teaching listservs that I’m on. It just seems like another one of those articles that really ought to focus on audience and purpose in writing—along with a dose of understanding writing environments and situations (for students AND teachers). Overall, the folks in the article seem to lack any real understanding of the media they choose for their messages. Until they understand that important piece, e-mail is never going to work for them.