An excellent article indeed! I just quoted and gave the link to it on a dyslexia board. The timing was perfect because there is a woman there who is promoting...
She, on the other hand, also says that PA work is ineffective after those early years. Well then she should see my boys because we did a lot of PA work from...
I am just working my way through the article and it is good! I thought I would share my list of Alliteration alpahbet books that I used with my boys. Reading...
Exactly, Becky. One of my main points to her was even if a child had issues that prevented him from being ready to read such as language delay, visual...
I think our ... There has been a (UK) TV programme that said half the children in juvenile court are dyslexic, and another one that a high proportion of men...
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Jan 2, 2004 9:19 am
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Re: [readbygrade3] Re: #1 article on EducationNews for 2003This makes me wonder how far we should tie chronological age in with anything. If, say, a ...
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Traditionalist in bovver boots gives schools a lesson (Filed: 03/01/2004) The Daily Telegraph (UK) A teacher's radical methods have stirred up the French...
In a message dated 12/17/03 5:14:45 PM Atlantic Standard Time, ... The sad thing is that this conversation could have probably been duplicated with...
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Jan 3, 2004 4:49 pm
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This morning I had a three hour conversation with the top reading instructor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The conclusion: Don't expect...
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Jan 3, 2004 7:44 pm
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Hats off to Mlle Boutonnet! Too bad there aren't more teachers out there who feel the way she does. Kids are amused enough at home. Why do they have to be...
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Jan 3, 2004 11:09 pm
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Readwithbarb@... praised a lot of things whose value I recognize. She also praised the diagramming of sentences. Please explain what boons I should have...
Might add to the list The Republic of Texas. I spoke with a 1st grade teacher this week that raved about her classroom and Guided Reading. All the children...
For years I've been on my soapbox that education in the 40's wasn't all that bad. Our desks were in rows. We sat up straight. We watched the teacher. We...
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Jan 4, 2004 11:36 am
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The acceptance of ignorance is far greater today! Jimmy Kilpatrick Senior Fellow, Alexis de Tocqueville Institution http://www.adti.net <http://www.adti.net/> ...
Wow! Those who agree with this teaching style must be thrilled with high stakes testing. It's not that children are supposed to be entertained at school, but...
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Jan 5, 2004 2:35 am
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Hi there I also dislike very much to be labelled as politically right wing or conservative. Why should my politics have anything to do with what I view as the...
I never felt that I wasn't engaged in learning when I memorized math facts, historical and geographical data. I enjoyed learning when I was in school. We ...
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Jan 5, 2004 3:19 am
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Unfortunately, yes. I think all teachers of all disciplines are labeled. (all people for that matter). I teach middle school Spanish as a foreign language,...
... Teaching is disapproved of by "them". When do we see "right-wing" on its own? It is nearly always "extreme right wing" or "right-wing extremists". I have...
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unsubscribe ... From: Susan Smethurst [mailto:palisade@...] Sent: Wed 12/31/2003 7:21 PM To: readbygrade3@yahoogroups.com Cc: Subject: Re:...
Debra Zamparelli
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Jan 5, 2004 1:51 pm
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... "I never felt that I wasn't engaged in learning when I memorized math facts, historical and geographical data. I enjoyed learning when I was in school." ...
Please help! I'm confused with all the variety of phonics programs and philosophies out there. I have a 4 year old and I'm planning to home school. I'm...
Teresa, I do mostly remedial work and am familiar with several of those programs and materials (Phono-graphix is a program that I am using). However, I was...
Diana, I am a Wilson teacher (among other things). When I worked in a parochial school (even though there was chaos in their classroom)children in my REsource...
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Jan 5, 2004 4:59 pm
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Look into Wilson. I've used it for 8 years and wouldn't use anything else. The materials are all very "user-friendly" and your child will get a solid...
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Jan 5, 2004 5:02 pm
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I must need a few tips then Barb :) Probably it is my lack of experience. As I said, I am not a teacher. It's the opposite with these kids - their classroom...
If I didn't take into account their need to move around ... And if they DO wander around, what chance has class (or any other) teaching while that goes on? ...
mcnee
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Jan 5, 2004 5:29 pm
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My success, I guess, is with small rewards...really small, stickers, etc. The other thing is that their parents want to know and the parents offer rewards and...
