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I agree. English is the hardest language to learn. The US does have a huge problem, and I think that if reading is included in other content areas that might help the students read better, and improve their vocabulary. By the same token the high s...
I agree. English is the hardest language to learn. The US does have a huge problem, and I think that if reading is included in other content areas that might help them read better, and improve their vocabulary.
Nicole,
You could be right we could have a huge problem. You raise a lot of important ideas in your post. I'm thinking about your comment of “what are other countries doing” and I wonder how many immigrants enter into those countries each year. Ar...
I agree with you, Nicole. I would love to hear what other countries are doing to improve literacy in their classrooms. I also agree with you that the more practice the students have, the better they will become in any content area. We talk a lot a...
My first thought after reading the article, "Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-Area Literacy," is that the United States has itself a huge problem. I think it is scary that we have 9 year old students that are showi...
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My first thought after reading the article, "Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-Area Literacy," is that the United States has itself a huge problem. I think it is scary that we have 9 year old students that are showing much higher reading skills than 15 years ago and that those same students as adolescents in high school are actually reading worse or not better than a generation ago. Its frustrating that we cannot get ahead altogether. You would think that working… Continue
Posted on April 19, 2009 at 9:17pm — 4 Comments
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Family Camp by Paul Allison
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Ellie Tells a Story by Julie Conason
Childhood... by Wendy Farkas
Life in Shards by Margaret F.
Honeymoon by Mat Gerowitz
My Loving Family by Julia Loving
Family Stories by Aileen Malave
Travel by Sonali Matani
Amsterdam 2008 by Julie Miele
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Values & Education by JoAnn Chen
Curriculum Reform by Julie Conason
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