Thanks to Mr. Howard Gardner we can all learn a little more about how we learn best. Take this inventory to find out your strongest of the seven intelligences.
http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
What's your learning style? Check it out...
Ever wondered how you learn best? Take this quiz and find out. We work with each of our students to help them discover their best way to learn.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm
http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Sharing a love for reading
It's always exciting sharing your favorite books with your students. Whether it's a beloved picture book or a classic novel, they all have made an impression on us in one way or another. I recently began reading To Kill a Mockingbird with one of my students and I'm loving the opportunity to revisit this favorite classic of mine. Right now she is not too excited about the book as we are still in the beginning stages which is a lot of background information, but I feel confident that she too will come to love it as much as I do.
This has caused me to start thinking about my own literacy biography. From Nancy Drew to Cynthia Voight's Dicey's Song to one of my all-time favorites, To Kill a Mockingbird, to another favorite, Cheaper by the Dozen. Each of those books has shaped me as a reader and ultimately as a writer.
I'm currently preparing a lesson for an elementary student on how to choose just right books and it has me thinking a lot about purpose, interest, and ability when selecting books. Every book we select has a unique purpose (to inform, entertain, or persuade). But it also has to interest us and be an appropriate reading level.
Reading can be so much fun. It can take us many places. For me, it is an escape. For others, it is a release. Or maybe it's just plain fun. I know that I sure am appreciative of The Hunger Games. It has appealed to even some of my most reluctant readers, boys and girls alike. To me, it's not what you're reading but the fact that you're reading. And with that...happy reading.
This has caused me to start thinking about my own literacy biography. From Nancy Drew to Cynthia Voight's Dicey's Song to one of my all-time favorites, To Kill a Mockingbird, to another favorite, Cheaper by the Dozen. Each of those books has shaped me as a reader and ultimately as a writer.
I'm currently preparing a lesson for an elementary student on how to choose just right books and it has me thinking a lot about purpose, interest, and ability when selecting books. Every book we select has a unique purpose (to inform, entertain, or persuade). But it also has to interest us and be an appropriate reading level.
Reading can be so much fun. It can take us many places. For me, it is an escape. For others, it is a release. Or maybe it's just plain fun. I know that I sure am appreciative of The Hunger Games. It has appealed to even some of my most reluctant readers, boys and girls alike. To me, it's not what you're reading but the fact that you're reading. And with that...happy reading.
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