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Looking for writing and reading strategies to share with middle school teacchers in staff development.

Status posted by John Dee Feb 2, 2010

John Dee is now a member of Middle School Portal Feb 2, 2010

Welcome Them!

At 8:24am on February 3, 2010, Mary Henton said…: Glad that you had a good day with the science teachers. Are you willing to share one experience, idea, Ah-ha, new resource, etc. from the day?

At 10:00am on February 2, 2010, Mary Henton said…: Forgot the link to the "Teaching Literacy Across the Curriculum" article. Here you go.

At 9:58am on February 2, 2010, Mary Henton said…: Ah!!! I just saw your request for reading and writing strategies to share with teachers. Here are a few suggestions:

- Cherlyn Anderson shared some resources about pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading resources in the Literacy in the Content Areas group
- There was a little discussion about using Wordle as a reading tool, as well.
- Jessica Fries-Gaither is a literacy and reading-in-the-content areas expert. She is a member of the MSP2 project team and also manages Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears -- a literacy and science project for elementary grades. Jessica is a great resource!
- Jessica led a webinar on digital storytelling, which is a powerful tool to teach a wide range of literacy and writing skills.
- There is a free article in a 2007 edition of NMSA's Middle Ground entitled, "Teaching Literacy Across the Curriculum" that offers some good suggestions.
- Another NMSA article that might be helpful is "A Framework for Scaffolding Content Area Reading Strategies" in a 2004 Middle School Journal.
- I wrote a post back in April about "Literacy Learning in Context." In the posting were references to several resources and articles, as well.

I hope this helps.

Finally, feel free to "start a discussion" in the MSP2 Forum to solicit input from others on the MSP2 site.

M

At 9:36am on February 2, 2010, Mary Henton said…: Welcome, John,

With your years of experience, you have a great deal to offer this community. I hope you'll be willing to do so!

Have you had a chance to explore the site much? If not, here are a few things that might be of interest:

1. The Science Online Resource Guides are standards-based. They are built on wiki pages so that users can contribute to the content.
2. There is a Science Group to facilitate conversation around matters of specific interest to science educators.
3. MSP2-facilitated webinars are recorded and made available for listening/viewing after the event. They are great resources for either individual professional development or as part of a team professional development plan. Additionally, the resources are on wiki pages so that users can contribute to the content and add ideas and resources after-the-fact.

Please feel free to jump in and participate. Join a discussion underway. Post a comment. Ask a question. Share ideas and resources. Your participation is important to the growth of this community.

Again, welcome.

M