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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED
- Block Feed: Programs 101-108 Program Details
- 3 hours, 59 minutes
- Tuesday, November 20 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Block Feed: Programs 109-116 Program Details
- 3 hours, 59 minutes
- Tuesday, November 27 at 4:00 pm on KETED
Episodes Included in These Block Feeds
- 101. Workshop 1. Creating Contexts for Learning
- Examines how classroom organization, routines, and grouping practices can enhance literacy skills in the middle grades. Literacy expert Jeanne Paratore discusses teaching strategies that foster reading and writing skills. 29 minutes.
- 102. Workshop 2. Fluency and Word Study
- Focuses on how students in the middle grades develop vocabulary and reading fluency. Literacy expert Richard Allington discusses specific teaching strategies that help build fluency and vocabulary. 29 minutes.
- 103. Workshop 3. Building Comprehension
- Comprehending text is one of the main goals of reading. In this session, literacy expert Nell Duke discusses what good readers do and strategies teachers can use to help students build comprehension skills. 29 minutes.
- 104. Workshop 4. Writing
- Examines the relationship between reading and writing in the middle grades. Literacy expert Nadeen Ruiz discusses the connections, conventions, and inventions that provide a framework for teaching writing. 29 minutes.
- 105. Workshop 5. New Literacies of the Internet
- Focuses on the evolving use of networked technology in education. Literacy expert Donald Leu discusses strategies that help students effectively read, write, and communicate on the Internet. 29 minutes.
- 106. Workshop 6. Teaching English Language Learners
- Changing classroom demographics call for a range of teaching strategies. In this session, literacy expert Robert Jiménez discusses strategies teachers can use to create a successful learning environment for all students while supporting English language learners. 29 minutes.
- 107. Workshop 7. Teaching Diverse Learners
- Literacy expert Dorothy Strickland discusses how teachers can meet the diverse needs of readers and writers in their classrooms. Classroom examples and teaching strategies address different aspects of diversity, including culture, language, background, ability, and learning approaches. 29 minutes.
- 108. Workshop 8. Assessment and Accountability
- Explores assessment, standards, and outcomes. Literacy expert Kathy Au discusses the strategies teachers can use to assess students' understanding in reading and writing. Classroom examples illustrate how students can participate in their own assessment. 29 minutes.
- 109. Classroom Program 1. Investigating Word Meaning
- Using a passage from Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Angie Zapata teaches her 3rd graders how to use context clues to discover the meanings of unfamiliar words. The mini-lesson also models individual and small-group work as well as book groups. 29 minutes.
- 110. Classroom Program 2. Fostering Book Discussions
- 3rd-grade teacher Maria Ruiz-Blanco is piloting the use of a book club in her bilingual classroom. The class is starting a new book, My Name Is Maria Isabel, as part of a year-long unit on immigration. Working in groups, students discuss what they read, ask questions, and make connections to their own lives. 29 minutes.
- 111. Classroom Program 3. Choosing Words Strategically
- Caroline Cockman's 3rd-grade class is learning how to revise biographies using transitions and more descriptive nouns. A whole-group exercise models the revision process, and small-group instruction focuses on students who need extra help in writing. 29 minutes.
- 112. Classroom Program 4. Revising for Clarity
- Through a whole-class mini-lesson and small-group work, Tatiana With and her 4th graders explore the difference between editing and revising, with a focus on revision. With uses IN-Focus technology to model revision of an Indian folktale. 29 minutes.
- 113. Classroom Program 5. Reading Across the Curriculum
- Gage Reeve's class is learning new vocabulary in a lesson on global warming. Students also use an idea tree to record main ideas and supporting details and write their own questions to be answered after reading the nonfiction text. 29 minutes.
- 114. Classroom Program 6. Looking at Cause and Effect
- Holly Concannon and her 5th-grade class discuss cause and effect in a passage from Gary Paulsen's book Wood Song. The lesson models grouping students for independent reading as well as guided reading. 29 minutes.
- 115. Classroom Program 7. Close Reading for Understanding
- 5th-grade teacher Dana Robertson models strategic reading and teaches his students the strategies readers use to comprehend the text. He then continues with small-group instruction while other students work independently. 29 minutes.
- 116. Classroom Program 8. Summarizing Nonfiction
- Eleanor Demont's 5th graders complete a mini-lesson using summarization as a comprehension strategy for reading nonfiction texts. They examine the importance of differentiating what is interesting from what is important in a social studies unit on ancient Egypt. 29 minutes.
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