I decided to lump chapters eight through ten together because they all illustrate how a typical day would run utilizing the strategies discussed in the book. Chapter eight focuses on a kindergarten classroom, chapter nine on a primary classroom, and chapter ten on an intermediate classroom. Instead of simply focusing on one of these chapters,… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Classrooms That Work Chapters 8-10
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KIAT Book Club: Classrooms That Work Ch. 6
Hello again! We’ve made it to chapter six in Classrooms That Work! Discussed briefly in the previous chapter was incorporating subjects such as Science and Social Studies into reading. Here, our chapter is titled “Science and Social Studies Matter to Struggling Readers” and follows the path one would expect; talking about the importance of subjects… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Classrooms That Work Ch. 6
KIAT Book Club: Classrooms That Work Ch. 5
Guess what?! We’ve reached the inevitable phonics chapter in Classrooms That Work! We all knew it had to come; the chapter all about what the book itself has had enough of. Of course, the book has not been telling us phonics is useless in itself; it’s been telling us that the way in which so… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Classrooms That Work Ch. 5
KIAT Book Club: Classrooms That Work Ch. 4
Hello again! We’re onto chapter four in Classrooms That Work and it’s another good one! This one is all about children’s writing and thinking. Like reading, it focuses on thinking while writing to improve not only students’ writing but also their reading skills. The chapter notes that the best thing we can do as teachers… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Classrooms That Work Ch. 4
Teaching Roald Dahl’s “The Witches”
What's everyone's favourite Roald Dahl book? It's hard, I know, because they're all perfection on a page. I've spent years reading and re-reading and teaching all of his novels and short stories and have finally decided that "The Witches" is my favourite. It's especially fun to teach and read aloud just to do the voice… Continue reading Teaching Roald Dahl’s “The Witches”
KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 9
Chapter nine in Becoming a Better Teacher is basically a summative conclusion. No new information is introduced so, to be totally honest, there's not much I can say about it. In case the reader has forgotten, the chapter discusses what was brought up in the first eight chapters and it poses the question: "what does… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 9
The Hunger Games in the Classroom
I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for the first time about five years ago when I assigned it to a group of students for a group study project. I ended up falling in love with the book myself and recently decided to re-read it on account of the soon-to-be-released film and the fact… Continue reading The Hunger Games in the Classroom
KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 8
Chapter eight in Becoming a Better Teacher continues on with the importance of questions. The chapter itself is titled "Action Research: Asking and Answering Questions About Practice" and sounded fairly daunting to me upon first read. The essential question posed is "how do questions teach?" and touches upon what has been discussed about questions in… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 8
Ten Films to Use as Primary Texts
Teachers tend to show films simply to accompany primary texts in the classroom. In English we'll show To Kill a Mockingbird as we read the novel, in Social Studies we show films like Passchendaele to accompany our lecture on the historic event. In Chemistry we'll show those amazing James Bond knock-off films to teach chemical… Continue reading Ten Films to Use as Primary Texts
KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 7
This week's chapter in Becoming a Better Teacher is all about reflection. As teachers, we are told consistently to reflect, and we do. I know that personally, I reflect upon each lesson and each day after completion and consistently ask myself what went well and what could have been done better. It's how we improve… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 7
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