February 2, 2010 READ 4534

1. READ 4534-001 Dr. Elizabeth Swaggerty February 2, 2010

2. REVIEW Response log entry feedback for #2 is available. Where do I look for scholarly articles? Google Scholar International Reading Association website National Reading Conference Yearbook Joyner Library “article” search Search Terms … Choose them carefully! Whole class discussion Article: Digital literacies go to school: Potholes and possibilities. Podcast: Dr. Julie Coiro: Online Reading Comprehension Read aloud: Super Completely and Totally the Messiest by Judith Viorst

3. Announcements Topic and Rationale paper due Feb 16th. Scholastic Book Orders … if you’re interested, browse online and use credit/debit card to purchase. Link on our Moodle site. Orders due by tomorrow night, February 3rd REAP Opportunity – Feb 3rd10-11:00, meet on second floor outside of Speight 219

4. Children correspond with adults about books they have read Adults are recruited from businesses, non-profits, and governmental agencies Tutorials coach adults in writing letters that comment on connections, ask open-ended questions and write in student-friendly language Video: NBC http://in2books.epals.com/content.aspx?caid=I2BCorp&divid=I2B_Video_new

5. Findings “Students who experienced In2Books as part of their instructional program were significantly more likely to have higher achievement levels in reading than students not in the program” (Teale & Gambrell, 2007, p. 731) http://www.in2books.com/downloads/Reading_Teacher_article.pdf

6. Writing Mini-Lessons Site, cite, sight? http://homepage.smc.edu/quizzes/cheney_joyce/citesitesight.html Plurals and possessives – what’s the difference??? Apostrophes… http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/apostrophe-1.aspx It’s vs. Its … what’s the difference??? This is wrong! This is right.

7. Set #3 Walker-Dalhouse, D., & Risko, V. J. (2008). Homelessness, poverty, and children's literacy development. The Reading Teacher, 62(1), 84–86. doi: 10.1598/RT.62.1.11 Podcast: Beating the Odds, Book by Book (2007). National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12840588&ps=rs

8. Byron Pitts Video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5352726n&tag=related;photovideo

9. Schools/teachers/students that “beat the odds” Struggling Readers

10. Read Aloud Meet Neil Gaiman “There are sneaking,creeping, crumpling noises coming frominside the walls. “ "I'll swap you my dad," I said. "Oh-oh," said my little sister. Film based on horror novella

11. By next Tuesday, Feb. 2nd …. RESPONSE LOG ENTRY for set #4 – LAST ONE! Williams, C., Phillips-Birdsong, C., Hufnagel, K., Hungler, D., & Lundstrom, R. P. (2009). Word study instruction in the K–2 classroom. The Reading Teacher, 62(7), 570–578. doi: 10.1598/RT.62.7.3 Mellon, E. (2009). Schools take a new direction on spelling, but some parents balk at eliminating traditional quizzes. Houston Chronicle.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/moms/6786453.html