The Tompkins chapter for this week was a nice way to recall TE 301, including concepts of print and how to assess this knowledge in our students. I couldn't help but remember my child study student from last year and where he stood. He was a fluent reader in that he could successfully show me how to read through a book, along with a steady reading pace and high comprehension skills.
I particularly enjoyed the Holliman article about centers. I see centers in my kindergarten placement, but they have to focus so much on literacy that I don't see too much diversity in the topics. This chapter was particularly helpful in determining exactly how the centers are developed, including deciding what the overall goal is for the students who choose to go to it. This is another element that I don't see in my classroom: the students' choice to go to whichever center they want. Obviously some classrooms need more structure than others, particularly because my students are so young. However I would be interested to see how well these would work in an older classroom, maybe 3rd-4th grade. I personally had never experienced centers when I was in elementary school, so using these would be all new to me. I'm considering buying Holliman's book because of all the helpful elements there seem to be in it.
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