tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post4221295234224014898..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: strategies not contentCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-69759111406570327612010-01-11T12:33:39.711-08:002010-01-11T12:33:39.711-08:00I put up a long piece about this at the Core Knowl...I put up a long piece about this at the Core Knowledge Blog about a phenomenon that I describe as "literacy creep" -- the ever-growing tendency for explicit reading instruction to spread to all grades and content areas from one end to the other of K-12. By suggesting that students need a literacy-driven approach to every subject, we ignore the obvious: we're not paying enough attention to content knowledge. Instead of adding explicit literacy instruction across content areas, we should be doing the opposite: emphasizing content in elementary literacy instruction.<br /><br />http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2010/01/11/literacy-creep/Robert Pondisciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091207852645712158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-57424867638193584212010-01-09T12:41:53.923-08:002010-01-09T12:41:53.923-08:00I read the first link you listed and realized I do...I read the first link you listed and realized I do that automatically with a NF book. I read up to Chapter 1... word for word, then quite often read the conclusion next. From there I might skip around the book, but I always figure out exactly what the book is about first.<br /><br />Probably b/c I do that even with Fic. I'm a skimmer. If it's really good I'll read word for word... but since I read A LOT and since I was 3 daily (truly... ask my Mom about my being banned from the reading corner in kindergarten and told to go and play)... I tend to skim and read endings right after the first chapter.<br /><br />I've noticed the lack of "literature" or "classics" in the curriculum. For the eldest's home reading for school we've been reading them or fiction/nonfiction stories about history. Usborne books, has a good selection of "classics", "shakespeare" in coloquial english and child friendly.farmwifetwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680758336779501712noreply@blogger.com