tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post8686854999977181813..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: "relative effectiveness of the primary senses"Catherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-20736602674028446222007-07-25T06:25:00.000-07:002007-07-25T06:25:00.000-07:00Catherine,When I go to Amazon and look at the Why ...Catherine,<BR/><BR/>When I go to Amazon and look at the Why Johnny Can't Write book, the cover appears to be something else. Is that right?<BR/><BR/>I'm a tad confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-64073726583922118262007-07-24T21:28:00.000-07:002007-07-24T21:28:00.000-07:00I think reciting things works because you are forc...I think reciting things works because you are forced to pay attention to what you are saying. <BR/><BR/>I use it quite a bit when I want to memorise something.Tracy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999246551652981965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-57110446479963931352007-07-24T16:05:00.000-07:002007-07-24T16:05:00.000-07:00. . . and 83 percent of all the statistics you see.... . . and 83 percent of all the statistics you see are made up (even if these unlikely numbers are correct, how would anybody know?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-48860925204798205502007-07-24T13:54:00.000-07:002007-07-24T13:54:00.000-07:00Hmm, I think that Ken Spencer left out writing. Yo...Hmm, I think that Ken Spencer left out writing. <BR/><BR/>You can thinking of listening and talking as receptive and broadcast forms of oral language, and reading and writing as the same for printed language.<BR/><BR/>So Ken addresses listening, talking, and reading....but not writing. <BR/><BR/>An omission I think.Jenny D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00387495194556407445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-25570240661930109102007-07-24T08:15:00.000-07:002007-07-24T08:15:00.000-07:00Speaking of "Animals in Translation," I finished t...Speaking of "Animals in Translation," I finished the book while we were on vacation. I had check the book out from our local library, but it's a book I want to own, so purchasing a copy is on my "To Do" list.<BR/><BR/>Put simply, the book is outstanding. I have been promising Catherine that I would attempt to collect my thoughts about the effect of discovery learning on high-anxiety kids, and a passage in the book about high-anxiety animals provides a relevant analogy. So, I will try to get something posted about that in the next day or two.Karen Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132085963945807124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-42627950260116155152007-07-24T07:32:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:32:00.000-07:00I also happen to think the technique of reciting o...I also happen to think the technique of reciting out loud is very effective. Another way in which it can be effective is that when you say something out loud, you begin to realize where your own gaps are in what you think you know and what you actually know.Karen Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132085963945807124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-18695231001341931052007-07-24T07:28:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:28:00.000-07:00We were in Kansas last week visiting family and wh...We were in Kansas last week visiting family and while we were there, I visited with M., a friend of my mom's who will be 90 years old this fall. (I'm writing a poem about her in honor of her 90th birthday.)<BR/><BR/>M attended first through 8th grade at a one room country school house. (She went to town for high school.) There were approximately 15-20 kids at the school and the teacher was responsible for teaching all 8 grades and all subjects. <BR/><BR/>M mentioned that she didn't remember there being any disciplinary problems; when the teacher was having one group of kids recite, the others would be doing their work. She specifically used the word, "recite."Karen Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132085963945807124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-52982953598275057042007-07-24T07:22:00.001-07:002007-07-24T07:22:00.001-07:00I've also discovered two brilliant books on writin...I've also discovered two brilliant books on writing instruction. <BR/><BR/>Incredible.<BR/><BR/>Buried treasure.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-50748003526435104422007-07-24T07:22:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:22:00.000-07:00The Precision Teaching material is revelatory, btw...The Precision Teaching material is revelatory, btw.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to get it posted.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-77136589783598615552007-07-24T07:20:00.001-07:002007-07-24T07:20:00.001-07:00I can still hear that recitation thirty years late...<I>I can still hear that recitation thirty years later.</I><BR/><BR/>Me, too.<BR/><BR/>It's not going away, EVER.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-1607571202359938422007-07-24T07:20:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:20:00.000-07:00I absolutely believe this.I was taught phonics in ...I absolutely believe this.<BR/><BR/>I was taught phonics in 2nd grade by an old-school spinster teacher who had also taught my dad.<BR/><BR/>She had us stand in the class and recite syllables. This is DEEPLY imprinted in my brain; I can still hear the class chanting; I can see it in my mind's eye.<BR/><BR/>"bla - ble - bli- blo - blu"<BR/><BR/>We'd chant the vowels, the short ones as I recall, with different consonant blends.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-27014423696035496992007-07-24T07:18:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:18:00.000-07:00In a thread a few days ago, I mentioned "German ir...<I>In a thread a few days ago, I mentioned "German irregular verbs" as one of the things I learned by rote and that I still remember.</I><BR/><BR/>Which thread was that??<BR/><BR/>I have to catch up - !Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-52491866871384373122007-07-23T19:18:00.000-07:002007-07-23T19:18:00.000-07:00In a thread a few days ago, I mentioned "German ir...In a thread a few days ago, I mentioned "German irregular verbs" as one of the things I learned by rote and that I still remember. The way I learned them was that my teacher would begin each class with a group recitation, in alphabetical order, of each verb in turn.<BR/><BR/>I can still hear that recitation thirty years later.Doug Sundsethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848091504066560951noreply@blogger.com