What do you feel were one of the most impactful parts of these two periods? by Katherine Hallford https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal en-us 2023-04-13 23:37:03 UTC 2023-04-14 01:16:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Silent Reading https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553867779 Establishing the shift from reading proficiency as oral elocution to silent reading (including speed and comprehension). This shift was so total that subsequent books didn’t have to specify silent reading, and it’s clearly still the norm today. It’s especially interesting as it moves literacy skills from a shared or familial domain (assumptions in 18th and 19th centuries around novel reading, for instance, were that novels were generally read out loud by a member of the family to many listeners) to a professional and individualistic domain. ]]> 2023-04-14 01:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553867779 Reading Aloud & Memorization Out https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553870192 It's interesting to see these two concepts leave the limelight, as they've both come back in and out of fashion to varying degrees over the years. Like much else in the world of education, we seem inured with trends and cycles in the very methods we espouse. Coincidentally, as I've been surveying my own approach to curriculum in the last few years and what my current students seem to most need, I've been thinking that I need to make more time for silent reading and journal freewriting again! ]]> 2023-04-14 01:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553870192 Convos in English Studies https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553871302 I don’t know if it was “impactful” but this discussion of the role of literature is one that resonates with me deeply. As someone who was brought up with a live of lit and have several degrees in it, I find it fascinating to have this conversation in my own life. To connect this presentation with the last, there is always pushback to Writing Studies work based in fear of rejection of literature. In reality, the disciplines speak to each other and build off the philosophies of the other one. While literature can help build reading habits, Writing Studies helps build writing habits and awareness and encourages students to challenge dominant ideologies. If done right, it supports new ways of thinking about literature rather than replacing it]]> 2023-04-14 01:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553871302 Story Hour https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553876212 Once a week students were able to discuss the stories they read. Children shared with one another the most interesting parts of the stories they had read since the last time they had met. At the end of each Story Hour, the children who gave the most interesting report and showed that he or she had read their book well. 

This is a great concept that should be shared with students today in the classroom or time needs to be devoted to it. We need to have students dive deeper into intellectual thought when it comes to interpreting text. It can provide opportunities for others to learn and hear about titles that might have otherwise not been selected on their own. 

How to carry out the recommendation
Potential roadblocks
  1. When students are talking with peers, some teachers believe they do not have control of the classroom discussion.
  2. Students do not understand how to conduct productive discussions about the text with one another.
  3. It is difficult to find time to prepare for classroom discussions.
  4. It is difficult to find time to devote to discussion when also teaching decoding skills, comprehension strategies, and vocabulary.
  5. Structure the discussion to complement the text, the instructional purpose, and the readers’ ability and grade level.

How to carry out the recommendation "high- quality discussion on the meaning of text".
  1. Develop discussion questions that require students to think deeply about text.
  2. Ask follow-up questions to encourage and facilitate discussion.
  3. Have students lead structured small-group discussions.
]]> 2023-04-14 01:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553876212 Silent Vs. Read Aloud https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553881747 It's interesting to see how the teaching of reading changed as the research evolved and developed, new methods of reading instruction were introduced. Some emphasized phonics-based instruction, while others emphasized whole language.  I particularly liked the part where you taught us that reading teachers at some point valued or emphasized the silent reading as a way of instruction; interestingly, this approach changed to the absolute opposite where teachers were taught to read aloud.  ]]> 2023-04-14 01:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hallfk1/koz4jw037cowjlal/wish/2553881747