tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402280359110958086.post8612082412205267926..comments2022-03-04T13:42:49.959-08:00Comments on Tapping into Words: Exploring A Reading Liferscalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092273895970457755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402280359110958086.post-82380124943013623002012-08-09T08:30:16.623-07:002012-08-09T08:30:16.623-07:00The thoughts expressed about approaching our stude...The thoughts expressed about approaching our students with the 'assumption' that they come to us with reading lives, are powerful. I need to think about how to angle the beginning of the year unit to set that tone. Thanks....anyone with more thoughts on how you do this, please continue to share.Linda Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402280359110958086.post-34553714931953473982012-08-06T10:58:09.674-07:002012-08-06T10:58:09.674-07:00ryan, i think your point, about assuming that kids...ryan, i think your point, about assuming that kids do already have a reading life, is an important one. when i reflect on the years that i had the most reluctant readers and writers, it was my first two years of teaching when i think i didn't always approach my kids and my teaching with the position of you ARE, already, readers and writers and you DO, already, love to read and write. <br /><br />it's kind of like seeing intentions in what they're doing, or what we imagine them doing (oh, you're sitting and staring at a piece of paper - i see that you're storytelling in your mind (rather than being resistant to writing)). i think that my past three years, while i've certainly had struggling readers and writers and students who were more reluctant to read and write than most of their classmates, the difference has been assuming that they will, that they do, love to read and write. there is just no other option in our room.<br /><br />like you say, and peter johnston says, (your thoughts make me think of his work, too, in choice words, especially (i'm currently working my way through his new book)), the words we choose to use to talk around the work kids are doing and the work we want them to do matter so much and can most certainly shift the way that our kids see themselves within that work. naming them as readers, already, who have reading lives, already, seems like a small but significant shift. thank you!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18348075093262286179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402280359110958086.post-69208027096114584042012-08-05T18:07:52.953-07:002012-08-05T18:07:52.953-07:00Your blog looks great, Ryan! Can't wait to see...Your blog looks great, Ryan! Can't wait to see what you do with this. I enjoyed the video, as well. Great ideas!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408515341617877092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402280359110958086.post-78488960039585540112012-08-05T18:03:06.657-07:002012-08-05T18:03:06.657-07:00Great point about the title of Lucy's first un...Great point about the title of Lucy's first unit! :)Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408515341617877092noreply@blogger.com