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• 1    pesi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:32 am

  Professional Writng – during workshop:
  wait time during workshops – waiting to pass out handouts in order to maintain audience focus.

  MAPS AND FAT-Ps – Mode, Audience, Purpose, and Situation; Form, Audience, Topic and Purpose (Thanks Barbara).

• 2    mhsi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:35 am

  This day is going really well, but I’m starting to get tired.

• 3    Mary // May 3, 2008 at 10:36 am

  I learned that” cows are professionals” (Meyer, 2008)!!!!

  Moooooooo

• 4    Tom @ HVWP // May 3, 2008 at 10:40 am

  I really enjoyed today for a few reasons…

  I am certain that SI 08 is in good hands with this incredible group of people. It’s so cool how much we know as a group. We have knowledge that extends from working with Kindegarten to College. We have members of our group with knowledge of bilingual and special education. We have members of group with knowledge of technology and mathematics. We have members of our group who have taught English Language Learners, remedial learners, honors students, etc. Okay. It’s redundant, but I am really excited about the fact that Amy, Barbara, Bonnie, Diane, Gina, Jose, Katelin, Kathy, Lilah, Marisol, Mary, Mike, Paulette, Sarah, Steve, Susan, Terri, and me, TOM!

  This afternoon, I had fun thinking about bottom-up v. top-down reform. I was taken about the importance of teachers as writers, writing as difficult, writing to explore, writing to learn, writing to become a better reader, and on and on. I was also taken with Katelin’s masterful facilitation and process which permitted me to get back in the book, Because Writing Matters. Katelin was great at citing us…attributing names to ideas. How cool.

  Thanks for a great day.

  Tom

• 5    dianesi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:41 am

  The bright moment today was when I realized I could connect my professional writing piece with the topic of my TIW.

• 6    jgsi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:42 am

  Orientation has been an interesting learning experience. It has made me rethink how writing, reading, problem solving, critical thinking, professional responsibilities, learning, teaching, and the whole Education Enterprise are all related and corelated!
  This is wonderfully confusing and look forward to experiencing a profound clarification of this confusion as I navegate in the HVWP during this Summer Institute.

• 7    bcsi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:42 am

  It’s fun listening to someone else read a book I’ve read so many times before. Thanks Tom! I always say “And of course this is ‘The End’” when I show the picture of the duck’s tail in the air on the last page.

• 8    slsi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:44 am

  I was surprised during this morning’s journal writing to find myself, jumping off from an interview with Juno Diaz that I’d heard, thinking so deeply about my ELL students and their experiences. I feel that in my high school they’re the invisible, forgettable students; the annoying reminder in the back of the class that teachers are not reaching everyone. The prospect of writing something that would help other teachers ’see’ these students, perhaps even enter into what their school and home lives are like, is exciting.
  I was also struck again today, as I often am, at the political nature of teaching. So many meaningful conversations about teaching lead to issues of justice.

• 9    mmaloy // May 3, 2008 at 10:45 am

  A highlight that I would like to share about Orientation 2 is the review of the book Because Writing Matters.

  Although I was part of SI07 and read the book, after reading it this time and being in Katelin’s presentation, you come away with more insight and information on what the writer was conveying in the book.

  The importance of the practice of writing, as mentioned in the book, is one that I feel is essential in developing great writers. As an elementary teacher, I know that having the students practice writing definitely creates confidence in the students as writers and will show in their growth as writers!

• 10    cwsi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:46 am

  Today was great! I am looking forward to July and learning and sharing with a wonderful group of people.

• 11    Paulette // May 3, 2008 at 10:47 am

  Change, change, change. Had to change the name you see for me. I do not read code very well and I definitely do not have a face to go with it.

  How did you get the smiley face bcsi08?

• 12    lwsi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:47 am

  Two memories from today that emerge:

  Diane’s profound comment about how some children may think in pictures or abstract types of thinking rather than words. She commented on how we as teachers need to validate and foster that type of thinking by encouraging the use of pictures, graphics, etc.

  Katelin’s comment: “We ARE the click, clack, moo!” regarding teachers as advocates working in a bottom-up model within our professional lives. I loved that connection to how we started our day with Tom’s wonderfully expressive read aloud. : )

  So far I find the overarching tenet of the HVWP as “teachers as researchers” extremely inviting, exciting and validating. I am appreciative of the framework in which the workshop model runs. I’m excited to be a part of this collaborative group of critical thinkers who respect each other’s points of view and backgrounds.

  - Lilah

• 13    mhsi08 // May 3, 2008 at 10:48 am

  I was very interested in the discussion about Because Writing Matters. This seems like a book that will be reviewed many times in order to keep the ideas fresh in my head. I liked the part about needing to train the administraters and to take a more active role in planning our curriculum alignment. I really liked the area around page 47 that talked about the need for writing assignments to have good guidelines for structuring ideas and using appropriate scaffolding EG: describe your bedroom for a classmate who hasn’t seen it….

• 14    katelingrande // May 3, 2008 at 3:34 pm

  I have a personal element to share…

  I haven’t visited my blogspot for some time, and upon reviewing the comments that the few readers left (I was not a diligent blogger), I came across my father’s response to “Thanksgiving.” For anyone who think that the web and blogging cannot foster interpersonal relationships, please read (at least part of) the story, and more importantly the comment that follows:

  http://katelingrande.edublogs.org/2007/01/10/thanksgiving/

• 15    bcsi08 // May 7, 2008 at 10:56 am

  Here’s some confirmation (and a correction) to my statement regarding the types of vocabularies.
  From Reutzel, D. R., & Cooter, R. B. (2008). Teaching children to read: The teacher makes the difference. (5th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Inc.
  The 4 types of vocabulary from largest to smallest- listening, speaking, reading and writing.
  The last 3 types of vocab are noted as a subset of listening vocab by Reutzel and Cooter.

  I do remember seeing numbers attached to these somewhere, sometime, but I can’t locate it anywhere.

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