Cara M. Mulcahy, Central Connecticut State University Critical literacy is a mindset; a way of viewing and interacting with the world. It is not merely a method or an approach to the teaching of literacy or the language arts. Much…
The Impact of Expository Text Structure Knowledge on Fifth and Eight Grade Students’ Expository Writing
Susan Lareau, Central Connecticut State University Joseph Pandolfio, Kennelly School-Hartford Deborah Rand, Windham Center School-Windham Carolyn Turner, Dr. Joseph J. Bellizzi Middle School-Hartford Introduction “The face of content area literacy instruction is changing. Once associated exclusively with middle and high…
Professional Conversations to Enhance Reading Research Understandings
Pam Govertsen-Kahn, Middletown Public Schools Jill Pilon, East Farms School, Farmington, CT Statement of Purpose In the Spring of 2004, we took the graduate course, Design, Management and Supervision of Reading Programs at the University of Connecticut. The class was…
Connecticut State Department of Education Initiatives
Kristina Elias and Joseph Gambini CDSE Reading/Language Consultants The State Department of Educations has had a number of new initiatives this year. In September, the Third Generation of the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) was given for the first time. Teachers…
Matching Children With Texts: A Study of Parental Knowledge
Antoinette Fornshell CARR Scholarship Winner, 1999 As a language arts consultant, I have helped countless teachers understand the importance of matching children with books. I have come to realize that as teachers, we look at books differently than the average…