Becoming a life-long language/literacy learner............on the road to success!
The purpose of this site is to encourage and facilitate the teaching and learning of language/literacy skills….for the 21st century.
This site is designed to be a resource for teachers and specialists and adult educators who work with students who are struggling with language/literacy learning.
Our commitment is to the success of students with ability that has not yet been realized--students with learning disabilities, students from economically or educationally disadvantaged situations, students in need of different learning opportunities.
We focus on 3 areas:
^Language Development
^Early Identification and Intervention of language/literacy/ challenges
^Learning how to learn
Our focus on Language/Literacy has included attention to reading comprehension problems, the development of vocabulary, and the role of oral language in the classroom.
Reading Comprehension: S.P.O.K.E.S
S.P.O.K.E.S. is a framework for addressing all 4 of the language arts. When students learn the 6 SPOKES skills and master at least one strategy for each skill, they will be on the road to applying those skills and strategies across reading, writing, speaking and listening. We begin with Reading Comprehension.
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The Journey Begins: Reading Comprehension
Introduction to Reading Comprehension
Introduction to S.P.O.K.E.S. Reading Comprehension
(Including Excerpts from S.P.O.K.E.S. Teacher's Manual, Toomey, F, Scobie, B, Toomey, G (C, 2007)
Checkpoints Along the Way:
Self-Management
Purpose
Organization
Knowledge Building
Elaboration
Stop and Record
Images from Microsoft Office (except SPOKES logo)
Wiki Author: Fran Toomey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, St. Michael’s College
Toomeyand12@gmail.com
Links:
Introduction to Fran
About Us
EXPLORIENCE
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Comments (3)
milksc@wsdvt.org said
at 8:58 am on Jun 30, 2009
I like your changes! Your site is easy to follow and has a lot of great information!
Cris
katia Hameg said
at 10:07 pm on Jul 5, 2009
This looks great Fran.
Excellent
partonta@unit5.org said
at 9:07 am on Jul 21, 2009
Fran and George, Great site. What a means to get an online community together to understand, share, and reflect upon this vital area of adolescent reading comprehension. I can't wait to share this information with our district. Talk to you soon, wonderful information and resource!-Tom
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