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January 9, 2009 | Tagged early_literacy, field_study, teacher_inquiry | 4 Comments
I have a student who attends school infrequently and has a family history of moving when the school tries to ‘encourage attendance.’ I feel that this grade 2 year is a very important year for him as he still enjoys coming to school, even though he is well below grade level expectations. He is working at a Kindergarten level in Language Arts.
My field study is based on working to encourage maximum participation and learning when he is in attendance. The following is my question:
How will the use of a variety of technologies assist a student’s learning of the basic reading and writing skills?
I would appreciate any suggestions on this topic.
Jo-Anne Rennie
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I have a similar student in grade 7. I would say find out his interests and create assignments for him to find pictures online and write sentences about them. You could use the Tumblebooks that are online from the Fraser Valley Regional Library – they read aloud stories and you could have him answer a couple of questions about them. I discovered this site this year and really like using it to support my LA program. You should read the post below you as she also has another resource in her post.
I also teach grade 1/2. I send a list of websites that I feel parents may want to ‘bookmark’ for home use. I usually stick to math, some reading and some phonics stuff.
Providing your student has access to the internet/computer at home, you could possibly introduce a few learning/fun education sites at school that may create appeal for home???
I’ve listed a few on the other post.
School District #42 has an amazing new data base for district staff, educators, families and students. Go to: Schools.sd42.ca/erac/ and then to: Early Learning Programs, to see what may be available to you (ie. online sites/games that promote literacy).
Also, try writingfix.com and search for your grade level. It’s a little more intricate but with some digging you may find something useful for your purpose.
Perhaps in providing and encouraging these and other educational but interactive sites, the task of ‘learning’ would be less onerous, yet enjoyable thus meaningful for both student and caregivers.
Thanks, everyone. Lots for me to look into.