San Francisco here I come!
In the morning I have an early flight to San Francisco. I will be attending the TRLD Conference. I have signed up for a workshop with Dave Warlick and Julie Coiro. I hope I get in both. This has been a last minute thing. We get to go to one conference a year and since NECC is local this year I’ll be at two! Hooray!
I did not know about this conference, just found it on the web. The keynote speaker is Ellin Oliver Keene. She the author of one of my favorite books, Mosaic of Thought.
I lucked out getting a great flight fare through Hotwire. Those of you who fly a lot share your tips for finding the best fare! It took me a long while and I just sort of stumbled onto this.
I will be blogging for the conference! Second hooray!
January 31st, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Mosaic of Thought is also one of my favourite books. I spent 4 years working in New York schools with teachers and Mosiac of Thought guided many of my discussions. I think the simple insight (in hindsight) that we don’t teach the stragegies that good readers use is very powerful once teachers latch onto it.
I often asked teachers to talk with struggling readers and one question to ask is what do they see when they read. Regularly teachers would be surprised that these kids don’t visualise anything because they are just struggling with decoding.
Enjoy your conference.