Reading these articles enlightens my attitude towards strategies to motivate students in the classroom. We must not forget our power and carefully monitor teaching strategies and limiting our knowledge to self explore prior knowledge before we assume understanding of a subject. The ITRA directs dependent learning to student directed independent learning. Focusing on planning before instruction ; selecting and organizing during reading and intergration and applying solutions to everday problems is sometimes forgotten when strategies are implemented. The KWL chart is always affective. The post reading phase requires teacher to exercise judgement in selection of activities. Some things to remember
1) /discuss assignment for reading
2)organize info for students
3)evaluate and reflect
4)integrate with prior knowledge
I use these strategies although I'm kindergarten reading and research are at every center in theh classroom and when I introduce a new center such as presidents I gain insight by inquiring about prior knowledge of subject before we research interesting books about topics being taught. The students then have some independence as they explore new ideas about the topic and last they write about the topic.
Robin Hand