Could You and Your Students Use a Poetry Getaway?

Abstract

This article offers teachers and students an idea for a curriculum‐related poetry break or “poetry getaway.” The teacher identifies poems that relate to classroom content or themes; then, he gathers a series of objects that connect to the poems and places them in a suitcase. When it appears that everyone could use a poetry getaway, a student is invited to select an object from the suitcase. The teacher connects the object to one of the poems and the curriculum before reading the poem. Students and teachers then return to their work having had a short break in the form of a poetry getaway. The author also provides suggestions of a diverse group of poetry resources to support themes in mathematics, physical fitness, social studies, language arts, and science.

An Adapted Dialogic Reading Program for Turkish Kindergarteners from Low Socio-economic Backgrounds

“…Although studies conducted in other countries showed that DR have continuing effects in later years (e.g. Nelson, 2005;Snow et al, 1998;Spira et al, 2005;Vellutino et al, 2003), we cannot claim the same to be true for Turkish kindergarteners due to cultural differences. Therefore, the need for systematic investigation of longer term effects as children progress into higher grades in Turkey remains.…”

Anasınıfı Çocuklarının Erken Okuryazarlık Beceri Profili: Ankara Örneklemi

“…This achievement is made through the interaction of complex cognitive processes. In this course, early literacy skills are assumed to be a prerequisite for proper development of reading proficiency and research investigating the relationship between early literacy and later reading performance indicated that this is one of the most powerful predictive of reading (Nelson, 2005;National Early Literacy Panel, 2008;Spira, Bracken and Fischel, 2005;). According to this position, reading difficulties may originate from the deficits at the initial level (at early literacy level) and many researchers consider that proper functioning early literacy skills are the most basic requirement of reading proficiency (National Early Literacy Panel, 2008;Sulzby and Teale, 1991;Uzuner, 1997;Whitehurst and Lonigan, 1998).…”

“…Erken okuryazarlık becerileri ile okuma başarısı arasındaki ilişkinin incelendiği pek çok çalışmada, erken okuryazarlık becerilerinin çocukların ilkokuldaki okuma performansının en güçlü yordayıcıları arasında olduğu ifade edilmektedir (Nelson, 2005;National Early Literacy Panel, 2008;Spira, Bracken ve Fischel, 2005;Vellutino, Scanlon ve Lyon, 2003). Konuya ilişkin boylamsal çalışmalar, ayrıca, bu becerilerin okuma başarısı ile birlikte genel akademik başarının ve sosyal beceri gelişiminin de önemli bir yordayıcısı olduğunu göstermektedir (Cabell, Justice, Konold ve McGinty, 2011;Cunningham ve Stanovich, 1997;Dickinson ve Tabors, 2001;Justice, Invernizzi, Geller, Sullivan ve Welsch, 2005;McCardle, Scarborough ve Catts, 2001;Missall, ve diğ., 2007;Snow, Burns ve Griffin, 1998;Spira ve diğ., 2005;Whitehurst ve Lonigan, 2001).…”

Investigation of the Relationship between Phonological Decoding and Word Reading Speed and Accuracy in Developmental Perspective

“…(Abou-Elsaad vd., 2015;Ehri, Nunes, Stahl ve Willows, 2001;Joseph ve McCachran, 2003;Kjeldsen, Kärnä, Niemi, Olofsson ve Witting, 2014;Makhoul, 2017;Rakhlin,Cardoso-Martins ve Grigorenko, 2014;Report of the National Reading Panel, 2000;Schatschneider, Carlson, Francis, Foorman ve Fletcher, 2002;Share, 1995;Shaywitz ve Shaywitz, 2005;Snow, Burns ve Griffin, 1998;Stanovich, 2000;Troia, 2004;Vellutino, Fletcher, Snowling ve Scanlon, 2004). Ayrıca bu beceride yaşanan sınırlılıklar, ilkokulun ilk yıllarından başlayarak yetişkinliğe kadar zayıf okuyucuların belirlenmesinde kullanılan önemli göstergelerden biridir (Nelson, 2005;Reid, 2009;Spira, Bracken ve Fischel, 2005;Vellutino vd., 2004). Bu açıdan bakıldığında, erken dönemde yapılacak sesbilgisel bilgi ve becerileri destekleyici çalışmaların ileride oluşabilecek okuma problemlerinin giderilmesinde etkili olduğu söylenmelidir (Abbott ve Berninger, 1999;Goodman, Libenson ve Wade-Woolley, 2010;Torgesen ve Hudson, 2006).…”