Boysliteracy

Let's face it; many boys do not like to read. So how do we, as teachers help support them for long-term success?

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What is a number Talk?

This video gives a great example on how to use a number talk in a grade 1 classroom and how it changes her teaching.

Dot Talks: Building Fluency with Numbers https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/addition-math-lesson-ousd via @TeachingChannel

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10 Tools to Promote Number Talks

Explore 10 Tech Tools to promote number talks with your students.

This is a helpful resource for incorporating technology into number talk sessions. 

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What is a number Talk?

This video gives a great example on how to use a number talk in a grade 1 classroom and how it changes her teaching.

Dot Talks: Building Fluency with Numbers https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/addition-math-lesson-ousd via @TeachingChannel

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Mini dry erase boards are a fantastic way to quickly assess students’ understanding. They enable every student to show his/her answer at the same time, and they are versatile: they can be used for whole group instruction, small guided groups, and/or learning centers.

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      Completing my Special Education Part 1 Additional Qualification has been an extremely enriching experience. As much as I love being a teacher, I love being a student as well. I definitely plan to further my professional growth in the subject area of special education in the future. I am looking to complete my Special Education - Part. 2 within the next year. I feel that it is important to have at the very least, a base knowledge about the learning needs of exceptional students, as children are being more effectively and formally diagnosed and require accommodations, modifications and alternate learning programs. 

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Every kid is a reader…some just haven’t found their favorite book yet" - Busem Dogan

It’s no secret that boys are particularly unmotivated when it comes to reading. I think that by knowing your students and offering them choices that pertain to their interests, you can foster a love for reading at any age. (via boysliteracy)

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Understanding Boy's Learning Styles

In order to keep the boys in your classroom engaged:

keep lessons active, break down skills into small chunks, and be short and to the point

Incorporate high yield strategies, differentiated instruction and provide opportunity for active learning experiences

Provide step by step instructions and allow boys to have control over their thinking  

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By making language arts kinesthetically pleasing, you will avoid these unimpressed expressions!

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Using the Arts to Bring Literacy To Life

Incorporating  dramatic performances, music, poetry, visual art and dance into language activities will help students build a strong work ethic and foster empathy. This will cater especially to the boys in the classroom, keeping them interested in learning and literacy. #boysliteracy

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"Utilizing role models may be our most powerful tool in motivating boys to become lifelong readers." William G. Davis Junior Public School

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Encourage interactions with sports organizations with athletes who support literacy.

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Invite fathers, grandparents, uncles and elders into the classroom to encourage boys on their reading journey's.

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Influencing Boys' Attitudes Through the Use of Role Models

Boys are more inclined to read if they see others in the classroom, community or at home that they look up to interested in literature and placing an emphasis on literacy. Some ways to foster this in the classroom are:

Recruit role models from the community

Invite in or make an example of heroes and mentors who place a value on literacy

Show the students that you yourself and other adults in the school enjoy and value reading

Help identify the characteristics of positive role models and effective mentors