http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:49:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Looking Glass Wars - Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor This is going to be a bit of a stub review so as not to spoil anything for new readers. Beddor has an interesting take on the Wonderland universe. Redd is Alyss's Aunt, who attempted to usurp Alyss's rightful place as Queen ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2010/01/the-looking-glass-wars-arch-enemy/ “Writing workshop is the best way to implement the writing process (Atwell, 1998; Fletcher & Portalupi, 2001). Students write on the topics that they choose themselves and assume ownership of their writing and learning. At the same time, the teacher's role changes from being a provider of knowledge to serving ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/11/whatever-you-want/ I had on a dog collar, and a dog eared hat for my kid's Halloween party at school. One kiddo, Alex, after confirming that I was a dog asked me, where are the little thingies that hang down were. So I asked him, you mean the dog tags that are ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/10/woof/ A year ago I posted this: No More Facebook For Me My husband was adamantly against facebook and I decided it wasn't worth the strife in our marriage and let it go. Patience is a good thing. I started getting friend requests from people that I hadn't seen in years that ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/10/facebook-for-me/ So, I've started letting Hazel, who is six years old and in first grade, type on the computer in Open Office. Her file is called surprises for me, since she's basically writing to me, but it's also got this journal quality to it. I sat down at the computer to ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/10/what-hazel-wrote-on-the-computer/ Syllables is an interesting topic. Cunningham talks about clapping syllables and having categories of words to play around with when learning this concept. (Cunningham, 2009) It brought to mind what my daughter's first grade teacher does in her class. She has these “caught being good” cards which she hands out ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/10/syllables/ I realized that not everyone knows what ELL stands for. It stands for English Language Learners. I hardly ever hear ESL anymore which stood for English as a Second Language. Basically ELL students are those whose primary language is something other than English. http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/09/ell/ Botelho and Rudman (2009) speak about the oppression against the lower classes and against slaves in learning how to read. Upper classes were afraid that the low class folk would start having higher aspirations and that was a threat to their superior position. If slaves were learned they would be ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/09/literacy-oppressions/ A few days ago Hazel, who turned six years old last month, started asking me some interesting questions at the dinner table. Not, where do babies come from, but how do they come out. Our conversation went something like this. Hazel: Mom, if babies aren't cut out how do they come ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/06/how-do-babies-come-out/ I know, 100%, the difference between these three words, there, their, they're.  I know how they are to be used.  So, imagine my horror when I found a grievous error whilst rereading an ish of my old Ruthiechan's Station: e-APA Division fanzine .  The sentence read thus; "They’re music is, really cool."   . ... http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress/2009/05/there-theyre-their-now/