MCTE Fall Workshop 2005

Jeffrey D. Wilhelm More resources: Using think-aloud strategies (includes an interview with Jeff) Work based on Jeff's residency in Tasmania Voices from the Middle article - Literacy By Design, Why is All This Technology So Important?
About 130 teachers participated in the workshop. There were 52 teachers from Edina.

Puzzling over the pattern of the cube.	This group has the answer. Or do they?

Investigating essential questions	Mary Beth Blegen in a state of "flow."

Using a picture representation for a non-fiction article about cockroaches.



Examining transcripts of class discussion for best examples of teacher questions.
Jeff modeled frontloading with forum dramas and good/bad angel hotseating. As he read the beginning of The Chaser by John Collier aloud, he also modeled using a Directed Reading Thinking Activity in making inferences using Rules of Notice.* * Rules of Notice from Wilhelm's Improving Comprehension with Think-aloud Strategies (Scholastic), handout found at http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/ comprehension/strategies.htm
	Setting up an enactment for "The Chaser"

Receiving advice from a "good angel" . . .	. . . and from a "bad angel"