Assignment


 * Resources to explore on delicious stacks: **
 * Choose one or more of the resources in a stack, go to one or more of the stacks that interest you. **

**http://delicious.com/stacks/view/Ls82lm Science is Amazing**

**http://delicious.com/stacks/view/Q9AJGR Writing Inspirations**

**http://delicious.com/stacks/view/COpqqg Everywhere We Look is Math**

**http://delicious.com/stacks/view/Nqs4oa Freedom Riders and Freedom Writers: Civil Rights**

**Book Choices:**
 * //Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56//. Rafe Esquith, Penguin Books, 2007.


 * //Between Parent and Child: Updated and Revised//. Dr. Haim G. Ginott. Random House, 2003.


 * //Wally's Stories: Conversations in the Kindergarten//. Vivien Gussin Paley. Harvard College 1981.


 * //The Book of Learning and Forgetting.// Frank Smith. Teachers College Press, 1998.


 * //The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them//. Zlata Filipovic. Broadway, 1999.


 * //Stupidity and Tears: Teaching and Learning in Troubled Times//. Herbert Kohl. The New Press, 2005.


 * //Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America//. Paul Tough. Mariner Books, 2009.


 * //What Video Games Have To Teach Us about Learning and Literacy//. James Paul Gee. Palgrave, 2003.


 * //Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights//. Robert P, Moses & Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Beacon Press, 2001.


 * //“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations about Race//. Beverly Daniel Tatum. Basic Books, 1997.


 * //Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions about How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom//. Daniel T. Willingham, Jossey-Bass, 2010.


 * //The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates//. Wes Moore, Spiegel & Grau, 2010.


 * //The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls//. Joan Jacobs Brumberg. Vintage, 1998.


 * //How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk//. Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish, Harper, 1999 and either //Between Parent and Child//. Haim Ginott (revised edition), Three Rivers Press, 2003 or //Teacher and Child: A Book for Parents and Teachers//. Haim Ginott, Scribner, 1975.


 * //Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities//. Amanda E. Lewis, Rutgers University Press, 2003.

Read (and/or hear) **all of the resources on the page English Language Learning.**
 * Twelfth and Final Reading **** Assignment due 12/ 07 /10**


 * Twelfth and Final Writing **** Assignment due 12/ 07 /10**
 * Tutors who wrote this already are finished w/the assignment. Tutors who are teaching on Tuesday for the last class will email this assignment to Sharon by Monday, Dec.13. sedwards@educ.umass.edu **

Thank you for your planning and presentation to our course this semester as it is a major source of practicing teaching . **Please consider what you learned teaching your peers and reflect on the experience by writing about the following four topics:**
 * Content **: What did you learn about your topic that you did not know before doing this presentation?
 * Process **: What did you learn about the act of teaching by presenting your topic more than once to different groups of students?
 * Methods **: What did you learn about creating lessons for students by working with small groups to provide hands-on/minds-on experiences for your teaching and their learning?
 * Materials **: What did you notice was the reaction of groups to including technology as part of your teaching?

Go to the page Special Education and read the following selections
 * Eleventh Reading **** Assignment due 11/ 30 /10**
 * Universal Design for Learning
 * Conceptual Models for Disability
 * Differentiated Instruction and the Nine Types of Adaptations chart
 * Models for Successful Inclusion

Think of the students you are tutoring and write a refelction paper that addresses the following questions:
 * Eleventh Writing **** Assignment due 11/ 30 /10**
 * What are some of the problems they are facing in school and how might //**Differentiated Instruction**// or //**Universal Design for Learning**// strategies help them to learn?
 * Have you seen any adaptations in use in your school from the chart //** Nine Types of Adaptations? **//
 * If you are aware of Special Education students in the school, are they fully included? Partially included? Not included?
 * How effectively do you think the prevailing teaching methods are working for both regular and special education students?


 * Tenth Reading **** Assignment due 11/ 30 /10**
 * Go the page Envisioning Multicultural Schools for an outline of the assignment.**


 * Tenth Writing **** Assignment due 11/ 30 /10**

Answer the following questions after you finish your virtual visits to schools.

 * What school reform or educational change practices are advocated by the school?
 * What elements of the school do you believe will improve learning for students?
 * Would you choose to teach in the school you visited on the webquest? Why or why not?


 * Ninth Reading **** Assignment due 11/ 18 /10**
 * Go to this week's topic, Race and Racism and review the following selections:**
 * [|Study Finds Widespread School Segregation] from Northeastern University.
 * A [|2010 report finds an achievement gap between African American and White male students]
 * //Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males from// Schott Foundation website at []
 * Online NewsHour: A Conversation with Rudy Bridges and After Battling Racism, a Veteran Found Peace on his Golf Course

Write a two page reflection paper that addresses each of these questions from the ** Race and Racism ** page:
 * Ninth Writing **** Assignment due 11/ 18 /10**
 * **Do you see, hear, feel, or experience racism or discrimination on a daily basis? on an occasional basis? never?**
 * **Reflecting on your own ethnicity and heritage, what stereotypes are associated with your heritage or nationality?**
 * **What have teachers, mentors, or others done that have made an impression on you personally to demonstrate or promote understandings of diversity and multiculturalism and deconstruct racial stereotypes****?**
 * **Which of the readings or links below taught you something or affected you in a way that you will remember for a long time?**


 * Eighth Reading **** Assignment due 11/ 9 /10**
 * Read: Go to this week's topic, Gender Issues in Schools, to access these readings.**
 * **Impact of the Beauty Industry on the Self Image of Young Women**
 * **Where the Girls Are: Gender Equity Report**
 * **Girls' Gains Have Not Cost Boys**
 * **Putting the 'Boy Crisis' in Context**


 * Eighth Writing Assignment ** due **11/ 9 /10**


 * Please answer the Site Discussion questions at the top the page Gender Issues in Schools **.

**Seventh Reading **** Assignment due 11/2/10** Wiki page **How Students Experience School**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
 * Read **
 * ===**The Importance of School Connectedness** For Students===
 * === **//__What to Look for in a Classroom__// ** ===
 * ===**//Did You Know?//** ===
 * This video is a remix of a Powerpoint presentation originally created by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Brenman on Powerpoint slides. The remix into a short video was intended to captivate an audience's attention which a Powerpoint presentation did not achieve. **

Seventh ** Writing Assignment due either 11/ 2 /10 or 11/ 9 /10 as this assignment was posted so late in the week**. Please consider these questions in light of what you have chosen to major in, what you rejected or never considered as a major, and what you see yourself doing for a profession(s) in your lifetime of work.
 * 1) How has your view of yourself as a learner affected your school performance?
 * 2) How do your friends’ views of themselves as learners affect their school performance?
 * 3) How can you, the tutor, help students develop more positive beliefs about themselves as smart, capable learners who can succeed in school?
 * 4) Is there tracking of any sort that affects you as a student at the University, do you think?

Sixth ** Reading **** Assignment ** due 10/26/10 Wiki page Graduation Rates, School Dropouts and Achievement Gaps
 * Read**
 * Our summary of Ronald Ferguson's research on the Achievement Gap.
 * Math SAT Scores by race/ethnicity chart

Sixth ** Writing Assignment ** due 10/26/10
 * 1) Do ** Ronald Ferguson’s research findings ** and the ** SAT Math scores chart contradict**** your beliefs about the causes of achievement gaps **? **Explain why they do or why they do not.**
 * 2) Ferguson’s findings indicate a key to changing the achievement gap is **not homogeneous tracking**, **but modifying or changing teacher attitudes and practices with students**. Do your educational experiences provide evidence of how teacher attitudes and behaviors can be key to producing successful learning for students?
 * 3) **What teaching practices supporting academic achievement by all of your students** do you, a future classroom teacher, **plan to use** ?

Fifth ** Reading **** Assignment ** due 10/19/10 Wiki Page LGBT Students
 * Read the following selections**
 * 2007 National School Climate Study (review key findings)
 * 2001 Hostile Hallways report (read summary points on the wiki)
 * Take Action Against Bullying (review strategies)

Fifth ** Writing Assignment ** due 10/19/10 Write a one page reflection paper on how your elementary, middle or high school sought to address issues of school safety while providing support for LGBT students and families.
 * Did the school have anti-bullying policies?
 * Did teachers have a policy against the use of hateful language in class?
 * What other steps might have been taken to provide a safe learning environment for all students?

Wiki page Tutoring Writing **View these websites:** Press the drawer that says "Read". Then, without filling out search criteria, press the "Search Published Work" button. Read some of the work that students have published in this site. If you have never accessed this source for learning about writing conventions, search for something that you are always wondering about and see what you learn.
 * Fourth** ** Reading **** Assignment ** due 10/5/10
 * Read the following selections**
 * **Writing and School Reform**
 * **Writing Process Fit for Young Readers**
 * **Student Attitudes Toward Writing**
 * **National Gallery of Writing** [|http://galleryofwriting.org]
 * **Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing** []

Fourth ** Writing Assignment ** due 10/5/10 Writing has been characterized as the "Neglected R" in schools today. As you think about your own experiences with writing in school, write a two to three page reflection paper that addresses the following questions:
 * Why do many elementary, middle and high school students (particularly boys) struggle with writing in school?
 * How can teachers use the technology popular among children and adolescents (smartphones, social networking sites) to develop their students' talents as writers?
 * How do you intend to support students with their writing assignments in your current role as a tutor and your future role as a classroom teacher?

Wiki page Tutoring Mathematics [|http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/328/index.html#algebra]
 * Third Reading Assignment due** 9/28/10
 * Open the link below and scroll down the screen until you see **Class Act** and under that, **The Algebra Project**. In the box to the right, click **Video**. ADVANCE THE VIDEO PLAYER TO 12:30, and view a video about Dr. Moses's and the Algebra Project.
 * Read the article__//<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[| Reading Coaching for Math Word Problems] //__
 * Read the article [|Kids Master Mathematics When They're Challenged, But Supported]

Write a two to three page reflection paper that includes addresses each of the following questions:
 * Third Writing Assignment ** due 9/28/10
 * 1) What do you think might happen to the math learning if all students who are not succeeding were able to participate in **The Algebra Project**? What do you think would occur if all students could participate in such a program?
 * 2) After reviewing **//"Reading Coaching for Math Word Problems"//** //which of these strategies might have helped you with learning math and if any of these are strategies do you think you might use in your tutoring?//
 * 3) What are you thinking about math and yourself as a math learner after reading, **//"Kids Master Mathematics When They Are Challenged But Supported"//**?
 * 4) What are you wondering about both in terms of tutoring math and of tutoring in general?


 * Second Reading Assignment due 09/21/10**
 * Wiki page,** Tutoring Reading.


 * **Listen to the first 13 minutes** of a podcast from //This American Life,// broadcast on National Public Radio, where **Geoffrey Canada** explains why he created the Harlem Children's Zone, <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #ff0000; padding-right: 10px;">[].


 * **Read pages 1-7 of the Executive Summary** of the report, **Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Initiatives/KIDS%20COUNT/123/2010KCSpecReport/Special%20Report%20Executive%20Summary.pdf. **


 * **Read the National Council of English position paper**, [|A Call to Action: What We Know About Adolescent Literacy and Ways to Support Teachers in Meeting Students' Needs].

Write a paper in which you address the following questions:
 * Second Writing Assignment ** due 09/21/10
 * **Who** reads?


 * **What do you read** throughout a day and a week?


 * What do you read on **paper**? on the **computer**? on a **phone, iPod Touch, iPad**?


 * What do you read that **does not have words**?


 * How did you **learn to read print symbols**?


 * What would you **like to be able** to read?


 * What **strategies do you know to use** to support the students you will be tutoring with reading?

First ** Assignment ** due **01/25/11**

**Read** all of the information from TUTORING IN TEAMS and answer the discussion questions to prepare for discussion next class.

**Please read** Mulitple Intelligences and Mindsets : ** In Class Discussion Questions ** at the top of the page ** inform your reading of the topics **. Read these first.

**First Writing Assignment ** due 09/14/10

**Teachers and tutors are critical to student success**. ** Write a 2 page paper in which you describe the characteristics ** **of the person you consider to be one of the best teachers you have met in your life**.

** Answer these questions ** in your description: How was this person different from others in motivating and supporting you to achieve successful learning? Did this person affect your **mindset** in positive ways? Did this person include in instructional methods strategies that apply to the theory of **Multiple Intelligences** ?