I just noticed on the Colorin Colorado website:
http://www.colorincolorado.org/homepage.php a link to a webcast on this very
subject. The webcast deals primarily with ELL students, but perhaps it can
be helpful to many of you. Just click on the link to the webcast that is
available online anytime.
Program description
Many students encounter difficulty as they transition from "learning to
read" to "reading to learn" in fourth grade, and this difficulty can be even
more pronounced for English language learners. Why do so many students
experience what is often referred to as the "fourth grade slump"? What can
teachers do to make the transition into the upper elementary grades less
difficult, especially for their ELLs? This webcast explores effective
strategies for instruction and assessment that can help teachers address
these important questions.
In addition, you will find at this site a long list of online articles and
resources related to this topic.
Shirley Lukenbill, Librarian
Wooldridge Elementary, Austin (TX) ISD
and Lecturer, School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
sluken@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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There's an article in the lastest issue of Newseek called "Fourth-Grade
Slump." (p. 47) There's a useful statistic if you are looking to increase
or justify your budget or if you're looking to promote an SSR program. I
like to collect these tidibits because you never know when one might come in
handy! As someone whose budget underwent a drastic cut this year I need
more ammo! The article says that fourth grade is a turning point for many
kids. A 2006 survey by Scholastic found that 40% of kids age 5 through 8
read every day. By fourth grade it drops to 29%. "Kids need to use a wide
range of reading materials--nonfiction and expository writing--and lots of
vocabulary words."
Lisa Nocita, LMS
lnocita@barstowschool.org
The Barstow School
11511 State Line Road
Kansas City, MO 64114
816-277-0308
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