Language Arts, Vol. 80, No. 2, November 2002

Table of Contents

Issue Theme: Taking Time for Reflection

• Going Past Done: Creating Time for Reflection in the Classroom

  Kim Douillard

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  Abstract: A teacher describes how she developed Reflective Fridays, a day with time set aside to think, as a way to support young children in using reflection as a learning tool.

  Keywords: Pedagogy, Writing, Elementary

• "Wen the Flood Km We Had to Lv": Children's Understandings of Disaster

  Roberta Shreve, Karen Danbom and Sara Hanhan

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  Abstract: Reflection can support both teachers and students in the aftermath of a disaster. Time isneeded for children to reflect on their experiences and for teachers to reflect collectively on their students' art and writing.

  Keywords: Literacy, Research, Writing, Elementary, Media Studies / Journalism

• Inviting Reflection on Reading through Over the Shoulder Miscue Analysis

  M. Ruth Davenport and Carol Lauritzen

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  Abstract: This reading assessment procedure offers teachers a way of using miscue analysis in the course of a busy classroom day.

  Keywords: Assessment, Research, Reading, Elementary

• Teacher Planning as Responsible Resistance

  Betty Shockley Bisplinghoff

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  Abstract: A teacher shares how her process of self-study led to the development of a planning framwork that protected her from mandated packaged programs.

  Keywords: Assessment, Elementary, Professional Development

• Provocative Questions That Animate My Thinking about Teaching

  Michelle Commeyras

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  Abstract: A commitment to an education that promotes social and economic justice for all has led Commeyras to ask herself provocative questions so that she can better align her practices with her beliefs.

  Keywords: Literacy, Elementary

• Preparing Teachers for Reflective Practice: Intentions, Contradictions, and Possibilities

  Victoria J. Risko, Carol Vukelich and Kathleen Roskos

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  Abstract: Although teacher educators share an intention to initiate reflective critique in their classes, research indicates that they provide little guidance for teaching students how to reflect.

  Keywords: Research, Elementary, Professional Development

• READING CORNER FOR EDUCATORS: Valuing Students and Teachers as Thinkers

  Sonia Nieto, Jane E. Kelley-Pierce and Cynthia Rosenberger

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  Keywords: Reading, Elementary

• READING CORNER FOR CHILDREN: Children's Books That Encourage Reflection

  Junko Yokota and Mingshui Cai

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  Keywords: Reading, Elementary

• PROFILE: Some Lady! A Conversation with Dorothy Watson

  Rudine Sims Bishop

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  Abstract: Dorothy Watson is the 2002 Outstanding Educator in the Language Arts Award winner.

  Keywords: Elementary

• Thoughts from the Editors

  Jean Schroeder, Kathy Short, Gloria Kauffman, Sandy Kaser

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  Keywords: Elementary

• Virginia Hamilton: Celebrating a Lifetime of Stories

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  Keywords: Elementary

• SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING ON REFLECTION

  Anna Sumida and JoAnn Wong-Kam

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  Keywords: Elementary

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