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Susan Ruckdeschel
| Name | Susan Ruckdeschel |
| Location | New York, New York |
| Role | Director of Reading and Language Arts for Edison Learning |
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"Through ReadWriteThink I have learned to transfer research into action-steps. Aligning lessons with research and action-steps have created tools that have allowed me, and others, to move forward in good teaching practices. It doesn’t get much better than this!"
Students and teachers must realize a sense of ownership for their work in order to take responsibility for teaching and learning. With ownership comes learning, and teaching, from the inside. When students set goals that align with project and teacher goals, learning becomes meaningful and transfers across content areas. This is called empowerment. www.studentpeercoaching.com
Susan has a master's in education and is pursuing an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction.
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Contributions on ReadWriteThink.org |
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Mind Pictures: Strategies That Enhance Mental Imagery While Reading
Students create mental images while reading using a three-pronged approach: developing schemata and visual awareness; Watch-Read-Watch-Read (W-R-W-R), using video clips; and a strategy similar to the think-aloud approach.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance
Make connections across genres and across cultures to engage students in the study of literary voice and themes. Comprehension skills and vocabulary also come into play, especially for English language learners, as students read a novel and related poems, then write and perform original poems related to the novel.
Grades 3 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Scaffolding Comprehension Strategies Using Graphic Organizers
Students learn collaborative strategic reading (CSR). During and after reading, students apply four reading strategies—preview, click and clunk, get the gist, and wrap-up—and use graphic organizers for scaffolding.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Using Classic Poetry to Challenge and Enrich Students' Writing
This lesson sets poetry in motion when students experiment with poetic styles to improve their writing skills and enhance their understanding of poetry.
