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Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms
Pamela Farris, Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler, Iowa State University
Maria Walther
History of Reading and Writing

Portfolio Activities

Activity 2.1: The "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2002

Research how this act is being implemented in the school districts in your area. What new programs have been created? How have school budgets been impacted? What about accreditation requirements? Compile your findings into an easy-to-read table.

Activity 2.2: One-Room Schoolhouse

Visit a one-room schoolhouse museum and write a reflection on what it would be like to teach multiple grades today. What factors are different in your time, as compared to that era? What challenges existed back then that do not exist today?









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