I agree with Karen's comments about the Thompkins chapters. It is neat to see the actual logistics of teaching young students to read and write. However, it is hard build a realistic picture of since it is not something I see in my 5th grade classroom. My students seem to have developed past this stage. As would be expected, though if students must read fluently by the 3rd grade like was mentioned.
My favorite chapter was chapter 2 of the Scaffolding Language Scaffolding Learning Text. I know, atleast for myself, that in my past experiences that I have had times that my class has been asked as a young student to sit quitely and do individual work. It felt as though we were not allowed to talk unless explicitly talken to. This is necessary at times. Yet, because of this I guess I never really thought of the relevance of Talking to the classroom. Especially since it is Literacy that is taking place all of the time, even though we might not think about it or even realize it.
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In my classroom I see at lot of the same thing. My students most of the time are not supposed to talk unless the teacher calls on them. They cannot even answer simple questions that another student might have. I think that this lack of interaction is not good. Students can benefit greatly by the ideas of other students. I think there needs to be some boundaries when it comes to talking in the classroom but I think that you cannot completely eliminate it like my CT does.
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