How wonderful to see you so excited. Have you tried Making Words by Patricia Cunningham and Dorothy Hall. There is Making More Words, Making Big Words...etc. I loved it. The kids are given letters in a bigger word and asked to find patterns to help them make as many words as they can. Kim
On 3/6/07, Stephanie Ann Vander Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to thank everyone again for all of the suggestions I was given > about integrating quality strategies instruction into my short > lessons. I have been implementing many of your suggestions for about a > week and a half now (since the students have returned from winter > break)?My lessons have been going so well! I talked to one of the > teachers that I work with and asked if I could keep the same group for > a few days in a row instead of switching to a new group everyday. She > agreed, so now I don?t feel so rushed to get through the books she > wants me to work on with her students in such a short block of time. > So far we have been working on questioning. The kids love it. We > talked about how all good readers ask themselves questions to help > them to better understand what they are reading. As we went through > the book, we wrote down a list of all the questions we had and the > pages they came from. At the end of the book we looked at all of the > questions and decided if they were answered and where the answer came > from(later in the book, someone else knew the answer, ect). We still > need to talk about how asking all of these questions are helping us as > readers and then start weeding out the types of questions that don?t > really help. I am very impressed with what we have done so far and the > questions my students have been coming up with. I am looking forward > to working more with questioning and other strategies. Since the > students are getting better at their questions I think that next week > I will give them post it notes to keep track of their own questions. > Does anyone have any other suggestions for scaffolding this strategy? > > With my younger students, I have started using many of the sorts from > Words Their Way. This has been going very well also. There are so > many different kinds of sorts to do that the students are continually > engaged and don?t lose interest. I also love that the sorts can be > adapted to fit the level of each student. I work with some students > with picture cards and have them sort by initial sound, final sound or > short vowel sound. If anyone had done any sorts with students that > work well I would love to hear about these too! > > Thanks again for all of your help so far! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School Fresno, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
