I'd never heard of this before until it was mentioned on this listserv. I've usually had my writing and reading workshops in the afternoons and have never noticed a problem. I have noticed more of a problem in the mornings, especially right before lunch! Elisa Waingort Calgary, Canada It is interesting that people say this. I had an administrator call me on the fact that I was following a Fountas and Pinnell schedule that placed Reading Workshop in the afternoon. He was pulling the old "more focused in the morning" line. I went online to try and find research to support his claim, but found the opposite. The only 2 pieces of research I could find on the information (which, of course, I no longer have the link for) found that brains acted differently after lunch/12:00 pm and that they were not able to hold information like math or science in their long term memory easily. However, they were able to read and hold the information that they read. It had to do with some kind of chemical reaction in their brains after eating. It was very interesting, however, I lost the fight that year! Julie/FL
On Jul 13, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Linda Buice wrote: > They really got the routine down and it was powerful > because many people I teach with, said kids can't read in the > afternoon. _______________________________________________ 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.
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