Wow, I almost envy you...It sounds like you can do whatever you want. Why don't you follow some of the philosophies of MOT and Lucy Calkins (writing and reading) and others that we've talked about. I know that seems too broad, but for reading you could use trade books to teach the strategies. I think someone on this list gave this link out,
http://www.devstu.org/making_meaning/videos/index.shtml which has it all organized for you. I've even downloaded the book lists for myself. It even has assessments built in. It looks like a great place to start. Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm reading the first edition. Well, I've asked a couple of the questions I had already. One was about round-robin reading, the other addresses interventions vs. good teaching. If you go to the archives, you can read them there. Everyone that responded helped me tremendously, but if you have any suggestions, that would be great. Someone suggested I was making some of this too hard. While that may be true, I'm struggling with specifics, since the guidelines I'm getting seem so vague to me. We don't have a reading program, no basal, etc. We don't give grades, and we don't give tests (other than the Iowa test and the NC End of Grade test. I don't have access to the QRI or DRA. I'm wondering then, what I can use to document student progress (or lack of progress). In the past I've used the dastardly DIBELS, and running records. I recently purchased Tim Rasinski's 3 minute fluency book, and that looks good. I guess I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum from most teachers, but I still have to document students to get help for them. (At our school, only students with IEPs can get extra help from our resource teacher.) Like I said, there have been some fabulous ideas, but I'm always open to more! "Hulke, Michelle" wrote: The first edition has a blue cover and the new edition has purple on the cover. Having read both editions it seems they are quite similar except in the new edition Allington talks about NCLB and in general he seems to elaborate more...which may be due to newer research being available. Looking forward to the thread, Joy. Where there specific questions/thoughts you wanted us all to discuss?Our district book club did chapters 1 and 2 today. I cannot recommend this book highly enough! Michelle 1/2 - IL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Joy Sent: Mon 7/23/2007 10:12 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Cc: Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What Really Matters - Joy I'm looking at my book, and comparing it to the one online, and I guess I'm reading the first edition, although I think I may have the second edition lying around here somewhere. (Lost in the milieu of my obsessive book collection. It's probably sitting next to my copy of Elaine's book which I can't locate either!) I've been a reading machine this summer! Hopefully, I'll run across it as I further organize my classroom. "Hulke, Michelle" wrote: Hi, Joy. I am facilitating a book club with a coworker this coming week on this exact book. Did you read the new edition? I'd love to see your thread on it. Michelle 1-2 multiage/IL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Joy Sent: Sat 7/21/2007 12:38 PM To: Mosaic Cc: Subject: [MOSAIC] What Really Matters . . . Hey everyone, I just finished rereading Richard Allington's What Really Matters for Struggling Readers, and I have some questions for my expert friends on this list. I'm going to post them separately so the threads don't get too mixed up. (hope that's OK, and that you don't mind helping me improve my understanding.) Thanks, Joy/NC/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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