THANK YOU to everyone who has taken the time to respond. Slowly, I am putting together the year. The book that really helped (even though she writes that good teachers aren't slaves to other people's curricula) was Teaching Reading in Middle School by Laura Robb. She lists the 7 skills good readers have, with some overlap with the STW strategies, but not one to one. I'm going to start the year with about 3 months of strategy work, do some research in preparation for our nonfiction writing unit, and finish with fiction techniques and elements. Phew!
One thing I am still confused about is guided reading. If we're working on visualizing this week, do I observe which kids aren't visualizing well and work with them that week? Or do you have a separate guided reading curriculum, whatever that means? I still need help, so feel free to share more! ~Maggie 5th/TX > > -- Maggie Dillier "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) _______________________________________________ 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.
