I hope this is an appropriate use of the listserv... Well, I just found out I'll be teaching grade 5 and school starts 2 weeks from yesterday. What are some of your #1 most practical teacher resources that can be directly implemented without too much theory (I'm strong on theory). I have a strong literacy background and train others in literacy, but now I need some specific information to get going. I know this listserv is mostly dedicated to reading/comprehension, but I'd value input on a writing resources as well. There is no set curriculum tool or teacher's manual for reading or writing in our district. What we have is a list of benchmarks and GLCE. How we accomplish those benchmarks is up to us. Feel free to email me off list. We do Words Their Way and I feel confident implementing that. If anyone has a list of novel studies or any study guides to accompany them, please email me off list too.
I have and am very familiar with the following for upper el (don't need all those good ones for lower el anymore!): Guiding Readers and Writers (Fountas/Pinnell) Still Learning to Read (Sibberson/Szymusiak) Beyond Leveled Readers (Sibberson/Szymusiak) 7 Keys...(Hutchins) Craft Lessons - both fiction/nonfiction (Fletcher) Writer's Workshop (Fletcher) Reviser's Toolbox (Lane) Any other helps? Kim/5th (YIKES!!!!!!) p.s. No science teacher's manual or social studies either, but that's another story another day... _______________________________________________ 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.
