The Real Writing Teachers listserv is a great resource: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RealWritingTeachers/ All the teachers there are very helpful. lisa 2/3 IL --- Kimberly Stapert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC _______________________________________________ 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.
