Last year kindergarten teachers piloted it - and loved it. It's great literature, builds in developing a reading community along with direct instruction in comp. strategies. Teachers new to the concept of comp. strategy instruction found it teacher friendly and were positive about the students' active engagement, the development of oral language, vocab., etc. This year we added grades 1-3. We only bought the teacher manuals and the books - we did not buy any student books or other peripheral materials.
Go for it! m. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 7:37 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Making Meaning As NCLB hovers over my district and many more schools (including mine) were placed on AYP we are looking for solutions. Some people are recommending that we look at a program called Making Meaning. I skimmed a lesson and thought it basalized comprehension instruction. Someone also said that Keene and Zimmermann were consulted. This is what I copied from the website: The Making Meaning® program is based on current research findings including those of Michael Pressley, P. David Pearson, Nell Duke, and Isabel Beck. It also draws on portraits of successful teachers and classrooms, including those described by Lucy McCormick Calkins, Ellin Oliver Keene, and Susan Zimmermann. Making Meaning® is highly congruent with the findings of the National Reading Panel. This is not the same as created by Zimmerman and Keene. Does anyone know more about this program? (Embedded image moved to file: pic17906.gif) = _______________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ 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.
