Pat Cunningham who developed the original concept of Four Blocks has written her newest thinking in The Teachers Guide to Big Blocks or in her book Classrooms That Work. This is what Cheryl wrote about about in Modifying based on Pat's original thinking. Now Pat has updated the work in the two books I mention. deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda Brinkman Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:58 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Please Help > Lauren, Swear by "Modifying 4-blocks for upper grades" by Cheryl Sigmon. The guide will cost you about $25.00 and can be used with all levels. Go to cherylsigmon.com and readinglady.com to look at the 4-blocks ideas and books. I have used this with At-risk learners for 12 years and have seen huge gains! Good luck, Rhonda Hi, > > I am a first year special education teacher and am in desperate need of > help > with some of my struggling readers. I am working with 6th grade students > and some of my students started with about 80 sight words at the beginning > of the year. The entire special education team is new to the school and > we > are basically starting from scratch because all of the reading programs > were > taken by the teachers who left. I need some intense remediation for these > students who are predominately labeled as LD. I would appreciate any > suggestions on what to do and what types of programs would best meet the > needs of my students. Also, one that either has trainings frequently and > close to Alexandria or that does not require any training. I hope I did > this correctly because this is my first post. Thank you so much for all > of > your help!!! > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by EduTech's MailScanner Vaccine1, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
