I too see a huge difference in lit circles and guided reading. As said before, lit circles are student led discussions with their questions and ideas from a text. I think that guided reading gets kids ready for lit circles in that you lead these groups with a specific purpose and intention that meets the needs of the students in that particular group.. Guided reading should be led by you and quite purposeful. A great resource to learn about guided reading and its structure of a lesson is Fountas and Pinnel. Hope that helped
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:07 PM, HERBERT Suzanne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could just cry. I have spent thirty minutes writing about lit circles > and I lost the internet connection. If only I would do what I tell the kids > to do. Do it on Word and back it up?!!!!!!! The gistof what I was writing > however was, what is the difference between a lit circle and guided reading? > I sense a cross over in the discussions here. It's been a discussion we've > had a our school. I'm happy to discuss how I see it...but don't want to > bore you all to tears with my 'passionate monologue'. By the way, we are > starting EVERY DAY MATH next year and to say I am terrified, is an > understatement. Any comments (as it's outside this forum) on that to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be gratefully appreciated. Suzanne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Kelli Thexton > Sent: Thu 5/1/2008 2:30 AM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [MOSAIC] correction! > > Uh-Oh! When talking about the correlation sets for the Ralph > Fletcher Craft Lessons/Nonfiction Craft Lessons and how to obtain > them, I inadvertantly left out a letter on the web address for Mel > and Rosie Brown's Basics Plus Books. The correct web address is: > www.basicsplusbooks.com > They will take great care of you! > Kelli Thexton > Literacy Coach > Westside Elementary > Rogers, AR Public Schools > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
