My advice: Run, don't walk, and get a copy of The Literate Kindergarten.
> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:47:49 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten> > > Lori, > thank you for breaking your no work until July rule. I am going to be > teaching K for the first time next year and have been wanting to post but > didn't know what to say. Your post and all those who have responded are > giving me a direction in which to start my summer reading. I have a few > questions.> > 1. You said that you "have been SLOWLY trying to break out of > the "letter of the week" system that my team uses". Our teachers have always > used this model but I didn't want to. We have the fundations program by > Wilson. I have not looked at it that much for K. My thinking was to use a > reading/writing workshop model and incorporate this into it. How have you > tried to not do a letter a week?> > 2. I too taught first grade for 3 years > and 2nd grade last year. I have never taught K. What advice would you and > others give me? > > 3. I have veteran teachers in my county that think K > can't learn reading comprehension strategies. Do you start these at the > beginning like you did in 1st after introducing certain fundamentals of > reading workshop. I know that with K you have to build knowledge of print > concepts and books. I have used Debbie Miller's book in the past to guide my > reading comprehension instruction. I am also currently reading To Understand. > > > Thanks for helping me,> Kendra> > > _________________________________________________________________ It’s a talkathon – but it’s not just talk. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk _______________________________________________ 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.
