Also, Kendra, you might want to look at the IRA K-2 Standards. They have an excellent description of kinder that will show you a marked contrast to S of the W.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Sat, 5 Jul > 2008 04:57:07 +0000> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten> > Kendra,> > K > teachers in my school do not do letter of the week at all! They also do not > use fundations. They are using reading and writing wokshop entirely and > meeting children for guided reading in groups using Jan Richardson's approach > to Guided Reading. It is working great! I teach 2nd grade and we are seeing a > much higher percentage of students coming to first and second grade on graed > level because of the great work they are doing in K. I am also one of the > reading coaches at my school. Some of the teachers had a very hard time > moving away from letter of the week. Once they saw the difference and what > their children were capable of doing they have not looked back.> > Good > luck,> Susan/TN _________________________________________________________________ The i’m Talkaton. Can 30-days of conversation change the world? http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_ChangeWorld _______________________________________________ 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.
