I agree!!!!!! I am thinking about taking the book to staples and having it spiral bound...had to do that with my Reading withMeaning book because I loved the binding right off of it!
Lori Quoting Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
