Hi, I'm new to this group...where do we get the units of study that Mosaic uses? "Please note that my e-mail address will change to amanda.valenzu...@eusd.net <mailto:amanda.valenzu...@eusd.net> effective March 15, 2009."
________________________________ From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Moyer, Rob Sent: Sun 3/22/2009 4:18 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Units of Study Hello all. I am in the process of working with a group of 5th grade teachers to create units of study for a Reading and Writing Workshop structure. We are also holding a Study Group with a Literacy theme to it. We decided toi use the main strategies that are spelled out in Mosiac as our units for next year. i am having seconds though. I am worried that fragmenting the strategies who not give a clear picture of how readers actually read. I am worried that if the questioning unit doesn't come until Febraury, that my students should be questioning all year. I am curious to hear how people approached thaier units of study and if anyone used the Mosiac units and how it worked. ________________________________________ From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org] Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:02 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 31, Issue 18 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org You can reach the person managing the list at mosaic-ow...@literacyworkshop.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Starting a bookclub (miko...@aol.com) 2. Re: Starting a bookclub (Melissa Beaudre) 3. Re: Starting a bookclub (kkey...@carolina.rr.com) 4. More Bloom's Taxonomy Questions (teach...@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:32:15 -0400 From: miko...@aol.com Subject: [MOSAIC] Starting a bookclub To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: <8cb7798f237b426-284-...@webmail-df08.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Everyone, I'm trying to start book clubs in my 5th grade classroom.? I have to say that I feel overwhelmed and uneasy about "losing control".? Any suggestions on how to ease into this?? Thanks, Michele ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:57:13 -0400 From: Melissa Beaudre <melissa.beau...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Starting a bookclub To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Message-ID: <5af2ebcf0903201057q2dbafa53y79fb40a9c1801...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I just did this in my fifth grade classroom. The first thing I did was purchase the Literature Circle book by Harvey Daniels. It is a great resource! I began with a short picture book - Greyling. we all read the same book and responded the same way, so my students could see me both model the response and learn how to do each response. We met in a circle to discuss our responses. My next step was to break into smaller groups with the same book. This time we used, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. I killed two birds with one stone with this one and talked about the genre of mystery - that's what I used to base my mini-lessons from. In these groups, members assigned themeselves a different role for each meeting to discuss. We are currently on the third step of our Literature Circles. I have three groups (a small class) each reading their own book. This time I am letting them write their responses in a notebook,and choosing their own response - for instance, they write down an question, and a connection if they have one. This way they are not limited in their responses or thinking about their reading. They seem to be really enjoying all the independence. While groups are meeting, I go around at the beginning to make sure each person is prepared and usually sit with groups for 5-10 minutes and participate in their discussion. I try not to lead the discussion or give too many prompts - I like to see what they come up with on their own. At the end of the meeting, we meet as a whole class and I praise the groups that are doing well and give examples of things they talked about that I really enjoyed. I also relate these to my mini lessons. This is my first year teaching and I was nervous about starting Literature Circles, but my studetns really seem to be loving doing them, and are loving the books. I get excited to see them so excited about reading! I hope this is helpful! Melissa On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:32 PM, <miko...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I'm trying to start book clubs in my 5th grade classroom.? I have to say that > I feel overwhelmed and uneasy about "losing control".? Any suggestions on how > to ease into this?? Thanks, Michele > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:54:11 -0400 From: "kkey...@carolina.rr.com" <kkey...@carolina.rr.com> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Starting a bookclub To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: <380-220093520185411...@m2w033.mail2web.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi MIchele, Is your book club after school, or during school. I've had several book clubs over the years to encourage reading. I pick high interest level books and act so excited about the book that even I can't stand myself! The kids get all riled and ready to read. Those are good times. You can let the students just have their own opinions and they love it! Just relax and enjoy! They will do better than you think! Gook Luck, Kathy Original Message: ----------------- From: miko...@aol.com Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:32:15 -0400 To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Starting a bookclub Hi Everyone, I'm trying to start book clubs in my 5th grade classroom.? I have to say that I feel overwhelmed and uneasy about "losing control".? Any suggestions on how to ease into this?? Thanks, Michele _______________________________________________ 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com ? Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft? Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:16:05 -0400 From: teach...@aol.com Subject: [MOSAIC] More Bloom's Taxonomy Questions To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: <8cb783e5317c5f1-1138-2...@webmail-ma03.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" More Bloom's Qustions http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm SheilaK/Gr3/NY Subject: [MOSAIC] oral language anchor charts Hello all! We are in the process of putting together an anchor chart for the use of oral language to demonstrate understanding----basically the question is What does a classroom look like, sound like when students are "talking" to demonstrate understanding???? Does this make sense to anyone? Teacher behaviors (before, during, after) student behaviors (mostly during) classroom (looks like, sounds like) All your help is appreciated!!! Along the same lines, does anyone know of a source of sentence frames for responses to Bloom's taxonomy questions? We want to scaffold ELLs as they gain confidence to answer higher level thinking questions by providing sentence frames starter responses. Thanks, olga ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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. End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 31, Issue 18 ************************************** _______________________________________________ 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.
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