Maybe we should begin a whole language umbrella again..I still consider myself a whole language teacher...and I teach graduate school:)
Mena -----Original Message----- From: Renee <phoenix...@sbcglobal.net> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 7:22 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] phonics question- 2nd grade teacher Me too. Renee On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa wrote: > "During the whole language time"? > I am a Whole Language teacher in the present time. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or > even > touched. They must be felt within the heart. > —Helen Keller > > Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. > http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ > > > > Phonics is a necessary component of learning to read. You can't > memorize > all of the words in the English language. You need skills > to know how to > approach a words you don't know. I did a lot of > subbing in the middle > schools during the whole language time. The > kids who had no phonics stood > out and had no clue how to approach > words they hadn't memorized. > Cindy/VA > ___________ ____________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > mos...@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 > mos...@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. > "What was once educationally significant, but difficult to measure, has been replaced by what is insignificant and easy to measure. So now we test how well we have taught what we do not value." — Art Costa, emeritus professor, California State University _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list mos...@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.
