Barb, where are you? Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -----Original Message----- From: "Ron Borchert" <borch...@vcn.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:19 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: [MOSAIC] Ashlock training
Three of us from my district attended a three day training sponsored by our state department of education last August. The instructors were trainers from Ashlock Consulting. The three of us liked what we saw, but didn't think it was a magic bullet. The training was billed as something that would help us implement our basal more effectively. Part of the training had us go through our basal and research how well it taught the Big Five. The rest of the training was spent in learning the procedures of the lesson templates. There are about 17 different lesson templates that span the Big Five. I think Ms. Ashlock has had training or experience with DIBELS and Reading Mastery. Many of the procedures were similar to what we had seen in DIBELS and Reading Mastery training. We did think this training was better than Reading Mastery. Our district employs a lot of reading aides. We thought the lesson maps would be great for our aides. Because we always have new aides, consistent training would help the aides considerably. We also thought the templates would help with pacing. The phonemic awareness and phonics lessons would not take much time. Some of the templates taught the skill better than the way it was taught in the basal. Using the lesson templates give a school consistent vocabulary and instructional routines across grade levels. The templates stress signals, oral response from all students, immediate corrections of errors, and modeling. The training also was a good review of the Big Five. The training spent just a bit of time on the lesson maps. We did not purchase the lesson maps, but the other two teachers that went with me thought they would be very helpful because they help teachers decide what is important to teach in the basal. There are teachers in our district who have difficulty deciding what not to teach in the basal. I would think that the lesson maps would save you time rather than take more time. The training and lesson maps are pricey. You can't get the lesson maps unless you go through the training. Perhaps your district has a special arrangement with Ashlock Consulting. Our district is hoping the state department of education will offer more trainings next summer. Then we would encourage more teachers to attend. Let me know if you have more questions. Thank you, Barb Parry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette Hayden" <jeanette...@gmail.com> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions >> My concerns: > > The comments I have heard seem to support the hope in this being the > "magic bullet". Everyone who has had this training has said how > wonderful it is. I believe most of the "Literacy Specialists" I have > spoken with have never taught primary children the joy of reading and > writing, so that could be on of the issues. Another might be the gang > mentality. > I have heard statements about this woman being brilliant and so very much > admired. > Many of our new teachers have not had the reading process and theory Lori > refers to, so they believe (want to believe) this is the answer. > > I am curious how many districts have bought this method and would > appreciate those who have had training to please share your insights. > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
