There is another collection and I have been trying to remember the name/author all day long. Maybe if I float what I do remember, someone will throw me a lifeline. It is a collection of a large variety of short pieces intended to be read aloud. It is written by a woman whom I saw present at NCTE Middle Level in Nashville a few years ago. There are poems, short stories and short essays and I do not recall that any were longer than a page. Nice variety, affordable. About the size of teacher idea book (vs. something Katie Ray or Lucy Calkins-ish). I was thinking Laura Robb, but I don't think that's right. Any bells ringing out there? If you can ever swing some funding, I really like a series--a textbook and that is very unlike me--that was co-authored by Michael Smith (who mentored, researched and published with Jeff Wilhelm). The series was developed with striving readers and second language learners in mind. Rather than grade level texts, these are geared to national high school standards and offered in series according to approximate reading level. The lowest series was 4-5 but the last time I spoke with Michael, there was another book in the works at even lower levels. I think they may have been working on a series for middle school. The sped department in the high school at my previous school is using the series with good results. Here is a link. http://www.amazon.com/Hampton-Brown-Reading-Language-Fundamentals-Beginning/dp/B001M4OJJQ/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260148140&sr=1-6
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: hutch1...@juno.com > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:48:04 +0000 > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] email address/background information/needs > > I think one thing that would help would a subscription to Reading A-Z. > There's also affiliated with that site another one entitled raz-kids that > some could practice fluency with while you're working with others. Obviously > you'd need computers in your classroom for this to be possible. They could > also access this from home for practice. > Just a thought! > Norma Baker, M.Ed., Reading Specialist > Grafton, Massachusetts > > > > “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies > inside us while we live.” > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Jamie Vetter <jamie.vet...@gmail.com> > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] email address/background information/needs > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:13:20 -0500 > > jamie.vet...@gmail.com > > I'm a first year Special Education teacher in a high-need middle school in > Southeast DC. I teach three 80 minutes blocks a day of English Language Arts > to classes of about 12 students (one block is 7th grade; the other two > blocks are 8th grade.) I do not have any aides in my classroom so my direct > instruction needs to be based in texts that are "one-size fits all," short, > low-level and engaging. My students current performance levels range from > 1st grade to 6th grade. So, I need help selecting the best books to use for > short segments of whole group instruction to teach skills like elements of > plot. Ideally, the text should take no more than 5 minutes to read (we do > choral reading). My students then take each skill and practice it through > partner/independent reading of texts leveled for appropriate rigor. They > also each get indivudalized vocabulary words/different graphic organizers > etc. I should probably also add that I do not have classroom sets of books, > so I ideally need texts with either black and white photos (better for > photocopying). My other struggle is with collecting oral data; it's > incredibly difficult to do one-on-one tell-backs or check fluency levels as > I am only one person in a room of 13 students that all want my attention... > _______________________________________________ > 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. > ____________________________________________________________ > Water Heater > Some like it hot. Click now for a reliable new water heater! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/c?cp=X9xztjRtQzuwMCpeqgUCZQAAJz1RZyvLSDbNg1QwuFrBBUaOAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGIAAAAAA= > _______________________________________________ > 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.
