I did a weekly focus wall in 2 pocket charts when we got Houghton Mifflin and we were encouraged to teach it "with fidelity." In one pocket chart I had the theme, selection title, skill/strategy, and a breakdown of items within the skill/strategy (HM has a skill AND strategy per selection, but I only did one or the other). The other pocket chart was for the weekly selection's vocabulary. I taught this way for 2 years. Fortunately, reading scores not only did not go up, they went down slightly, so we are now NOT encouraged to even use HM. Last year, my first in 5th grade, we used the anthology ONE time all year (for the poetry section). I'm not saying that all the selections are bad--in fact, some are quite good--but I don't like teaching this way. And I found this for you: http://web.nmusd.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1237080354622 Judy _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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