Laura, I sure agree with what you say in your post. My district seems to be under the assumption that if we taught the basal correctly, within the strict guidelines of our mandated literacy block, all the students would be proficient readers. No time for just reading is included in the framework! If our scores are where they should be then we automatically think that the teacher wasn't teaching the literacy block "correctly".
Rosie -----Original Message----- From: Laura <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jul 5, 2010 6:35 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Focus Walls Looked at the website you cited--looks like a really complicated bulletin board--something that the teacher would spend far more time on than the kids would. Many anthologies that basal companies put out have great stories--but the teachers guide wants to wring far too much out of one great story--could really kill the story and interest in reading. Students can certainly read more than one story a week which seems to be the pace for most basals. They really need time in class for self-directed, self-chosen independent reading. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Focus Walls >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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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.
