Try this web site: www.studentwriterscircle.com One of my graduate students used this site with her middle school students. Judy
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Mena <drmarinac...@aol.com> wrote: > Does anyone know of a website where students can create their own books, so > students can publish their own stories? > > > > > Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. > Florida Atlantic University > Dept. of Teaching and Learning > College of Education > 2912 College Ave. ES 214 > Davie, FL 33314 > Phone: 954-236-1070 > Fax: 954-236-1050 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judy Shenker <jshen...@lcc.ca> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sun, Sep 12, 2010 8:33 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] assessment and data > > > To assess phonemic awareness I use the CTTOP's - Comprehensive Test of > Phonological Processing. > I am also looking for a good listening comprehension assessment - I have > been > using the listening subtest of the Durrell Test of Reading Difficulties but > find > results are heavily dependent on student background knowledge. > > Judy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mosaic-bounces+jshenker=lcc...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of > Hoffmann > Dale Marie > Sent: Sat 9/11/2010 7:10 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] assessment and data > > Do you have any assessments for phonemic awareness and listening > comprehension that you could share? > Thanks > Dale Marie > On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Conner-Righter, Mary wrote: > > > Our school district implemented district assessments in grades K - > > 3rd about > > 8 years ago that were created by a team of Title I teachers. Over > > the years > > these teacher-created assessments have changed to meet standards. > > We now > > have our own district assessments for the following areas: phonemic > > awarenesss, listening comprehension, reading comprehension (F and NF), > > writing to a prompt, accuracy and fluency, science, social studies, > > and > > math. The language arts/reading assessments are given 3 times a > > year. The > > content area ones are given at the beginning and end of the year. > > Years ago > > when we first started these assessments, the Title I teachers spent > > hours > > inputing student scores into a Microsoft Word table. Several years > > ago we > > adopted the 4 Sight assessments in reading and math for 3rd - 12th > > grades. Success for All maintains a database for these > > assessments. We > > also adopted DIBELS for K through 2nd. Data collected by the U of > > Oregon's > > system. This is administered by the Title I teachers three times/ > > year with > > progress monitoring ongoing. We are hoping to implement our own > > database > > this year which will organize all the data from the different > > assessments we > > give. > > > > Mary > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Judy Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it." --Sir William Haley, British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator Please consider the environment before printing this message. _______________________________________________ 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.
