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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Billionaire's Boy's Clubs are financing "grassroots
movements" (Sally Thomas)
2. Re: Your thoughts needed- (Renee)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 13:07:33 -0700
From: Sally Thomas <sally.thom...@verizon.net>
To: mosaic listserve <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Billionaire's Boy's Clubs are financing
"grassroots movements"
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Thanks for posting this Mena. I know many teachers who are giving
their
all
in classrooms, who have families who also need them. But then they
don't
exactly have time to keep up with this big picture of the coming
storm. It
takes time to listen/read it all. I know because I feel a great
need to
but
I've been known as an extreme workaholic. Part of the issue is
that I try
to read aboutt issues from all sides, from many sources. I hate
"sound
bites" and don't want to be narrow minded myself.
Susan Ohanian has been a long long time advocate for children and
teachers
and activists in keeping us informed about what is going on. Her
web site
is an incredible resource for all of su.
Sally
On 5/25/11 6:49 AM, "Mena" <drmarinac...@aol.com> wrote:
More on the Billionaire's Boy's Clubs and Gates
http://susanohanian.org/show_research.php?id=419
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
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 07:46:36 -0700
From: Renee <phoenix...@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
<mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>, elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Your thoughts needed-
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I tend to agree with Elisa on this and would also tend to leave him
alone, AND I would "make available" other books with topics
related to
sharks if I happened to come along them. I wouldn't push them, just
have them "visible" near the sharks books. For example, books about
other fishes, or the ocean, or the food chain, whatever.
And I might randomly ask him questions like "How are sharks like
people?" or "Are there other fish who have to keep swimming or they
will sink?" or whatever. Not push the questions, but just ask in an
idle, offhand way.
Renee
On May 25, 2011, at 4:26 AM, elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca wrote:
Hi Judy,
Though it may be frustrating to have this child read only about
sharks
(running out of books he can read, thinking he needs to be prepared
for other reading demands in school) I would leave him alone. He is
developing expertise on a topic that he is passionate about. Why
squelch that? In time, he will develop other reading interests
and the
sharks will fall by the wayside. He is learning that reading is to
find out about things we are interested in and that's important. He
will hear other genres/topics when his teacher does read alouds. He
can have his mom read books to him about sharks that are a
stretch for
him right now. And, IMHO, we should never make an instructional
decision because of the perceived needs of the next grade level.
Would
this be an example of teaching to test for the next grade level? My
best advice, again, is to leave the boy alone.
Elisa
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Subject: [MOSAIC] Your thoughts needed-
Hi all,
I did a presentation last night for a PTA group. My focus was on
how
to get
your kids excited about reading. One mother had a question that
stumped me.
She stated that her eight year old son enjoys reading, but he's
very
specific about what he likes to read. He will only read books about
sharks.
He's been like this for a couple of years now. He can't seem to get
enough
books on this topic. She stated that the librarian at her local
library is
running out of book selections that are at his reading level. She
doesn't
want to squelch his passion for reading, but she also wants him
to be
prepared for books he may not want to read but needs to read for
school. I'm
curious to know your thoughts.
"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it
within himself."
~ Galileo
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