I'm in !!! Yeah! Ali In a message dated 12/30/2011 1:38:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sally.thom...@verizon.net writes:
Hmmmm, thinking maybe we are on. What if we set a date a few weeks from now or a month and give those who want the chance to get it. Then we start a discussion, maybe reading a chapter or two at a time. And some of us might even try an idea or two. Woo HOO! sally On 12/29/11 6:54 PM, "donn...@optonline.net" <donn...@optonline.net> wrote: > I love this idea! Im in and ordering the book tomorrow. Sent from my HTC > StatusĀ on AT&T ----- Reply message ----- From: "Laura" > <lcan...@satx.rr.com> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: [MOSAIC] poems for comprehension > strategies Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2011 8:59 pm I like that idea, I'm going to > order the book Awakening the Heart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally > Thomas" <sally.thom...@verizon.net> To: "mosaic listserve" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:29 > PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] poems for comprehension strategies > Jen, Is there > any way that we could have a focused discussion around a > shared read on the > list. That might be a way of getting back our original > focus. This poetry > discussion is interesting. Might we take it deeper by > some of us agreeing > to read a good book on teaching poetry as a group? > Know > we've done it in > the past. Would it work again??? Maybe even choose one > of > Georgia > Heard's books. I would love to reread - I have several. What > about > > awakening the heart. Just a thought. > > I get weary of finding programs and > ways that we have to compromise our > practices out there in schools. Know > that is important discussion as well > but this other kind of discussion is > what fills me up and gives me hope. > That may be most important at this time > in education history! > > Sally > > > On 12/29/11 10:15 AM, "Palmer, Jennifer" > <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org> wrote: > >> I did it all the time... Great way to > help kids understand the purposes >> of >> poetic devices... How they affect > the reader. It's that whole idea of >> "reading >> like a writer..." what > affect does onomatopoeia or alliteration have on >> your >> ability to create > a mental image?? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 29, 2011, at 11:37 AM, > "Susan" <soozq55...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> I use poetry to teach inferring. > Off the top of my head I can say I use >>> Every >>> Living Thing by Cynthia > Rylant. I also love anything by Georgia >>> Heard...Awakening the Heart is > awesome. >>> >>> I really would be interested in what others would have to say > about >>> teaching >>> the strategies using poetry. I think that might be a > little tricky if >>> the >>> kids didn't have a background in poetic > devices. >>> Sue >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:10 > PM, "norma baker" <hutch1...@juno.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Morning all! While > we're on the subject of poetry, has anybody compiled >>>> poems to teach the > comprehension strategies? As a reading specialist >>>> who >>>> goes into > rooms I don't have the luxury of tying my lesson to a book >>>> previously > read or start a picture book that I can finish later and I'd >>>> like >>>> to > actually keep to a mini-lesson. I end up spending too much time >>>> > because >>>> I use picture books which I totally love doing and am fortunate > enough >>>> to >>>> have a great collection, but.........I'm losing the mini > in >>>> mini-lesson! If >>>> anyone has compiled a list of poems for the > different strategies and is >>>> willing to share I'd be grateful. If not, > that'll be next summer's >>>> project. >>>> I work in 4th grade primarily. > Thanks! norma An old man once said, >>>> "There >>>> comes a time in your > life, when you walk away from all the drama and >>>> people >>>> who create > it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. >>>> Forget >>>> the > bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, >>>> > pray >>>> for the ones who don >>>> 't. Life is too short to be anything but > happy. Falling down is a part >>>> of >>>> life, getting back up is > living." >>>> > ____________________________________________________________ >>>> 53 Year Old > Mom Looks 33 >>>> The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors > Worried >>>> > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4efc66c12a69e11808best05duc >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing > list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership > please go > to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Se > arch 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 Se > arch 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
