Hi all, We seem to have run out of steam on our discussion. Maybe we are all too stretched or busy at this time. I did want to share one exciting development. I went to an institute put on by a long time (40 years) charter school that is quite progressive in its practices: e.g. Multiage, theme/project based, workshops etc.
One of the sessions was led by the two K/1 teams. And it was the Awakening the Heart ideas from Georgia Heard. I think they got it via Lucy Calkins professional development her series on teaching writing K-2. They credit Heard¹s book too in their materials. They shared the poetry stations and the children¹s poetry that emerged. It was wonderful and inspiring. And it was clear that poetry was in these teachers¹ hearts in the way they talked about poetry and their children!! We talked about how the focus on poetry spilled over into all of writing workshop. So I¹ll leave you with that. Let¹s see if any more discussion comes up. I¹ll try to get one more burst of energy this evening for chapter 3: Where does poetry hide? This chapter focuses on the children writing their own poetry. Otherwise hoping all of you will move forward into deepening poetry in your classrooms. Maybe we will want to come back to this at the end of the year to share what we found!! Sally _______________________________________________ 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
