Lifers Learning from At-Risk Adolescent Readers by Pam Mueller. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Palmer, Jennifer <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org>wrote:
> A must read: What Really Matters for Struggling Readers (Richard Allington) > Strongly recommended: Words Their Way > To Understand > > > > Jennifer L. Palmer, Ed. D. > > Instructional Facilitator > > National Board Certified Teacher > > > > Magnolia Elementary (home school) > > 901 Trimble Road > > Joppa, MD 21085 > > 410-612-1553 > > Fax 410-612-1576 > > "In every child a touch of greatness!!' > > Proud of our Title One School > > > > Norrisville Elementary > > 5302 Norrisville Road > > White Hall, MD 21161 > > 410-692-7810 > > Fax 410-692-7812 > > Where Bright Futures Begin!! > > ________________________________________ > From: > mosaic-bounces+jennifer.palmer=hcps....@literacyworkshop.org[mosaic-bounces+jennifer.palmer= > hcps....@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Mena [drmarinac...@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 10:55 AM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] Book list for my Remedial Reading Course > > I am considering adding The Cafe Book to my literature circle book list > for my Remedial Reading Course. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I > already have Mosaic of Thought required. > > > > > 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: donnfox <donn...@optonline.net> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>; mosaic <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sun, May 6, 2012 11:04 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Daily Five/CAFE > > > Is there anybody from this listserve that is a New Jersey teacher using > Daily 5 > and CAFE? > If so could you please email me off list. I would love to visit a > classroom in > my state to see how this organization and structure works in a 90 literacy > block. > Thank you, > Donna NJ > Sent from my HTC Status™ on AT&T > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "mrs. teacher" <elemteac...@hotmail.com> > To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Daily Five/CAFE > Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 3:28 pm > > > > Hi all! I am in my 4th year of using the Daily Five and my 3rd of using > CAFE. > I teach fourth grade. I read somewhere (not sure where) that the sisters > recommend 3-5 teachers only doing 3 of the 5 "rotations" and that it is a > personal program that you should modify to fit your students' needs. I > have 45 > minutes of CAFE time in my room (this is what we call it). Each day, > students > have the option of Read To Self, Listen To Reading, or Word Work. They > never > HAVE to do Listen to Reading but if they do, it can only be one day each > week > and they MUST do Word Work once a week. However, after the newness of > Listen To > Reading wore off, I rarely had students choose that one anymore. > Therefore, > most of my students have 45 minutes of sustained, self-selected, on-level > reading four days a week. During this time, I conference with students, > giving > them purposes for reading that match their personalized CAFE goal. When I > started this, we blocked and I was the reading teacher. We had 75 > minute blocks and 45 of each one was spent doing CAFE time. Last year, we > decided to self-contain (hallelujah!) and the other fourth grade teachers > were > excited to try it, as well. One of my team members from last year moved to > second grade last year and now all of second grade is doing CAFE and Daily > Five. > I really don't know what I did before I found it. To me, it is what I > should > have always been doing but gave me the organization and structure that I > was > lacking in order to do what I knew needed to be done. > > > > STACIE, thanks for your post. I recently had the opportunity to > > observe in two CAFE classrooms where there is a 90-min. literacy block. > > I was impressed with the management and how the students knew what the > > expectations were in each rotation. Here's my concern, and it's really > > for those of youout there who are Columbia trained and also know Daily > 5/CAFE: > > > With students changing stations every 22 minutes or so after the > minilesson, > > > > Where's the sustained engagement with 'just right' text? > > Where's the conferring at the heart of the workshop? > > > > > > I would so love feedback from Columbia folks, and if it is more > appropriate to > > > contact me directly rather than through this list serve, please do. > > > > Thanks for all your input and support everyone. > > > > Martha > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Kim ------- Kimberlee Hannan M.A. 8th CORE Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California *Those who do not read have no advantage over those who can't. 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