Is there a Radio for he Blind in Eugene? I have read in the past for WRBH in New Orleans (Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped). It was very satisfying, though not exactly reading aloud to a person. We read the daily newspaper, magazine articles, novels, etc.
Elizabeth On Oct 2, 2012, at 2:00 PM, mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org wrote: > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mosaic-ow...@literacyworkshop.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. volunteering? (Linda Rightmire) > 2. Re: Rigor of Common Core in Kindergarten (Linda Rightmire) > 3. Re: grade 3 read aloud chapter books (Linda Rightmire) > 4. Re: Rigor of Common Core in Kindergarten (CAG) > 5. Re: volunteering? (Susan Joyce) > 6. Re: Rigor of Common Core in Kindergarten (Linda Rightmire) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:03:51 -0700 > From: Linda Rightmire <lindarightm...@gmail.com> > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] volunteering? > Message-ID: > <CA+3TJO2v4M1Q=cnqbsqam28bj-0mgkqsx0yzcum1q_rtjon...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi folks, > > Please excuse the off topic note, but -- > > I live in Canada and don't know where to send my friend. My friend, > excellent guy and extra-avid reader, in his 50s, would like to volunteer > reading TO someone. He tried kids many years ago and found that it didn't > satisfy his wish to share books (reading to someone). He imagines that > possibly reading to elderly people or something is what might suit. He asks > *me* where to start. He lives in Eugene, Oregon. > > Does anyone have an angle on this? I'm going to say, just go to the > 'assisted living' facility nearest you -- but it's possible there are > actual structures in place for this. > > ? > > Thanks, > > Linda Rightmire > SD #73 > Kamloops, BC > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:16:36 -0700 > From: Linda Rightmire <lindarightm...@gmail.com> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Rigor of Common Core in Kindergarten > Message-ID: > <CA+3TJO2UZydL4S4tfUFvhNLTF=gxej+t1dt9byr1gmowq_i...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > "I encountered a similar situation in a preschool -- a three-year-old boy > who spoke very little. Much like the girl described by Pat in her post, > below, Xavier would respond with body language and facial expressions, but > he would't talk." > > This is such a great topic. > > For a few years (fifteen years ago), here in Kamloops, BC, some of us did > "multi-age on purpose" -- three of us taught K-1-2s; occasionally sharing > kids but not mostly. We had great buy-in from parents (but that's a > different story -- how we achieved this with a 'captive audience' method > ;-) ). > > Anyway, because of that setting I was able to observe this. Running a > play-oriented morning (with the K's), one year super shy Alex arrived, and > would only hunker down under one of the desks near to the morning circle, > etc. He joined in the play okay, but didn't really talk to anyone. From his > mom (and the home visit, yes we used to do these, those of us with ECE > training), I knew he *did* talk, could, etc., but was the classic "shy" > kid. I let him continue in this way, but would just some of the time turn > to make sure he could also see the picture in the story, or just sometimes > add his name in my conversation etc. All mild, all fun (enough). > > Because of having the K-1-2 setting, I was able to not only watch this boy > slowly integrate, but by grade two he was definitely a class leader and so > on. I was fortunate too -- his mom wrote me a letter when he was in grade > 12 to thank me on what a great early start he had. ;-) Of course, we know > we have 'made a difference' for many -- but don't so often get any pats on > the shoulder, this way. ;-) > > Re the Common Core -- the relevance of your discussion to our programs in > BC is this -- I observe that suddenly now that we've gone to full day K, > there are worksheets -- and sometimes worksheets galore. Also, few of the K > teachers have had ECE, though that's changing bit. Us oldtimers are > horrified at the insistence that these clumsy little hands (boys often) are > made to work at printing (incorrect form, often, too), just so we can press > on with learning of the alphabet etc. > > Marilyn Chapman of University of British Columbia headed up the new full > day curriculum -- and I *know* that she is 'of my way of thinking' as to > all this (and the worksheets). But teachers here have a lot of autonomy in > our classrooms -- it's great. And not so great, too. ;/ > > Been a bit of a fight re this. > > We carry on. > > Thanks for any feedback on all this! > > Linda Rightmire > SD # 73 > Kamloops, BC > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:27:46 -0700 > From: Linda Rightmire <lindarightm...@gmail.com> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] grade 3 read aloud chapter books > Message-ID: > <ca+3tjo1du9fnhtjkdq9p8e7jy73om-kgj8ph8mkudya2w6c...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Two great favorites as to series that I read to kids and they LOVE -- > > the Warton and Morton books by Russell Erickson > > * more detail here -- http://incredibooks.com/tag/russell-e-erickson/ > > and the Moominland series by Tove Jannson. > > * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomintroll -- this series (very old) > has a huge, devoted following -- but the two that are best to read to > younger kids are Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll. Trust me, > you and your kids will love these. ;-) When I had Resource Room, and a > massive gang of partner readers, grades 2 to 6 -- even the big kids would > hang out longer if they could to listen to these goofy tales. Jannson's > writing has been compared with 'the classics' like Carroll, etc. > > > Linda > > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Elizabeth Bechtel <stowe2phi...@comcast.net >> wrote: > >> I use R.L. Stein's Rotten School chapter books as an after lunch read >> aloud, the kids are wound up from the freedom of lunch and they need to >> "calm down". >> The Rotten School is funny and irreverent which kids love, but it is about >> a boarding house so there really aren't any "bad" ideas that the kids could >> try themselves! >> I find that the subtle and not so subtle humor in the books is also >> something the kids need to learn! >> >> Elizabeth Bechtel >> stowe2phi...@comcast.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:14:16 -0400 > From: "CAG" <cag...@myfairpoint.net> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Rigor of Common Core in Kindergarten > Message-ID: <D2A1A0D9D7CE4F72A21DDA0246805410@YOUR6DA815DEFC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Have we talked about the developmental appropriateness of print / letter > formation? > >> Us oldtimers are >> horrified at the insistence that these clumsy little hands (boys often) >> are >> made to work at printing (incorrect form, often, too), just so we can >> press >> on with learning of the alphabet etc. >> >> Marilyn Chapman of University of British Columbia headed up the new full >> day curriculum -- and I *know* that she is 'of my way of thinking' as to >> all this (and the worksheets). But teachers here have a lot of autonomy in >> our classrooms -- it's great. And not so great, too. ;/ >> >> Been a bit of a fight re this. >> >> We carry on. >> >> Thanks for any feedback on all this! >> >> Linda Rightmire >> SD # 73 >> Kamloops, BC >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5302 - Release Date: 10/01/12 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:00:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > From: Susan Joyce <seo...@earthlink.net> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] volunteering? > Message-ID: > <11229016.1349132453795.javamail.r...@wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > He could check out an area hospital or hospice. > Susan > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Linda Rightmire <lindarightm...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Sep 30, 2012 11:03 AM >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Subject: [MOSAIC] volunteering? >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Please excuse the off topic note, but -- >> >> I live in Canada and don't know where to send my friend. My friend, >> excellent guy and extra-avid reader, in his 50s, would like to volunteer >> reading TO someone. He tried kids many years ago and found that it didn't >> satisfy his wish to share books (reading to someone). He imagines that >> possibly reading to elderly people or something is what might suit. He asks >> *me* where to start. He lives in Eugene, Oregon. >> >> Does anyone have an angle on this? I'm going to say, just go to the >> 'assisted living' facility nearest you -- but it's possible there are >> actual structures in place for this. >> >> ? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Linda Rightmire >> SD #73 >> Kamloops, BC >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 07:46:54 -0700 > From: Linda Rightmire <lindarightm...@gmail.com> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Rigor of Common Core in Kindergarten > Message-ID: > <ca+3tjo3dkfo2n6w2wduwiyxsfga_horgcrcmsv0qa2_k3x5...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > "Developmental appropriateness of print/letter formation" -- this is the > big fight in our neighbourhood. Well, not fight, since now we have full day > Kgt. (in BC, Canada, so no Common Core) -- and it seems *all* the K. > teachers are following the misguided recommendations of one district > psychologist (big on alphabet printing etc.). I see incorrect formation > (some of the time), as well as kids getting an early impression that they > "aren't good at it and don't like it", that sort of thing. (I could put > this in a more harsh manner but I am trying to be polite!) > > We lack ECE influence in our K. programs! > > Linda Rightmire > SD #73, Kamloops, BC > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:14 PM, CAG <cag...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > >> Have we talked about the developmental appropriateness of print / letter >> formation? >> >> Us oldtimers are >>> horrified at the insistence that these clumsy little hands (boys often) >>> are >>> made to work at printing (incorrect form, often, too), just so we can >>> press >>> on with learning of the alphabet etc. >>> >>> Marilyn Chapman of University of British Columbia headed up the new full >>> day curriculum -- and I *know* that she is 'of my way of thinking' as to >>> all this (and the worksheets). But teachers here have a lot of autonomy in >>> our classrooms -- it's great. And not so great, too. ;/ >>> >>> Been a bit of a fight re this. >>> >>> We carry on. >>> >>> Thanks for any feedback on all this! >>> >>> Linda Rightmire >>> SD # 73 >>> Kamloops, BC >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/**mailman/options/mosaic_** >>> literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at >>> http://snipurl.com/**MosaicArchive<http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5302 - Release Date: 10/01/12 >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/**mailman/options/mosaic_** >> literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at >> http://snipurl.com/**MosaicArchive<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. > > End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1 > ************************************* _______________________________________________ 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
