While WTW and P. Cunningham's activities are worthwhile, they may not be what's best for students with dyslexia or a specific language disability. These students need a structured, sequential, multisensory approach to learning phonics and applying it. Please look into The Gillingham Manual in which you will find this type of approach. Mary
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:00 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://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. spelling (Heaney Carolyn) > 2. Re: spelling (Palmer, Jennifer) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Heaney Carolyn" <hean...@evesham.k12.nj.us> > To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Cc: > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:57:22 -0400 > Subject: [MOSAIC] spelling > Hi Debra, > > Sorry for not being clear. I am the Reading Specialist/ Reading Recovery > Teacher at my building. I work primarily with the little ones. I attended > our Intervention and Referral Services team meeting and this child came up. > The teachers have been using WTW with this child, with almost no progress > since the beginning of 3rd grade. I have given all my best suggestions but > I don't feel like they are good enough. I do not actually work with her for > writing and spelling, but would like to help the classroom teacher out > better. I suggested activities from Pat Cunningham's work, including > Month-byMonth Phonics and Making Words: Lessons for Home and School. Does > anybody have any other thoughts? > > Thank you, > Carolyn > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Palmer, Jennifer" <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Cc: > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:10:02 +0000 > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] spelling > For me, this is all about diagnosis. > What other patterns are there in her reading development? > What is the child's attitude toward writing and spelling? Her effort? Her > attendance?(Not blaming the child here, but if a child has given up, the > first intervention needs to be to help her build her confidence and "can > do" attitude...) > How does she learn best and are we taking advantages of her best learning > modalities? > What has been the quality of her instruction (has she been given small > group instruction at her level or has she had to learn spelling words that > are above the within word level?) > What sound/letter patterns are tripping her up specifically? > > Usually there is more than one root cause for a problem like this and > effective intervention takes into account all of these factors. > Jennifer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mosaic [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of > Heaney Carolyn > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:57 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] spelling > > Hi Debra, > > Sorry for not being clear. I am the Reading Specialist/ Reading Recovery > Teacher at my building. I work primarily with the little ones. I attended > our Intervention and Referral Services team meeting and this child came up. > The teachers have been using WTW with this child, with almost no progress > since the beginning of 3rd grade. I have given all my best suggestions but > I don't feel like they are good enough. I do not actually work with her for > writing and spelling, but would like to help the classroom teacher out > better. I suggested activities from Pat Cunningham's work, including > Month-byMonth Phonics and Making Words: Lessons for Home and School. Does > anybody have any other thoughts? > > Thank you, > Carolyn > _______________________________________________ > 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
