[MOSAIC] Carol from District 102 - math links
Carol, Your site and resources are wonderful. On the virtual library page are links for math but I can't get any of them to work. Do you know when these will work? ___ 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] Using trade books/story books in the adult ESL classroom
I am wondering if anyone out there has tried using story books (either trade book sets or "big books") in adult ESL classrooms (or any adult classroom). I am working on developing my pedagogical skills and have read about strategies in reading instruction, including using big books and storybooks, but I am not sure how to implement some of the more basic ones into an adult classroom without the atmosphere seeming too basic/simple/childish. Any suggestions? ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Using the same book for all students
My own sense is that unless your readers have been well and deeply exposed to the strategies, this will be pretty superficial level exposure to them. Lori On 3/2/07 3:14 PM, "Patti Whatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am an Elementary Education student, currently enrolled in a literacy > education class. I hope to be teaching in the fall. I am interested in > these postings because they parallel some lesson plans I have had to develop > and teach in small group settings. What grade level are you teaching? I > would think that the grade level would have much to do with how well using > the same book would work. I will shortly be teaching 4th grade reading > strategies through the book Bridge to Terabithia. My plan is to use a > different chapter for each strategy, i.e., Chapter 1 - Making Connections, > etc. I would love to read any suggestions. > > Thank you. > > Patti Whatley > > ___ > 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. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu ___ 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] Using the same book for all students
Hello, I am an Elementary Education student, currently enrolled in a literacy education class. I hope to be teaching in the fall. I am interested in these postings because they parallel some lesson plans I have had to develop and teach in small group settings. What grade level are you teaching? I would think that the grade level would have much to do with how well using the same book would work. I will shortly be teaching 4th grade reading strategies through the book Bridge to Terabithia. My plan is to use a different chapter for each strategy, i.e., Chapter 1 - Making Connections, etc. I would love to read any suggestions. Thank you. Patti Whatley ___ 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] forward from Michele
I am forwarding this from Michele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ginger moderator I am a 5th grade teacher in a K-5 school that is in the second year of Reading First. This year all students were given the DIBELS assessment. We are also required to ability our students and move them according to their reading levels. Prior to a month ago, 4th and 5th grade teachers used the state reading assessment from last year to decide on which reading group to place them in and adjusted within a couple of weeks. Starting about a month ago, our principal changed our groups based only on the middle-of-the-year DIBELS score. I am teaching a group of 30 students who scored at the highest levels of fluency. Some are identified gifted others are reading at or above their grade level. I lost 10 students who had met or exceeded last year's state reading assessment to lower groups based only on their fluency levels; comprehension was never considered. Prior to the change I had been using literature to teach reading, working my way through the comprehension strategies. At the time of the change we were mandated to use the Scott Foresman Reading Street curriculum solely. We were told that reading chapter books "would not be a good use of their time." I must, therefore, fill their independent time with worksheets. We were told yesterday that they could not independently read at any time during their reading time as silent reading would not help to increase their oral fluency rate. All students must partner read with both reading aloud at the same time. I have kids who have lexile scores in the 900s...this is so completely ridiculous that I feel as though I have been dropped into the Twilight Zone. I am looking for research at I can use at the school and district level that will add some flexibility to our program. I have no reason to believe the principal will change her mandates without someone above her telling her to. Our school is 100% free/reduced lunch with almost 70% English Language Learners. Our parents don't typically speak up, although I'm working on that. So, there it is. I understand that this may be a trend, but I'm hoping there is some research about how important oral fluency is, also, as that is what we use in the "real world" as literate people. Many thanks for any help you can provide, Michele Ford 5th grade, Oregon ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] (MOSAIC] Using the same book for all students
We have begun to have students use Kurzweil ~an assistive technology program that enables students to scan the page an have the text read to them. Kurzweil also allows students to respond using co-writer and Write -Out loud as well. If you re reading to a group of students make sure that you tape the reading so that in future years struggling readers can assess the text independently following along with the tape! If you parent volunteers are good readers that might be a job they like to do. I find that with middle school readers ~ they can often respond to higher level thinking questions if they have the text access support. They also feel very much part of the social fibre of the classroom ~ and are able to participate in the whole reading strategy process without feeling isolated. 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] (MOSAIC] Using the same book for all students
Hello, I am an Elementary Education student, currently enrolled in a literacy education class. I hope to be teaching in the fall. I am interested in these postings because they parallel some lesson plans I have had to develop and teach in small group settings. What grade level are you teaching? I would think that the grade level would have much to do with how well using the same book would work. I will shortly be teaching 4th grade reading strategies through the book Bridge to Terabithia. My plan is to use a different chapter for each strategy, i.e., Chapter 1 - Making Connections, etc. I would love to read any suggestions. Thank you. Patti Whatley Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:22:23 -0500 From: Christine Ann Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Using the same book for all students To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Hi Everyone, I am looking for some tips on literature circles. Last year, my students were learning about the California Natives and we were reading Island of the Blue Dolphins. I wanted all of my students to read this text because it was directly connected to our social studies unit, a research project, and an upcoming field trip. I had a broad range of students, so as you can imagine, some of the students were reading the book easily while others were struggling through it. We had 1 hour dedicated to reading instruction and I was lucky enough to have parent volunteers coming in to read with kids, but it seemed like to took way too much time to get through the book. Have any of you been in a similar situation? If so, how do you allow your whole class to read the same book in literature circles and get through the book in a timely manner? How do you approach a book like this with struggling students? There were times when I would take turns reading with them and I also had them buddy up with a supportive and encouraging peer. I thought about using the book as a read aloud, but it would have taken even longer to get through it. Any suggestions? Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:57:16 + (GMT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Using the same book for all students To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I would do it as a read aloud. I would not give my weaker readers a book like that. That will just turn them off to reading. They need more practice in reading books that are more comfortable for them. Note taking would certainly be part of the read aloud, but it would probably be done during my social studies time. Myra ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] study island
I use Study Island with my resource students. I do like the math better than the reading but I use a test reader program (Read and Write Gold) and that helps the struggling readers. I have gone through the lessons before presenting them to the students and build min-lessons to encourage strategy use during the computer time. It is extra work but I am seeing improvement especially in lower level students. June ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ 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.
