Yes! I so agree with Jennifer! What have you read lately? should
DEFINITELY be one of your most important questions (maybe even asking
specifically if he/she is familiar with Mosaic or any other professional
books about literacy).
But also don't forget, Have you WRITTEN anything lately? You
You might want to try www.librarything.com It's free up to a certain # of
books, but then only a small fee for a lifetime membership with unlimited
books. You can tag books with strategies or add things in the comment box.
Also, I'm quite happy with their customer service. I had issues searching
I asked an older semi-retired farmer/carpenter to build me a podium. I gave
him a sketch with dimensions and asked for adjustable shelves, a drawer, and
a built in pencil cup. Also, WHEELS so I can move it about easily.
He ended up building me the most beautiful, pulpit-looking solid oak podium.
I think having a WIDE range of levels is very important. You are guaranteed
to have a WIDE range of readers in any given classroom. And don't forget a
nice balance between fiction and nonfiction.
As for where to get the books, yes, yard sales are great, thrift stores
usually have a few good
Rhonda (and others)
There is an informal book discussion on The Book Whisperer going on here:
http://www.classroom20.com/group/elementaryreadingteachers
I'd say the book is aimed at 4-8 teachers, but definitely worth the read for
ALL reading teachers!
-Michelle/5th/IA
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Scrolls really served as an anchor for me throughout the year in regards
to determining importance in NONFICTION by identifying those features. My
students knew to look for titles, subtitles, and bold words FIRST when they
picked up nonfiction (and other features second, third,...) as a result of
My experience with PLCs is that they work wonderfully on a VOLUNTEER basis.
Don't MANDATE them.
-Michelle TG
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Love the idea of laminating the scroll on butcher paper. Then you can also
use overhead markers to mark it each year. Thanks for the idea, Lori!
I wrote about using scrolls to teach nonfiction features here:
http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:190834
Dave--when is your
If you are pretty good w/formatting in MicrosoftWord, check out
http://www.lulu.com. They offer professional printing services and will mail
you the finished copy within a week. This would be especially good for a
collection of stories. Plus, you could offer parents a chance to buy their
own
Try the book Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde. SciFi set in future
w/artificial intelligence machines and games. Main character, a gamer
(happens to be a girl) goes into a Virtual Reality game set in medieval
times and gets stuck in the game, unable to get out until she successfully
completes
I'd like to extend an invitation to my Mosaic friends. We are beginning a
small discussion on Debbie Miller's Teaching with Intention book at
http://www.classroom20.com/group/elementaryreadingteachers
You all are welcome to join in the conversation. :-)
Michelle TG
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Diane,
I think Dave answered your questions BEAUTIFULLY. There are SO many
applications of this textmapping technique.
But, if you want to know what I was doing with that particular lesson, it
was focused on finding and using text features.(See
Just wanted to publicly say Thanks to Dave Middlebrook for sharing his
textmapping project with everyone via his website at www.textmapping.org.
I wrote about it and shared some pictures of the process on my blog at
http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/list?user=ujmo7mw58i1a
My kiddos LOVED
I certainly did not intend to worry anyone or to imply we trade in this
email group any time soon with my invitation to explore web 2.0
opportunities available to this list. My sincere apologies.
I'm merely suggesting that there are newer, improved ways of communicating.
Remember those clunky
I've been exploring a couple of web 2.0 sites this summer and have fallen
head over heels with their possibilities. I really see potential for
expanding this group into one of the several social networking sites. I've
joined two recently and have come into contact with educators around the
Love that term, Obsessive Book Buyers Disorder, Joy!
May I offer some ideas to feed your addiction?
Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I love to go to Half Price Books and pick up
between $50-$80 worth of used books for my classroom. They have franchises
all over the place
Hey all,
LOTS of possibilities with a website called Wordle http://www.wordle.net
Anyone else out there use it? I created a wordle using the reading
strategies and put it on my teacher link page
http://www.mrstg.com/teacher_links.htm.
This would be a FUN project to do with students!
Have a
Take a look at the trailer available on this website:
http://schoolsmatter.blogspot.com/2008/06/trailer-for-new-film-on-teachers.h
tml
-Michelle TG/IA
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Not sure if I have the right link to which Melissa was referring, but I
added that Denver Public School Elementary Literacy website to my Teacher
Link page. DPS has put a lot of good info on that site! Thanks to those
that remembered that link!
http://www.mrstg.com/teacher_links.htm
Michelle
My kids LISTENED and read along with the first Artemis Fowl book by Eoin
Colfer. I downloaded the unabridged audio version from iTunes. It's read
by Nathaniel Parker and it's WONDERFUL! I got the actual books from
Amazon.com for only $3.00 each (still a big chunk of my own money, but worth
it).
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I am looking for suggestions for someone to come in and present a one-day
³workshop on workshops.²
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Check out www.angelamaiers.com.
We've been using Angela as a literacy consultant for three years and
absolutely love her! She has a vibrant
I JUST got a few sets of leveled nonfiction books (between levels M through
S, I believe) from Sundance Publishers called The Real Deal and my 5th
graders are loving them! I just got the one copy of each package, but they
sell them by six-packs as well. I highly recommend them!
Also, as you
Here's a new web site that's just in its beta stage:
http://lookybook.com/index.php
Browse/READ ENTIRE picture books online. Especially cool if you have a
SmartBoard! Some books are difficult to read, as the text is too small and
they don't have a zoom feature yet, but MOST are just fine to read
I'm in the same boat, Melissa. It's hard to get everything in! Here's my
very FLEXIBLE scheduling information. I, too, am VERY interested in what
others are doing.
I teach 2 sections of 5th grade Reading/Lang Arts. One section is a solid
two hour block (except for two days a week where over
The four square page is simply four empty boxes--no individual purpose for
any of the boxes other than to provide an organizational tool for hanging on
to those precious notes that hold all that thinking. By the way, I
conference one-on-one with the kids as they read independently (2-4 kids per
I teach fifth grade and use sticky notes all of the time. Kids write on them
and then we attach them to a four-square page (a paper that simply has
been divided into four squares with room for the title of the book at the
top) that is kept in their individual reading binders--pages of direct
Happy Saturday, everyone!
I'm planning for next week's lessons on questioning and I have a question
for the list. I DON'T want to get too involved in labeling questions (just
like many of you said about labeling text-to-self/text/world connections),
but I think that in order to get my kids
Barb wrote:
We are going to be doing some persuasive writing in both 2nd and 3rd grade.
---
You have GOT to read the picture book I Wanna Iguana as an introduction to
persuasive writing! Check it out at amazon:
Good evening group!
Jennifer,
I see that you have a parent newsletter devoted to schema available on the
tools page:
http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/ParentNewsletterSchemabyJennifer.pdf
Just wondering...
Would you happen to have parent newsletters for the other strategies? And if
so,
In a message dated 8/23/2007, Nancy wrote:
I noticed there are a lot of Skippyjon Jones books.
Which one would you recommend?
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There are currently three regular Skippyjon Jones as well as a few board
books. My favorite is still the first and original entitled simply,
Skippyjon Jones.
Seems like there's quite a few of us that have moved from primary to
intermediate this year. I taught 2nd for 12 years and now am in 5th. Feel
free to email me off list as well and we can share ideas together if you'd
like.
For writing ideas and lesson outlines, I would HIGHLY recommend a
I agree with everyone on the value of Choice Literacy. I just signed up for
the FREE stuff last year and loved THAT (email newsletter, articles, and
links). I'll be getting the subscription this year.
As far as the video Classroom Beautiful goes, I have seen it and loved it!
I found it to be
In a message dated 7/28/2007 12:10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is it more effective for ESL students to learn to read first and focus less
on comprehension, or should ESL students focus more on comprehension and
less on accuracy?
I would agree that
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Elisa wrote,
Research on retention reveals that while retaining kids may have a positive
effect in the short term (the following year of school, maybe) there are no
positive long term effects.
--
I'd like to know what the research has to say
Thanks, John! I took a quick look at the sites and added them today to my
teacher links page. I'm looking forward to going over them in more detail
later this weekend.
Michelle TG/IA
http://www.mrstg.com
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From: Zeck, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michelle
I'm
Anyone out there willing to share some first week lesson plans (especially
for 5th grade reading/language arts)? What specific activities do YOU all
do the first few days?
Thanks in advance,
Michelle TG/IA
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Thanks, Kelly, for the link to the MiddleWeb site with the curriculum maps!
I had forgotten about that one. I added it and the related Literacy
Workshop site to my teacher links page
(http://www.mrstg.com/teacher_links.htm). There sure are an awful lot of
amazing educators out there so willing
On 7/21/07 11:47 AM, Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't do round robin reading in my class. Never have. However, my new
TA, who is wonderful in every other way, is disturbed by this. She feels so
strongly about it that whenever she has had to fill in for me (IEP meetings
and the like) she
Our local AEA (Area Education Association) has the videos. They even were
kind enough to order the Daily 5 and a couple others after I made the
suggestion and they allow us to check them out over the summer if we are
willing to pick them up and drop them off at their office ourselves. I don't
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The Reading teachers have been asked to do an all day presentation on
Balanced Literacy for one of our Professional Development days in
September. I'm wondering if some of you have some things to share. My
coworker and I are feeling quite nervous about
I have a question for the group as I make the transition from teaching 2nd
grade to teaching fifth grade this fall. It is OT (off topic) of reading
strategies, but IS a part of balanced literacy. (I would appreciate emails
off list in response.) I knew that you all are such wonderful educators,
-
Debbie wrote,
The one thing that I can see the value of is the students having control of
the notebooks.
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Don't forget to check out Beth Newingham's web page. Remember she has
AWESOME resources available to download for a reader's notebook.
One specific C. Rylant title that is a MUST for both reading AND writing is
Let's Go Home: The Wonderful Things About a House by Cynthia Rylant
It's a real treasure for creating sensory images and determining importance.
-Michelle TG/IA
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From: Maggie Dillier
In the book Best Practices in Literacy Instruction (2nd Ed) edited by
Michael Pressley, there's a chapter entitled, Building a sound Writing
Program and on page 145 of that chapter the author states, Studies show
that teaching formal grammar to students has 'a negligible or even harmful
effect on
The DRA2 has written response beginning at level 28 (approx level=end of 2nd
grade).
Michelle TG
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From: Amy and Christine Rebera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:22 PM
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
Subject: Re:
Hi everyone,
I have a study group reading through MOT and we have been using the study
guide posted on the tools page by Russell Yates. Just wondering if anyone
knows who that is? I'd just like to send a Thank you out to him for
sharing the guide.
-Michelle TG
Shirley McNinch wrote:
I have the following questions:
1. What publishers would you rate as the top 4?
I have found Rigby to be an excellent guided reading source and their new
Literacy by Design series has modeled, shared, interactive, and guided
reading components as well as a writing
Does anyone have any really good suggestions or resources on grade level
vocabulary lists, assessment, or just plain vocab development?
-Michelle TG
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