Re: [MOSAIC] Rosie and basal readers
Rosie, We also have Houghton Mifflin for our basal, but I use tons of other resources. Do you have the newest series that has the leveled readers? Ours does so it has the on-level, below-level, above-level readers and then the basal. I also use centers, but generally for 30 min. a day. My coworkers and I don't like the way they say they spiral the teaching of certain things. It confuses a lot of kids to jump around like that and not fully understand a concept before moving on. We do TONS of supplementing. My district is fairly small (5 elementary schools with 3-4 sections at each grade level), but we do a lot of collaborating. I am in Kansas, near Wichita. I have to ask, what state are you in? I can't believe in this day and age of NCLB that one would be tied to a basal! None of the basals hit all the almighty assessment items so we are encouraged to find resources that do and share them with our colleagues. I teach second grade, and our school forces us to level the kids for reading between teachers. So we have one teacher who has a class of 12 of the lowest, one with 18 of the next group up, a group of 23 on-level kids and I ahve 24 above level kids. Depending on the types of centers you are using, even children that aren't reading much can do things to help them. However, during that 60 min. time how many centers are they doing and how many groups do you teach. That's a long time! I have found some fabulous file folder games from Evan-Moor that all you have to do is rip them out, put together, laminate and make copies of the response sheets. They are very good because they are easy to make and include a response sheet, even though some are self-checking. We are supposed to be using things that are research based all the time, and research shows that reading and writing are directly tied together, so it doesn't make much sense to not integrate them. We've been told that we can't have the kids work throught the whole writing process during the reading block, just during the grammar time. Personally, I believe that as a professional, I can choose when and how I want to make connections as long as my children are showing progress. I also LOVE reading aloud and instilling in my students a love of books. I can tell you that while I enjoy most of the stories in the basal, it is merely a jumping-off point. I honestly believe that most of the kids don't understand that a story in a basal is a book by itself. They are shocked if/when they find it in the library! I've taught K, 1st and now 2nd, and have always found that the books and authors that I read aloud and promote they will seek after. My goal is to introduce them to a variety of series chapter books so they can find something they like. I usually use Magice Tree House, Junie B. Jones, Henry and Mudge, Cam Jansen, Arthur, Franklin, and authors like Tomie dePaola, Eric Carl, Jan Brett, etc. I tie them into my themes or the monthly holidays. Do you have time at the end of the day or after lunch or something that you can read aloud to the class for shear enjoyment? Your literacy coach sounds like she has no idea what teaching reading is all about! Do you use the Houghton Mifflin website www.eduplace.com ? It has some good tie-ins. I don't like most of the centers in the basal, and try to use others that I've learned throughout the years. There are several Yahoo groups that have wonderful center games and ideas, too. At our school and in the district, the state standards are our bible... we are supposed to find whatever we can that will help them pass the stupid tests. There are standards that are there, and then delta-indicated standards that show they will be tested. We're supposed to spend the majority of our time on those. So there are parts of our math text that we skip altogether! Testing begins at 3rd grade, and I teach 2nd, so we have a little more flexibility. But I understand the frustration of mandates that tie your hands from actually doing the best job you can. Eryn In a message dated 2/1/2007 7:28:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you think are the most significant barriers that hinder the development of a successful reading/language arts program? What do you all feel? I could ramble all day about our current mandates. We are required to have a 90 minute reading block. 30 minutes is whole group, 60 minutes is stations/small group. We MUST teach from the Houghton Mifflin basal. The overwhelming majority of my class reads below grade level, yet I must teach them from the on level basal. When they are in stations, the group that works independently, while I work with a group, most of them do nothing. They are not capable of reading grade level materials, and I am not supposed to be giving them work that isn't from this publisher. (Although out of
Re: [MOSAIC] Rosie and basal readers
What are the titles? Pat K to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. e.e. cummings On Feb 4, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Eryn 2nd grade wrote: I have found some fabulous file folder games from Evan-Moor that a ___ 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] Phonics songs
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[MOSAIC] instructional methods for teaching comprehension strategies
Your first grade colleague has an interesting dilemma to explore and one I wish more graduate students would spend time studying. I think we have confused standards, curriculum, learning tools and instructional strategies in many states and districts. I suspect this teacher's professor is urging them to uncover that issue. Standards and curriculum should be the content we teach - what we intend that our students will learn following instruction. Objectives may break that content down further, into more manageable chunks, but it really is the content that should be represented in our state standards and curriculum documents. We have plenty of research to suggest what content is most essential and that essential content should be the focus of daily instruction. When states include a bunch of instructional practices and learning activities into standards and curriculum, it distracts us from the essential content, but that is another rant! Instructional practices, by contrast, are the tools we use to communicate the content. So, a read aloud, shared reading, reciprocal teaching, etc., are instructional practices - pedagogy. In comprehension instruction, the most effective (correlating to long term retention and reapplication of concepts) are thinking aloud, modeling, demonstrating, conferring, etc. Reciprocal teaching has a ton of good research behind it, we know scaffolding to be effective, the gradual release of responsibility model is a useful instructional framework into which all of the aforementioned can be woven. Unless the professor has made a distinction in class between instructional methods and practices, I'm not aware of a technical distinction, but the place we often get confused, I think, is in using instructional practices interchangeably with learning practices. When a child creates a two-column note chart to hold her thinking or completes a Venn diagram to show an inference, those are not instructional practices - they aren't teaching her to comprehend better. Teachers teach children to comprehend better, not activities. Activities or ways to hold thinking may be useful if a teacher wants to review/assess/decide on a direction for further instruction, etc. Hope that's helpful clarification - encourage your colleague to look into thinking aloud - I believe it's enormously important in comprehension instruction. ellin keene ___ 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] Cheryl's nightmare
Cheryl, I am appalled at the thought that your reading/literacy coach actually tells you that you may not use literature and novels. I teach fifth graders that are all reading far below grade level and if the only thing I used was the basal, my kids would NEVER want to read. This year I took the approach to use guided reading with novels, integrate with our social studies text and nonfiction sources, and Lexile level books for all my students to have success in reading. It works!!! I can teach them all how to use strategies, reading comprehension skills, and vocabulary no matter what material they're reading... the best part is, they are becoming life-long readers. Isn't that we want anyways? Your literacy coach really needs to rethink the turn-off of reading that is being created by the mandate. There is no way we can possibly get children up to speed and on grade level if we don't start meeting them where they are and taking them up from there I would suggest checking out the Lexile website and checking with your school or local library to create some book lists that your students could atleast use for self-selected reading time. Best of luck! Kristen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:01 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 6, Issue 3 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Mosaic digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: appreciating reading/book talks (The Plumtree) 2. Re: most significant barriers (Cheryl Day) 3. Re: inferring update (Joy) 4. Re: inferring books/more/long (Joy) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 19:57:39 -0800 From: The Plumtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] appreciating reading/book talks To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original I agree that you have to give kids a focus when they do book talks. I neglected to say that at the beginning of Self-Selected Reading--I do a read a aloud with a strategy in mind and model for the kids what I want to see in their book talks.Usually my read alouds correspond to a strategy that we are working on in guided reading. The kids have sticky notes as in Deb's book and they track what they have read and share some of that thinking. My kids are really getting decent at questioning. We have discussed thick and thin questions. I only have 2 kiddos share a day, because for me it is easier to go into depth with two kids. Therefore it takes 2 weeks to go through the class. The quick pair shares are just a quick way to allow all the kids to have a chance to say something about the book that they are reading. I also find that this gives the kids motivation for doing some reading because they want to have something to share. There are many different ways to get kids to share books and acclamate them to critical thinking and reading. Deb Miller's book is an excellent resource, as well as Self-Selected Reading by Dottie Hall and Linda Gambrell. During conferences the kids are encouraged to share the strategies that they are using as they are reading. This is my time to reinforce and encourage the children to dig deeper, and if needed to choose books that are appropriate. Marti To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] appreciating reading/book talks Just a ghost from the past... but in reading all of your posts and trying to implement the best of the best in my own practice I can't help but think that responding to text has got to be more than a written response. ... especially in primary. Turn and talk is good but it takes quite a bit of structure and practice for kids to expand their thinking this way since often little ones only concentrate on what they want to say and even though they give nod to the speaker their thoughts are still mostly on their response. A better activity of turn and talk is in Debbie Miller's Ducks at Night activity for mental images. This activity keeps the kids focused on their partner's response because they are looking for something to add to their personal t-chart picture after the book talk is over. I think the structure has to be built in to the activity for kids
[MOSAIC] ELA time being cut at my school
Recently our new middle school schedule was unveiled for next year and it is cutting ELA time in the whole school but especially in our 6th grade. Currently our 6th graders have two periods of ELA so that we can adequately cover both reading and writing. Next year we will have one period a day, 39 minutes in length and each class will get an additional 39 minutes once every 6 days. All of us who teach ELA are shocked by this. This is being done mainly so that the students can take a foreign language every day versus every other like we currently have. I teach in NY in a district in Westchester County where education is valued by most parents. Any suggestions how to get the word out to parents and get them to complain about this. This is so unfair to the students. I'm not sure how the teachers who will be teaching this are going to be able to cover both reading and writing in this short time amount. Pat - NY - grade 6 ___ 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] Evan Moor Centers
Here is the link to the site for centers. A lot of them say Take it to Your Seat. If you have a local teacher store you can probably browse some there. Also, I was able to get one for free using my Scholastic book order points! The exact titles are at school and I am at home. Since I have the above level 2nd grade reading group, I've gotten a lot of the 1-2 issues and the 2-3 issues. http://www.evan-moor.com/catalog/curr.asp?CID=2 HTH, Eryn BTW, our district adopted the 2005 series of Houghton Mifflin Reading... the second one over on the www.eduplace.com site. Eryn Cunningham Teaching- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ___ 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] District or School in FL using the strategies?
Hi all, One of the leaders at our district asked me if I am aware of a school or district where they are using comprehension strategies throughout the school and/or district. She would like to observe or send some of us to go and observe it in a schoolwide setting. Anyone aware of a school in Fl? Thanks in advance, Terry/Fl/3 ___ 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] Phonics songs
There is a phonics resource book called Phonics Fun and it has a song for each phonics rule... myabe Frank Schaffer or some such author. ___ 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] Phonics songs/Reading Strategies Songs
While we are on the subject of songs for instruction, I have a CD I bought that has reading strategy songs on it. They also make one for writing strategies. I think it would be great for primary students. (I really like them, but my fourth grade students think they are babyish though, because they are set to nursery rhyme tunes.) You can get one from Miles and Tanny McGregor. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joy/NC/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org - Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. ___ 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) THANK YOU, ELLIN!! Most appreciated!
Dear Ellin, Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my question. As a Title I teacher, former Reading Recovery teacher, and former literacy coordinator I have seen many new teachers confused by college professors, administrators and so called veteran teachers. I am baffled by the confusions that exist over strategies vs skills, instructional methods vs. learning practices, and learning tools vs learning practices. You are so right when you say that there is an abundance of confusion between standards, curriculum, learning tools and instructional strategies. It boggles my mind that administrators, professional staff developers, and college professors continue to miss the point on these things. As a Title I teacher, I work hard at providing direct services to the student population we serve. I work in grades K-2, and my teaching is grounded in what I learned as a Reading Recovery teacher as well as what I have learned from Mosaic of Thought. I spend almost an equal amount of time trying to mentor new teachers through study groups. I focus on many of the principles I learned from your work. At times I feel like I am working against the tide because administrators focus solely on high stakes testing, standards, and test scores. Very little is offered in the way of helping teachers understand reading process/reading comprehension instruction, and assessment that allows teachers to measure strategy use as well as their thinking! As I see teachers focus on curriculum and content I can't help but notice that they lose sight of teaching and facilitating how children learn to think. Add to that the demands of having to follow a research based reading program and you can't help but notice that we are merely pushing children through materials. Please know that your work has been inspiring to me, and that I refer to it over and over in the work I do facilitating my K-2 study group. Just last week, I went to my Title I director, and the Asst. Superintendent in charge of Curriculum and asked them if they could send two of our first grade teachers to a conference you will be speaking at in the Boston/RI ( SDR staff development) area. These teachers even offered to pay half the conference fee... but sadly, we were turned down. I will pass on your thoughts to these new teachers, and encourage them to join this listerve. Again, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my questions I am very grateful Patrice Bucci Title I Roberts School Medford Public Schools Medford, MA ___ 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] MOT study guides
If you look on our TEACHING TOOLS page at www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm in the Staff Development category you will find a couple files with study guide questions for MOT. Ginger moderator ___ 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] RWM
Oops! Kerry was looking for study guides for RWM. We do have some questions for RWM on the TOOLS page as well. Ginger moderator ___ 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] Kindergarten Questioning
I am currently working in a kindergarten classroom and this has been a struggle for me too. One thing I do is: when we do our picture walk to help us make predictions we talk about questions we may have before we read, as students share there questions I write them on our class reading log. As we read I may write down a question I may have and encourage students to share theirs. Once we are done we revisit our questions, determine if we can answer them after we have read and write down our answers. At this point if there are any other questions students have they share them and see if anyone can answer them. It took a lot of modeling in the beginning,to what are good questions but the kids really are catching on. I also use this same format for our small group work as this allows me to help the more struggling students in a smaller setting. Best of Luck! Kim ___ 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] Book study with RWM and STW
I called Heineman yesterday, and they told me there are no plans for publishing a primary Comprehension Tool Kit. Unfortunately, Heinemann is not using local reps now, so my rep has no knowledge about this. Can anyone tell me whether or not the toolkit is in the plans for primary? I was really counting on purchasing this for our primary teachers. Thanks, Carol LA Content Specialist K-8 I think I would have the two groups get together periodically and compare and contrast the topics in each book. You might want to think of your book studies as comprehension study groups with those books as your references. You might be interested to know that Steph Harvey is almost ready to publish a primary version of Comprehension Tool Kit and additional text for the original kit. She also is coming out with a second version for STW. You might want to see when it is available. Hope this is helpful, Marsha ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones
The two things that my current class seems to like to write or talk about is their questions and their conenctions they have made to the text they have read. Everytime I read to the class I try to come up with questions and write them on our class reading log and connections I have made to the text. The students seem to really like when I share my thoughts and connections with them. When we are done they share their questions and connections they have made and will write about them in their reading log. I am always amazed at the connections they made and look forward to reading their reading logs. I have students that work well above level to way below. Where the higher level group writes much of their own connections and questions the lower group is still working on early concepts of print and their work is more illustrations in nature. I use this opportuntiy to work one on one with the writing process during our conference time at the end of the day. Regardless both groups have very meaningful connections and questions and are eager to share them because they want to be good readers. Kim ___ 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] Book study with RWM and STW
I also contacted Heinemann in December and was also told there was no publishing of a primary comprehension toolkit. ___ 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] forwarded from Sarah
I am forwarding this from Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ginger moderator +++ Hi all~ I'm new to the board. I'm a Literacy student at Syracuse University and in reading these posts, some things that we've learned/practiced came to mind. I haven't done these in the classroom yet, but many in my program have and found they are wonderful tools. One thing we love is modeling the think alouds while reading or even when introducing a book. I find that this helped me to think about how I read/think. Furthermore, when doing this, students can slow down and really question, make comments and inferences while doing this. Another great method to pair with this is post-its; we use them, too, while reading, to add Questions, A-ha moments, or comments about the text. Just some food for thought regarding innovative classroom practices~ I think this helps them to listen to each other, too. I'm not familiar with ducks at night but another thing we find successful is Reader of the Week where the student can share his/her post=its and thoughts with the class. Can you tell me more about Ducks at Night? Does anyone know anything like this for the high school level to get students to share? Sarah, grad student ___ 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] Book Talks
I am forwarding this from Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ginger moderator ++ Kerry, We used the Strategies That Work book last semester; my professors are all well-versed in Literacy and we found that by breaking down each chapter and having the strategies modeled individually worked best to show what the book was all about. Each chapter is a particular strategy, of which we've used all of them in class to model. One of the things you could do if you have a group is to have them each take the main points of the chapter's strategy to discuss, model and ask questions. We did this to pick apart each one and it was super helpful. I hope this helps. Sarah ___ 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] Instructional methods for teachingcomprehensionstrategies???
I am forwarding this from Sarah Ginger moderator + I, too, am in a program where we focus on teaching strategies. What I've found is that these methods ARE practices, since a good literacy specialist should be modeling and scaffolding for such practices as Read/Think aloud, pair share, guided reading. The methods are more what the teacher builds theory on and the practices are the modeling and explicit instruction of how to use these strategies. Some other strategies are: Questioning, Analyzing, Inferring, etc. ___ 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] instructional methods for teaching comprehensionstrategies
Well said and thank you for your input and feedback. Sometimes I feel all alone in my thoughts and understandings and then I get to hear thoughts/understandings/beliefs of others that let me know that I am not alone... Cyd Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. Chinese proverb [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/04/07 12:21 PM Your first grade colleague has an interesting dilemma to explore and one I wish more graduate students would spend time studying. I think we have confused standards, curriculum, learning tools and instructional strategies in many states and districts. I suspect this teacher's professor is urging them to uncover that issue. Standards and curriculum should be the content we teach - what we intend that our students will learn following instruction. Objectives may break that content down further, into more manageable chunks, but it really is the content that should be represented in our state standards and curriculum documents. We have plenty of research to suggest what content is most essential and that essential content should be the focus of daily instruction. When states include a bunch of instructional practices and learning activities into standards and curriculum, it distracts us from the essential content, but that is another rant! Instructional practices, by contrast, are the tools we use to communicate the content. So, a read aloud, shared reading, reciprocal teaching, etc., are instructional practices - pedagogy. In comprehension instruction, the most effective (correlating to long term retention and reapplication of concepts) are thinking aloud, modeling, demonstrating, conferring, etc. Reciprocal teaching has a ton of good research behind it, we know scaffolding to be effective, the gradual release of responsibility model is a useful instructional framework into which all of the aforementioned can be woven. Unless the professor has made a distinction in class between instructional methods and practices, I'm not aware of a technical distinction, but the place we often get confused, I think, is in using instructional practices interchangeably with learning practices. When a child creates a two-column note chart to hold her thinking or completes a Venn diagram to show an inference, those are not instructional practices - they aren't teaching her to comprehend better. Teachers teach children to comprehend better, not activities. Activities or ways to hold thinking may be useful if a teacher wants to review/assess/decide on a direction for further instruction, etc. Hope that's helpful clarification - encourage your colleague to look into thinking aloud - I believe it's enormously important in comprehension instruction. ellin keene ___ 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.
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Re: [MOSAIC] District or School in FL using the strategies?
Terry: the majority of the teachers in my school teacher the comprehension strategies and metacognitive thinking, altho' there may be a few that don't. I teach in northeast Florida in Duval Co. We also are a district that teaches utilizing Performance Standards rather than the SSS. Deb Holden -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:43 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] District or School in FL using the strategies? Hi all, One of the leaders at our district asked me if I am aware of a school or district where they are using comprehension strategies throughout the school and/or district. She would like to observe or send some of us to go and observe it in a schoolwide setting. Anyone aware of a school in Fl? Thanks in advance, Terry/Fl/3 ___ 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. Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ___ 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] Book study with RWM and STW
If I remember correctly it is due to come out in 2008. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Book study with RWM and STW I called Heineman yesterday, and they told me there are no plans for publishing a primary Comprehension Tool Kit. Unfortunately, Heinemann is not using local reps now, so my rep has no knowledge about this. Can anyone tell me whether or not the toolkit is in the plans for primary? I was really counting on purchasing this for our primary teachers. Thanks, Carol LA Content Specialist K-8 I think I would have the two groups get together periodically and compare and contrast the topics in each book. You might want to think of your book studies as comprehension study groups with those books as your references. You might be interested to know that Steph Harvey is almost ready to publish a primary version of Comprehension Tool Kit and additional text for the original kit. She also is coming out with a second version for STW. You might want to see when it is available. Hope this is helpful, Marsha ___ 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] Determining Theme
I have been working with my third grade teachers and their students on determining theme when reading stories. The reason we picked this concept was because our sample tests in preparing for state testing showed that the kids had very little understanding of this. Also, I've found that this is a skill that many teachers have said is a really difficult thing for kids to understand, and I wanted to see if the kids were really capable of it. I figured, it was sort of like determining importance when reading fiction. So, that was the approach I took when figuring out how I determine theme in a story. It was clear that re-reading was key because I had to re-read many times in order to think about it myself. I told the kids that theme can be thought of as what the story is REALLY about. Theme can also be thought of as the author's message. After speaking with the kids about the importance of re-reading, I began by doing just that. I re-read Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats and modeled my own thinking in terms of my connection(s). I told the kids that when I first read the book, I thought of how I can't whistle at all. But the more I read it, I realized that the story wasn't about whistling... I started thinking of other things that I couldn't do but, just like Peter, I tried for a long time and finally, when I least expected it, I got it! I told them about my own experience trying to do step aerobics at my gym. We discussed how our connections to stories are sometimes SIMILAR but not EXACTLY like the character in the story and that those connections might help us to figure out the theme of the story. (this is a struggle for our kids...they make simplistic connections and don't typically dig deeper. I think our teachers struggle with teaching this as well so I thought it was important to make this part of the lesson) We began a chart that said, Ways to Determine THEME in a story: 1. Think about what the story is REALLY about 2. Ask yourself, Do I have any similar connections to a character or a situation in the story? I sent the kids off to try it in their own books (they had independent just right books. As we conferenced many kids were getting it and had decent ideas about the themes in the stories they were reading. Many had Junie B. Jones books that were easier to connect to. One kid actually was reading Teammates (I forget the author) and made a text-to-world connection to Martin Luther King and thought that the theme of the story had something to do with black people and white people getting along. Through our conference I had him thinking about and using the word equality. It was pretty amazing stuff! I had the kids share a few examples and thoughts and began another chart: THEMES IN BOOKS WE HAVE READ: 1. Perseverance (don't give up) (From Whistle for Willie) 2. Equality (treat everyone the same) I also included some other themes, but I can't remember them off the top of my head. We continued to add to this list after each lesson. But the kids who REALLY helped me were the kids who WEREN'T getting it. For Day 2, I did more strategy instruction. My mini-lesson was to think about how a character in a story changes over time. I re-read Little Toot to the kids and I modeled for them how to make a character timeline to show how both Little Toot and the other boats in the story changed their feelings and opinions throughout the story. That helped me to decide that a major theme of this story was: Don't judge someone by the way they look. Other kids chimed in with their opinions and thoughts about other themes that were implied by the story, like: It's never too late to make changes in your life because the boat goes from silly little tugboat to a good helper in the end. Other kids thought the theme was to help others and to never give up It was eye-opening to me that they were thinking and that it was beginning to work! No one was saying it was a story about a tugboat anymore! The kids went out to do their own character timelines and when we shared they helped one another see how the new strategy COULD really help themselves to think about theme. We also realized that it was so crucial for them to have read the book they were using beforehand. It was difficult for most kids who were reading new books to apply the skill. We added to the strategy chart: 3. Think about how the character(s) change throughout the story In my conferences on this day, one kid was reading Junie B. Jones and she said that at first Junie B. was sad that her graduation gown was ruined with purple spots, but at the end of the story, all of the kids wanted their gowns to have purple spots too. In our discussion she came to realize that that change was essential to her understanding the theme! She said, I think the theme is about how not to be upset when things are bad but to make them better in a creative way My jaw dropped! We talked about the phrase, When life gives you
[MOSAIC] correction infor for phonics resource
The title is The Big Book of Phonics Fun by Carson DeLosa publications ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones The two things that my current class seems to like to write or talk about is their questions and their conenctions they have made to the text they have read. Everytime I read to the class I try to come up with questions and write them on our class reading log and connections I have made to the text. The students seem to really like when I share my thoughts and connections with them. When we are done they share their questions and connections they have made and will write about them in their reading log. I am always amazed at the connections they made and look forward to reading their reading logs. I have students that work well above level to way below. Where the higher level group writes much of their own connections and questions the lower group is still working on early concepts of print and their work is more illustrations in nature. I use this opportuntiy to work one on one with the writing process during our conference time at the end of the day. Regardless both groups have very meaningful connections and questions and are eager to share them because they want to be good readers. Kim ___ 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. Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ___ 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] strategies for little ones
I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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] newbie
Hi all~ I'm new to the board. I'm a Literacy student at Syracuse University and in reading these posts, some things that we've learned/practiced came to mind. I haven't done these in the classroom yet, but many in my program have and found they are wonderful tools. One thing we love is modeling the think alouds while reading or even when introducing a book. I find that this helped me to think about how I read/think. Furthermore, when doing this, students can slow down and really question, make comments and inferences while doing this. Another great method to pair with this is post-its; we use them, too, while reading, to add Questions, A-ha moments, or comments about the text. Just some food for thought regarding innovative classroom practices~ I think this helps them to listen to each other, too. I'm not familiar with ducks at night but another thing we find successful is Reader of the Week where the student can share his/her post=its and thoughts with the class. Can you tell me more about Ducks at Night? Does anyone know anything like this for the high school level to get students to share? From: Bonita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listservmosaic@literacyworkshop.org To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listservmosaic@literacyworkshop.org CC:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] appreciating reading/book talks Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:24:40 -0800 Please tell me more about Deb Miller's Ducks at Night. I'm not familiar with it:) Thanks, Bonita California [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a ghost from the past... but in reading all of your posts A better activity of turn and talk is in Debbie Miller's Ducks at Night activity for mental images. This activity keeps the kids focused on their partner's response because they are looking for something to add to their personal t-chart picture after the book talk is over. I think the structure has to be built in to the activity for kids to really get the subtle message: Your thinking expands, modifies or is confirmed when shared with others. ___ 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. FREE online classifieds from Windows Live Expo buy and sell with people you know _ Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Who is the author of this book--and is the title reading power or power reading? Thanks, Laura C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bagwell, Debbie Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:46 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Is it Power Reading or Reading Power? I can;t find Power reading--but I found the other- Bagwell, Debbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they need!! Thanks Julie Santello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is Reading Power Julie On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: Is it Power Reading or Reading Power? I can;t find Power reading--but I found the other- Bagwell, Debbie wrote: I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. ___ 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] ELA time being cut at my school
Pat, There's also a buzz in the air here in my Florida district that VERY SOON students will have only LA in middle school. Teaching reading will be a 'thing of the past,' much like it is in high school. Yes, high schoolers read literature---but they aren't taught reading. They're supposed to know how to read. *Duh* Of course, we find this very bizarre, not only since we know there are kids with reading deficits sitting in every high school in the district, but schools that show improvement in reading receive huge state dollar amounts. We are doing a huge disservice to our kids and our profession by eliminating reading from the course list. As far as your question about letting parents know of the changes coming down the pike in your district---do you have a PTSA or SAC at your school? Once the word gets out to them, they'll spread the word for you. And 39 minutes is LUDICROUS! We have 45 minute periods (up from 43 minutes last year), and I feel that's too short! I'm pushing for 55 minutes. Keep us posted on the outcome. The school board will listen to parents before it listens to teachers. Barbara/6th/FL -Original Message- On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Recently our new middle school schedule was unveiled for next year and it is cutting ELA time in the whole school but especially in our 6th grade. Currently our 6th graders have two periods of ELA so that we can adequately cover both reading and writing. Next year we will have one period a day, 39 minutes in length and each class will get an additional 39 minutes once every 6 days. All of us who teach ELA are shocked by this. This is being done mainly so that the students can take a foreign language every day versus every other like we currently have. I teach in NY in a district in Westchester County where education is valued by most parents. Any suggestions how to get the word out to parents and get them to complain about this. This is so unfair to the students. I'm not sure how the teachers who will be teaching this are going to be able to cover both reading and writing in this short time amount. Pat - NY - grade 6 ___ 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] strategies for little ones
I just got the book myself, and I do really like it. It gives great ideas for how to present each strategy. Karen 1st/MI Jennifer Benbrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they need!! Thanks Julie Santello wrote: It is Reading Power Julie On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: Is it Power Reading or Reading Power? I can;t find Power reading--but I found the other- Bagwell, Debbie wrote: I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. ___ 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. - Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Yes, Reading Power is the book I was talking about. Sorry about the confusion...my copy is at school. Debbie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 9:16 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Is this it? _Click here: Stenhouse Publishers - Reading Power: Teaching Students to Think While They Read_ (http://stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0idproduct=9039) ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power
Hi, Reading Power is a wonderful book. It was written by a teacher in the Vancouver, British Columbia school district and it really helps to make the strategies more concrete for the kids. Adrienne Greer came to speak at our Primary Teachers meeting a few months ago, and she's coming back in March. She is a wonderful speaker! Her book has a great list of books for teaching each strategy and gives you lots of insight into how introduce each strategy, how to do the think alouds, and how to get the kids to practice using the strategy on their own. She has also created her own set of posters which I bought at the workshop. It is a head and shoulders drawing of a boy or a girl, and then she has puzzle pieces which fit inside the brain of the child - labeled with each of these strategies. This poster shows the kids that they should have a busy brain while they are reading. I introduced the poster and the various strategies, and the kids started getting it right away, without much more than the introduction. We are now talking about our read alouds and other reading like never before, which so much more depth and meaning. It's really exciting. I definitely recommend this book - inexpensive, easy to read, and fun to use with the kids! Tammy Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Jennifer Benbrook wrote: Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they need!! Thanks Julie Santello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is Reading Power Julie On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: Is it Power Reading or Reading Power? I can;t find Power reading--but I found the other- Bagwell, Debbie wrote: I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. ___ 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. ___
