Re: [MOSAIC] advice on phonics minilessons
Fountas Pinnell have a Comprehension book that is quite extensive that deals with all of the MOT strategies. Their phonics books for each grade level take on the assessment driven model of teaching. It is not canned and it takes some time to get started - However one easy and very quick way to get started is to use their monthly continuum, and offer those lessons. The CD that accompanies their phonics book makes creating all the lessons a snap and it allows for the creation of your own words and is open ended to make the games using what ever words you want. -- Deb G http://www.fabulousfirstgrade.50megs.com/index.html http://geaataglance.ohea.us/ Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. ~ Harry Truman On 2/19/07, baguzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was not saying that phonics was not important. I think phonics is very important in learning to decode. I thought the question was if the Fountas and Pinnel program supported the comprehension strategies. No I don't think it supports the strategies but can be used in tandem with the strategies. However, that particular program's organization is horrible, and does take a lot of preparation. I think there are better resources out there. - Original Message - From: Nancy Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] advice on phonics minilessons I agree with the discussion thus far concerning specific phonics instruction being necessary especially in the early grades. I am a firm believer in the 4 Blocks Literacy Model and have used it very successfully in my 1st/2nd grade multiage classroom for over five years. ___ 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] SUSPECT book suggestions for 1st grade inference
Yo! Yes! is a good book for teaching inferring as well. Kristin ___ 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] overwhelmed
I teach in a 6th grade reading class (55 minutes). I am working on my Rank 1 and I have been swimming in articles on differentiation. With 125 students, the idea of this seemed impossible. However, literature circles have been my savior. I completely immersed myself in Harvey Daniel's books. I started with only one of my reading classes (guinea pigs) and then began introducing it to the rest of the reading classes. I have really gotten to know them as individuals. Lit circles can be conducted in any content area Harrison County Middle School [EMAIL PROTECTED] sixth grade reading teacher -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Halliday Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:20 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed Hi, I'm a nontraditional teacher in my 5th year teaching 4th grade. Have read Mosaic, reading with meaning and parts of Fountas Pinell for 3-6. Went to an inspiring in-service with Ellin Keene @ a week ago. Despite all that, I feel a bit overwhelmed and, consequently, at sea. Matching state district requirements to what I've found in the research seems impossible. Am especially stumped by my district's requirements to do Differentiated Instruction:( i.e. homogeneous grouping) for 30-60 min a day. This goes against everything I believe in: that we can all learn from each other. Meanwhile, ELA and Special Ed students are being mainstreamed with no back-up or extra personnel. Does anyone else feel overwhelmed? Sometimes, I fall back on a routine simply because I don't know what else to do. Thanks for letting me vent! I want to teach my students in teh best way possible, and some days I don't know what that is! Chris/4/PA _ Play Flexicon: the crossword game that feeds your brain. PLAY now for FREE. http://zone.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmtagline ___ 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] Not enough time!
Wow! Thank you so much for all of your responses already. I found all of them very helpful! I think you guys are right. I have been trying to fit too much into the time I have with each group instead of focusing on one main objective. Some of the classroom teachers do have certain books and work they want me to complete with my groups each day, but for the most part I have a lot of flexibility with the lesson. Even the teachers who do have specific things they want me to do with the groups would probably be fine with it if we were unable to complete everything. In most of the classes I go into, after I leave the students in my group go on to work on something different, so if I start something with them, most likely it won?t be completed until the next time I see them. I could talk to the teachers and see if they will let my group keep working on their own after I leave. I am relatively new to the job and all of the teachers have been wonderful to me, so it can?t hurt to ask. I work at a Reading First school that requires the use of the Scott Foresman Series. The phonics readers from this series are usually what I read with my groups. The reading instruction the students receive from the classroom teachers is also from Scott Foresman. Most of the teachers from what I have seen are focusing on fluency through repeated readings, echo readings, choral readings, ect. There is also a lot of work done on vocabulary instruction. I have not seen strategies instruction in any of the classrooms I am in, which is why I would like to incorporate that into my lessons. We are on break this week, but I will definitely start incorporating strategies instruction when we return to school. I will try to stop worrying so much about getting through a book and focus more on what they are getting out of the parts we do read. I will also talk to my reading coach about the ?Comprehension Tool Kit? Ruth mentioned to see if that is available at my school. Thank you so much for all of your help so far! If anyone has anymore suggestions, I would love to hear them! Thank you again! ~Stephanie~ ___ 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 THAT work - second edition!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH YEAH YEAH I already ordered it Anyone want to talk about it ___ 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 THAT work - second edition!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi - How exciting! How is this edition different from the first one? Kerry BRBRBR**BR Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much 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] Strategies THAT work - second edition!!!!!!!!!!!
It will be out in May. It says 20 new lessons and a content area reading focus! deb -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:17 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies THAT work - second edition!!! Hi - How exciting! How is this edition different from the first one? Kerry BRBRBR**BR Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much 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 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 THAT work - second edition!!!!!!!!!!!
Stenhouse published Strategies That Work second edition ___ 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] Not enough time!
I work in a 4th grade inclusion room as a special ed. teacher and I am always struggling with time with my students. Many of my students are only on a 1st grade reading level. Many of them do not know the sounds of the letters of the alphabet, so it makes it very hard for them to read. We are constantly working on letter sound correspondance as well as decoding. I found that getting the kids to all participate in my classroom I must make it fun and exciting. I use the program Words their Way. It is a great program that allows the students to work on their letter sounds and each activity focuses on a different sound, such as long and short vowel sounds, consonant sounds, blends and digraphs. I have found that this program allows my students to sit as a group to participate in more of an intense learning situtaion than reading as a group and struggling with many of the words. After doing an activity for about 15 minutes I then have them read a short story that focuses on that activity we did. I feel that Words their Way warms the students up and gets their brains working and then I can also see the transfer from the activity to the actualy practice of reading the story. ___ 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] Protected book lists
Rosie, I agree with you, and we're not trying to keep kids from reading books. Our purpose in creating a protected book list for specific grades at our school is to keep teachers from teaching books that the next grade teaches. We don't have a series, so our only resource for teaching reading is through trade books. (This year, first, second, and third grades taught Charlotte's Web!) If a student wants to read a book that's on the list, that's ok with us. 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 - The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. ___ 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 THAT work - second edition!!!!!!!!!!!
Where did you order it? When will you get it? Details, we want details! 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 - Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. ___ 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] overwhelmed
I LOVE literature circles. Harvey Daniels is a good start, but I found the jobs stifling after a while, so eventually I let the kids go in whatever direction they chose to prepare for a study. One article I read, written by Daniels himself, says he had intended the jobs to be a starting point and eventually move on to doing these jobs independently. I haven't tried lit circles with my 7th graders, yet. However, I am seriously thinking about it. I have 120 kids and I think if I start with one group per class at a time, I can balance the chaos. I can only conduct one study at a time. I feel I need to be a participant as well. After one is done, I select another group of kids. I agree, it helps you get to know the kids as individuals because you actually get to talk to the kids face to face more than in passing. Kim On 2/20/07, Caudill, Amanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I teach in a 6th grade reading class (55 minutes). I am working on my Rank 1 and I have been swimming in articles on differentiation. With 125 students, the idea of this seemed impossible. However, literature circles have been my savior. I completely immersed myself in Harvey Daniel's books. I started with only one of my reading classes (guinea pigs) and then began introducing it to the rest of the reading classes. I have really gotten to know them as individuals. Lit circles can be conducted in any content area Harrison County Middle School [EMAIL PROTECTED] sixth grade reading teacher -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Halliday Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:20 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed Hi, I'm a nontraditional teacher in my 5th year teaching 4th grade. Have read Mosaic, reading with meaning and parts of Fountas Pinell for 3-6. Went to an inspiring in-service with Ellin Keene @ a week ago. Despite all that, I feel a bit overwhelmed and, consequently, at sea. Matching state district requirements to what I've found in the research seems impossible. Am especially stumped by my district's requirements to do Differentiated Instruction:( i.e. homogeneous grouping) for 30-60 min a day. This goes against everything I believe in: that we can all learn from each other. Meanwhile, ELA and Special Ed students are being mainstreamed with no back-up or extra personnel. Does anyone else feel overwhelmed? Sometimes, I fall back on a routine simply because I don't know what else to do. Thanks for letting me vent! I want to teach my students in teh best way possible, and some days I don't know what that is! Chris/4/PA _ Play Flexicon: the crossword game that feeds your brain. PLAY now for FREE. http://zone.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmtagline ___ 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. -- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School Fresno, CA ___ 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.
