Re: [MOSAIC] K-2 1st 21 days
Kathy Colins' Growing Readers does a nice job in my opinion. It has many lessons that are very appropriate for the first weeks of school:) Ellen:)/2nd grade/MI E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: clossell NEW!!! MODERATOR of yahoo group: ITEACHPRIMARY Proud owner of: www.geocities.com/iteachprimary (updated 7/28/07) NEW! www.geocities.com/beachteach2007 (updated 7/31/07) www.geocities.com/campingteacher2006/ (updated 7/28/07) www.geocities.com/learningcenters2003 (updated 7/27/07) www.geocities.com/michstudies (updated 5/22/07) http://www.lc-ps.org/Schools/Graham/StaffWebPagesAF/ECloss/ (class website) ___ 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] Choice Literacy/The Two Sisters
I get this newsletter from Choice Literacy. The name that comes up on my email is Brenda Powers---but the newsletter is from Choice Literacy, and you can sign up on their website. ___ 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] K-2 1st 21 days
Which Fountas and Pinnell book with the 1st 20 days for are you meshing with The Daily Five?? White? Tan? Silverish? Thanks. Cynthia, I know this has been mentioned before but The Daily 5 has great lessons, for the beginning of the school year. I teach 2nd grade and I am actually going to combine some of the lessons from the 1st 20 days and The Daily 5 lessons-I think they mesh well together :) I had a friend who even did some of the first 20 days in 1st grade, so you could look at it and see what seems appropriate. Rosa To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 01:20:59 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MOSAIC] K-2 1st 21 days Hello, I know Guiding Readers and Writers contains 21 days for grades ?3-6. Does anyone know of 21 days for k-2? Thanks, Cynthia _ More photos, more messages, more storageget 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-usocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 ___ 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] zStruggling readers in Middle School
I just received my schedule for the next school year. I will have three 8th grade AIS (academic intervention services) classes. These students are the lowest regular ed readers in the building. Class size will be kept small. These kids will be missing some of the more fun classes (technology, art etc) to take this reading course. I would love to hear how other middle school teachers would work with this group. Pat - NY ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] K-2 1st 21 days
I be doing a combination of The First Six Weeks, Daily Five, Peaceful Procedures and my own ideas. I am really gonna strive to go the full six week due to all the modeling, modeling, modeling... olga --- Beverlee Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which Fountas and Pinnell book with the 1st 20 days for are you meshing with The Daily Five?? White? Tan? Silverish? Thanks. ___ 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] fiction or nonfiction to start the year?
I need your sage advice. I am in a quandry (I'm an expert at that.my husband and I laugh because it is Hard to be me). Normally I begin the year with something akin to Fountas and Pinnell's first 21 days. Basically getting independent reading up and going and routine. As this is happening I am teaching strategy lessons. After the MOT2 disucssion I had a huge AHA. I think my lessons will be much more effective if we're trying to read challenging nonfiction. By sixth grade, strategy lessons in fiction are just a little to easy to encourage a strong purpose for using them in the kids. But that means beginning my year with nonfiction. I have never done that. Don't get me wrong I am flexible enough to change, but I wonder will I be sorry that I didn't establish independent reading time from the beginning. I only have 90 minutes a day for reading writing spelling so I have to be practical about how much I plan. I just couldn't do both. You can laugh if this seems ridiculously anal, but I would welcome any thoughts. (-: Gina _ Messenger Café open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities served daily. Visit now. http://cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_AugHMtagline ___ 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] zStruggling readers in Middle School
Check out Chris Tovani's book I Read It But I Don't Get It. She taught the same kind of class and addresses the problem. Mary Jane - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 2:49 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] zStruggling readers in Middle School I just received my schedule for the next school year. I will have three 8th grade AIS (academic intervention services) classes. These students are the lowest regular ed readers in the building. Class size will be kept small. These kids will be missing some of the more fun classes (technology, art etc) to take this reading course. I would love to hear how other middle school teachers would work with this group. Pat - NY ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] K-2 1st 21 days
I use Guiding Readers and Writers -- it is tanRosa _ Messenger Café — open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities served daily. Visit now. http://cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_AugWLtagline ___ 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] web sites
For a one time fee of $35 (lifetime) you can get a membership at My eCoach which has an abundance of very easy to use collaboration tools available. One of them is the Universal Builder which is a very easy way to create web pages. For an additional $15 (lifetime) you can have a URL that you choose (yourchoice.my-ecoach.com). You can also sign up for a free membership, but I think that more of the tools are available to you if you have a paid membership. My eCoach is designed to be used as a tool for a team to communicate and collaborate online together and so there is MUCH more available than just the web creation tools, but it is a good start. One of the things that it does have is a blogging tool which I just used for a travel blog and it is very easy. You can check mine out at http://jfriesen.my-ecoach.com. Especially if you do not have server space I think this is an excellent solution for a class web page. The staff at My eCoach is amazingly responsive and after you have been using it a while you realize that there are a community of other users who are all educators there. Janice -- Janice Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jfriesen.net Paper just seems so restrictive anymore, doesn't it? On 7/31/07 10:02 AM, Bonita DeAmicis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am really interested in creating a web site. Actually, I am being encouraged to do so. I have visited so many wonderful sites and I am curious as to the purpose??? Are these sites created for parent education or for teacher information. Some are s elaborated that they totally intimidating me. Any advice? Hayden/AK Hi there, I can give you ideas and thoughts on website-making. First, it is a good idea to decide why you would would one (purposes) and how much time you (or someone else) have to devote to it. I have made webpages for businesses as student projects, webpages for my students to access documents, homework, and links, webpages for parents to access newsetters, pictures, homework info and grades, webpages for teachers as part of training where they access documents, syllabi, powerpoints, discussion threads and weblinks. These are all different purposes and I have used different sources to make them. I also share a web wiki with fellow teachers where we talk online and set up our planning and ideas for lesson units. So...once you have decided what you might use a webpage for, then the next step is to figure out who will be updating and changing it and how often. These two factors: purpose and time (plus money-I suppose--though I have always used free services) pretty much help decide the complexity of the page and how best to proceed. Think about what you want to use it for and email me offlist and I will be happy to send you to some good resources. :)Bonita ___ 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] Starting a website/Creating a blog
Anyone who wants to use blogs with their classes should try out Classblogmeister (http://classblogmeister.com). It is a very protected blog tool that provides each student in your class with their own blog. They can design how it looks themselves, but everything they add to it has to be approved by you before it gets posted on the web. You can even give them some corrections to do and have them do the corrections and get approval from you before it is actually posted. The blogs can be password protected so that even to see what they have posted a password is required or it can be more open. It is all up to you. Here is a great one for third grade to look at: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233 Janice -- Janice Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jfriesen.net Paper just seems so restrictive anymore, doesn't it? On 7/5/07 6:33 PM, Sarah Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a word of caution about blogs- If you use the same username to create a personal one and one for your class, parents may be able to access your personal one. I know this is true on Blogger. I have 2 different personal blogs and am part of a group blog. If someone were to click on my username, it would take them to a profile page and list the blogs I am a member of. As I wasn't ready to share my personal blog with the group, I had to go into my settings and change it. I chose just to take the personal blogs off of my public profile but still available for people to stumble upon. Another option I could have chosen was to allow only certain people or no one to view it. It may not be important to some, but I like to keep my personal and professional life separate in areas such as these. I don't know if this makes any sense- please ask if you have questions. Sarah Maurer Message: 9 Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 00:53:35 -0400 From: Harbour, Deborah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MOSAIC] creating a website To: mosaic mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 This is in response to Kimberlee's question about a website. For the longest time I wanted to do a website but was overwhelmed by the idea. Plus - I needed something that I could easily maintain. This year a colleague convinced me to start my own blog. She has two; one for her and one for her class. On a blog I could still list all I wanted to, list websites, post pictures, podcasts, and more importantly I could have my students (Kindergarteners) learn how to post on their own for their parents to enjoy. I think a blog could offer you everything you would like. You should check into it. I started mine this summer and learning how to do so much on it. It is very easy to do and you would be quiet surprised at the endless possibilities. Debbie ___ 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] fiction or nonfiction to start the year?
Actually, I prefer William..WAR Bill - Original Message - From: Beverlee Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] fiction or nonfiction to start the year? You can laugh if this seems ridiculously anal, but I would welcome any thoughts. (-: Gina Hey, Anal is my middle name WOULD THAT, THEN, MAKE YOUR INITIALS - BAR? _ A new home for Mom, no cleanup required. All starts here. http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHMloc=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. ___ 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] zStruggling readers in Middle School
Another great resource is Bringing the Outside in by Sarah B. Kajder. teach the desired behavioral outcomes and model, model, model what you want students to do. June 6 SPED/KY ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] zStruggling readers in Middle School
Please take my name off of the subscription list. -- Original message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- Another great resource is Bringing the Outside in by Sarah B. Kajder. teach the desired behavioral outcomes and model, model, model what you want students to do. June 6 SPED/KY ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] retention versus early entry
Personal experience with my two children shows the exceptions. My son's birthday is July 29. The cut off date in Florida was July 31. He has always been described as exceptionally mature for his age. On the other hand, my daughter's birthday is March 26. The cut off date in NC was October 16 when she was little. She has always been more immature than her peers. I knew this and have always regretted not keeping her home another year. (Fifteen years later, she continues to be immature for her age.) By the way, NC will change the cutoff date to Aug. 31 in 2009. I think we need another measure for deciding if children are ready for school. I don't know what would have happened to my son if he'd had to wait another year. (He had already figured out multiplication 6 months before going to K!) 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 - Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. ___ 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] starting the year with non-fiction
I don't think you should have any concern starting the year with non-fiction. I am a Kindergarten/First Grade teacher and a very strong believer in teaching kids effective ways to read non-fiction. I start teaching my Kindergarteners non-fiction reading strategies. They can learn so much - that reading non-fiction is not just about the words in the middle of the page. Most of the reading they do as they get older, especially as adults, is non-fiction. What a better way to start the year. I wouldn't be surprised if you find that you have a lot more students interested in reading as soon as the year begins. Good luck!! Debbie The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ___ 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] K-2 1st 21 days
Scholastic puts out a book on the first 20 days for primary. Maxine ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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.
