Re: [MOSAIC] Gates - an analytic learner? (off-topic?)
In a message dated 9/30/2007 1:00:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I wonder is, why does Bill Gates have his views on education validated? He's not an educator and yet we are debating the whys and wherefores of his ridiculous comment. Trying...not to rant. He gets his opinion validated because he funds education programs. Laura readinglady.com ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] comp. strategies with teachers
That's a great idea. My teachers tell me that synthesis and inference are their personal toughies. Lori On 9/29/07 10:32 PM, "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about doing a presentation on a strategy that most teachers struggle to > teach? It would give those attending a double whammy and the ones unable to > attend would still get the session but at another time in a different way. > Does that make sense? > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > > The reading specialists in my district are preparing a year-long staff > development experience on comprehension strategies based on Tanny McGregor's > fabulous book, Comprehension Connections. We have pretty much plotted out the > year, with a strategy introduced?each month at a?staff meeting,?but next month > we have an inservice presentation to do that will be attended by most of the > elementary teachers, but not all. So...we are wondering what we can do in > about 60-90 minutes that would be valuable, but would not "leave some teachers > behind" if they missed the session. > > I am thinking about a model lesson to demonstrate the Gradual Release of > Responsibility model. We will not have time to do this specifically while > introducing the other strategies. I am also thinking of a focus on questioning > or inference, since those are the strategies that I feel help us most on > our... I hate to say this...state tests. > > I would appreciate any suggestions. > > Cathy > K-5 > DE > > > > > > > ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ 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] prediction
Charlie Anderson--that double ending ought to do it. I was modeling this strategy for a first year teacher and she had selected Arthur's Glasses. My heart rather sunk because I would have selected something else, but her literature selections are very limited and so I decided to do the best. I marked several spots with a flag with a P on it, including the cover. I made a prediction, then would read until the next flag. I had created a chart with narrow column for page # (and I wrote page #'s into the book), a column for prediction, another for 'what happened' and the last a yes or no to circle in response to the question: "Was the prediction confirmed in the text?" I planned to make and evaluate four predictions and called upon the class to help make the final prediction. One little girl was really excited to say, "Well, I think Muffy is going start acting all blind and stuff, so her parents will take her to the eye doctor." Totally not what happened, but thinking about kids--what a great, on the money kind of prediction. So I am thinking, these kiddo's will surprise you, even with a pretty predictable text. Lori On 9/29/07 7:33 PM, "B G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and > confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) I do know > that almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular for > short books in which some predictions would not turn out as expected-that is, > I don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in advance. > > - > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ 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] spelling lists
We studied word chunks in first grade, so that their 'spelling test' consisted on my dictating words with their chunks. The worked on their chunks, not on specific words. They also had three high utility words (word wall words). Using chunk study got my parents doing great things at home, because the old fashioned write it five times didn't accomplish much. In second grade we spent half the year reviewing the common chunks taught in first grade the remainder of the year using Make Words (Hall and Cunningham). I am no longer a classroom teacher, but you can imagine my delight and amusement when I was working in a school were several of my previous kiddos were enrolled and was told, "Your kids are such marvelous spellers. We need to know what program you used..." They were looking for a workbook series to purchase and it felt just plain good to be able to explain what I did do and comment that, "Programs don't teach children, teachers do." Lori On 9/29/07 11:32 PM, "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What Renee describes below is also how I do spelling in my class. When I > taught first grade my students had no more than 5 words on their individual > spelling lists. Now, that I'm teaching grade 2 I think I will top it off at 7 > unless, as Renee says, some of the more efficient kids can handle a couple > more. I also had a contract and the kids had choices for activities they > could do to practice their words. I think I had 7 choices and they could do > all 7 during the week if they had time. On Friday they paired up with someone > and gave each other a test. The words the student spelled correctly went on > their personal must-spell list. Any words missed would be carried on to the > next week. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > First of all, just because your colleague says something, especially > when it's an opinion, that doesn't mean you have to follow along. :-) > > When I taught third grade, I had individual spelling lists that the > kids kept in their reading/writing folders on an index card. The words > that went on there were words from their own writing that were common > or phonetic words that I felt they should know how to spell. When they > got to a certain number of words, they made a spelling contract that > lasted a week. They wrote the words on the contract and I kept the > index card. Students gave each other their spelling tests. The number > of words depended on the students. "Higher" students had about 12 > words, while "lower" students had about 8 or so words. Was it > confusing? Yes and no. I had a special calendar that was ONLY for > spelling with kids' names on it and at the end of each day I reminded > those who had a spelling test the next day. > > When I stopped doing individual spelling lists, I started doing words > with patterns. I think this had something to do with either Rebecca > Sitton or Diane Snowball. I don't remember any more. But I would take > word parts (i.e., "igh" and as a class we would make word lists with > these parts (i.e., bright, light, fright, night, high, sigh, sight, > frightful, delightful, brightness, etc) and then what I would do is > assign about eight of these words for everyone and let kids choose four > or six more for themselves. > > Renee > > "The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can asks his > pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he > inspires them to ask which he finds hard to answer." > ~ Alice Wellington Rollins > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ 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 was spelling lists
I would argue that we are still all about balance--only we are not assuming that learners have equal needs. A child who is top heavy on meaning and is neglecting visual cues needs to be counter-balanced with reminders to confirm predictions and apply phonetic understanding. Lori On 9/29/07 11:17 PM, "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. And, in my last post I said, and that's whole language, but I was too > quick with the reply button. I should have said something about "balance". I > have a lot of issues with this word. It implies equal to me and that is not > what our kids need. They deserve to get what they need, which may not > necessarily be in balance with what another student needs. We need to be > astute kid watchers to know how to teach our students what they need at any > particular moment. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > If we stand on the shoulders of the Goodman's and Marie Clay, we cannot > discount three cuing systems. We need to teach our readers how each works, > and allow them to operate on them. This pendulum swing is, IMO, largely > engineered by folks who have little understanding of reading process. > > Lori > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ 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] Gates - an analytic learner? (off-topic?)
Well, I donate the American Cancer Society and have the good sense to know that it does not make me an oncologist. Lori On 9/30/07 4:32 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a message dated 9/30/2007 1:00:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > What I wonder is, why does Bill Gates have his views on education validated? > He's not an educator and yet we are debating the whys and wherefores of his > ridiculous comment. > Trying...not to rant. > > > He gets his opinion validated because he funds education programs. > > Laura > readinglady.com > > > > ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ 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] prediction
Love using The Adventures of Connie and Diego. Don't show the illustrations. Predict from title first, write predictions on board identified with children's initials. Predict again after stories' beginning. Read story visualizing by having children draw their own pictures as you move along. At the end discuss the lesson or theme. Then reveal illustrations. Return to original predictions and discuss children's schemahave each child talk about the basis of his/her prediction. (You kept track by writing initials). Discuss "lesson" or theme of the story further. Why do they think the children were illustrated as they were? It's a great book from Children's Book Press...bilingual Spanish. Two children are born "different" from others in their village. They travel the world trying to find out where they belong. They meet different animals along the way who tell them they aren't eagles etc. Finally across the ocean the tiger tells them they need to return home. They do and find that things haven't changed a lot BUT THEY HAVE. Very powerful. The children have been pictured with stripes and checkerboards etc. very vividly, colorfully. We used this in a summer project with teachers of American Indian children and with children in summer school at a New Mexico Pueblo school. K -3 children. The children had rich and interesting predictions. Some predictions came from the possible ethnicities represented byt he names. Kids clearly had schema about the word "adventure." Also had ideas about what it meant to be "different" before they saw the pictures. Idea for this came from a brilliant colleague who got the idea from another brilliant teacher. And so it goes sally On 9/29/07 6:33 PM, "B G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and > confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) I do know > that almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular for > short books in which some predictions would not turn out as expected-that is, > I don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in advance. > > - > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > ___ > 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] spelling lists
I refer to chunking words as a strategy when kids are trying to read unfamiliar words. Never thought of using it explicitly for spelling but it makes sense. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada We studied word chunks in first grade, so that their 'spelling test' consisted on my dictating words with their chunks. The worked on their chunks, not on specific words. They also had three high utility words (word wall words). Using chunk study got my parents doing great things at home, because the old fashioned write it five times didn't accomplish much. Lori ___ 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] Gates - an analytic learner? (off-topic?)
Good point, Lori. If he is truly concerned about education (like you are about cancer) he should quietly give his money to public education and move on. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada Well, I donate the American Cancer Society and have the good sense to know that it does not make me an oncologist. Lori ___ 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] prediction
I think Chris Van Allsburg is the most unpredictable author...and I love his books! janelle - Original Message - From: "B G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 6:33 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] prediction > Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and > confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) I do know > that almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular > for short books in which some predictions would not turn out as > expected-that is, I don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in > advance. > > - > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > ___ > 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] phonics was spelling lists
Yes, but balance for each kid depending on his needs. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada I would argue that we are still all about balance--only we are not assuming that learners have equal needs. A child who is top heavy on meaning and is neglecting visual cues needs to be counter-balanced with reminders to confirm predictions and apply phonetic understanding. Lori ___ 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] comp. strategies with teachers
Yes. Those are the ones I would have guessed too. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada That's a great idea. My teachers tell me that synthesis and inference are their personal toughies. Lori ___ 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] michelle kinder connections
michelle, sorry i have no article in mind for you. if i come across something, i'll send it along. i don't do themes in terms of pumpkins and templates either, though we do focus on things like friends, required science topics, names, family, things we like... social justice issues. this way we build community, and have lots of repeat vocabulary. i'd love to hear more about how you're using comprehension strategies and art respnoses in kindergarten. i've taught kindergarten before, but the last time was pre-mosaics and strategies of thought! thanks for ideas, susan ___ 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] partner sharing and the daily 5
julie, thanks for sharing about partner sharing and the daily 5. what grade do you teach? susan ___ 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] spelling lists
Taberksi talks about the 37 most common chunks in On Solid Ground and these same chunks (or phonograms) come up on web seraches. Loir - Original message - From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Date: Sunday, 2007, 30 Of September 10:07 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] spelling lists > I refer to chunking words as a strategy when kids are trying to read > unfamiliar words. Never thought of using it explicitly for spelling but it > makes sense. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > > We studied word chunks in first grade, so that their 'spelling test' > consisted on my dictating words with their chunks. The worked on their > chunks, not on specific words. They also had three high utility words (word > wall words). Using chunk study got my parents doing great things at home, > because the old fashioned write it five times didn't accomplish much. > > > Lori > > > > > > ___ > 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] prediction
The Widow's Broom is great for this time of year. ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] michelle kinder connections
Hi Susan, I like you say about focusing on building community by focusing on things pertinent to the kids. That's exactly what we are focusing on making connections and how easy this is, if we build on what they already know--themselves & their families. I have re ad Starting with comprehension by Cunningham and it really lays out how to make sure that the comp. strategies are driving your instruction. I couldn't believe some of the connections the kids made to the character leon in Leon & Bob. I kicked off schema by bringing in photographs from the paper that I thought the kids would connect to. We started by deconstructing what we say, for instance, summer scene, probably brother & sister, probably in a backyard, and then I used the prompt This reminds me of..." The kids shared Knee to knee and then orally---it was amazing where the kids' thinking took them. Since that first photograph, I've done a few more and each time, the kids are able to tell me what they are reminded of and why pretty well! For the art res ponses, I am trying to tie this in as well to making connections--I do a read aloud and then we talk about the illustrations in the text, what they remind us of etc. and the kids draw their connection. Let me know, what you're thinking and any ideas to i mprove my practice would be fantastic! Michele ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
[MOSAIC] (Mosaic) strategies and chunking
Hi all, I have been watching the posts and was interested in hearing more about two of them. Several people talked about chunking and one e-mail talked about the parents helping - it might have been Lori. I want to know what the parents did to help? Also, I think Cathy talked about a training for teachers and mentioned she wanted to do the gradual release model. Could you tell more about this? I know what it is and how I do it with kids, but our staff does not know how to use it. What will you do in your workshop to show teachers? Thanks, Linda ___ 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] spelling lists
Yes, I do remember that from her book and I've been working with kids in reading on identifying chunks. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada Taberksi talks about the 37 most common chunks in On Solid Ground and these same chunks (or phonograms) come up on web seraches. Loir ___ 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] Gates - an analytic learner? (off-topic?)
In a message dated 9/30/2007 12:07:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I donate the American Cancer Society and have the good sense to know that it does not make me an oncologist. Not saying it's right, but he gives millions of dollars. He and his wife have donated and tried to be active in educational issues. Laura readinglady.com ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] prediction
I've been using Linda Hoyt's comprehension strategy lessons in her Interactive Read Alouds series for gr. K-1 and 2-3. My gr. 2 students enjoyed the predicting strategy lesson for Blueberries for Sal..their schema for bears led their thinking one way, so there were opportunities for them to revise their predictions throughout the book. There's always a readers theater script for after each lesson which is great for my students w non-English or limited-English proficiencies. here's the link: http://www.interactivereadalouds.com In a message dated 9/29/07 7:29:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and > confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) I do know > that > almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular for > short > books in which some predictions would not turn out as expected-that is, I > don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in advance. > ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] phonics was spelling lists
Thank you for stating that whole language includes phonics. As I see it, this?debate got started by people who thought whole language meant "whole word," not sounding out words, just memorizing the "whole" word. I can't count the number of times I have seen that interpretation stated by the media covering the debate. Cathy K-5 DE -Original Message- From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 1:22 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] phonics was spelling lists Whole language incorporates phonics instruction. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada I also like it because it is balanced between phonics and whole language styles of teaching. 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 - Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows 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. ___ 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. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] prediction
I have used two great texts with my second grade class for predicting: Grandfather Twilight Where are you Going Manyoni I do not know the authors but could get them to you if you needed. I may have few more which I will add to this list when back at school this week. On 9/29/07, B G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and > confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) I do know > that almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular > for short books in which some predictions would not turn out as > expected-that is, I don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in > advance. > > - > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > ___ > 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] comprehension strategies with teachers
We began our planning for this session on Friday. We are?going to do a model lesson on connections using the gradual release model - after we have done the metacognition salad from McGregor's book. I have the K-1 teachers. I am using information from many sources - Miller, Keene, etc, and also another book I bought this summer - Constructing Meaning by Nancy Boyles. Any suggestions on a book choice for connections that kinder would find appealing?? I am considering The Seashore Book by? Zolotow right now, but would love some fresh?suggestions. Cathy K-5 DE -Original Message- From: Linda Buice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Sent: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 4:26 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic) strategies and chunking Hi all, I have been watching the posts and was interested in hearing more about two of them. Several people talked about chunking and one e-mail talked about the parents helping - it might have been Lori. I want to know what the parents did to help? Also, I think Cathy talked about a training for teachers and mentioned she wanted to do the gradual release model. Could you tell more about this? I know what it is and how I do it with kids, but our staff does not know how to use it. What will you do in your workshop to show teachers? Thanks, Linda ___ 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. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] prediction
I love Fly Away Home by Bunting. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 5:11 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] prediction I've been using Linda Hoyt's comprehension strategy lessons in her Interactive Read Alouds series for gr. K-1 and 2-3. My gr. 2 students enjoyed the predicting strategy lesson for Blueberries for Sal..their schema for bears led their thinking one way, so there were opportunities for them to revise their predictions throughout the book. There's always a readers theater script for after each lesson which is great for my students w non-English or limited-English proficiencies. here's the link: http://www.interactivereadalouds.com In a message dated 9/29/07 7:29:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and > confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2)? I do know that > almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular for short > books in which some predictions would not turn out as expected-that is, I > don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in advance. > ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] comprehension strategies with teachers
Thanks for clarifying. Linda - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] comprehension strategies with teachers > We began our planning for this session on Friday. We are?going to do a > model lesson on connections using the gradual release model - after we > have done the metacognition salad from McGregor's book. I have the K-1 > teachers. I am using information from many sources - Miller, Keene, etc, > and also another book I bought this summer - Constructing Meaning by Nancy > Boyles. Any suggestions on a book choice for connections that kinder would > find appealing?? I am considering The Seashore Book by? Zolotow right now, > but would love some fresh?suggestions. > > Cathy > K-5 > DE > -Original Message- > From: Linda Buice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv > > Sent: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 4:26 pm > Subject: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic) strategies and chunking > > > > Hi all, > > I have been watching the posts and was interested in hearing more about > two of > them. Several people talked about chunking and one e-mail talked about > the > parents helping - it might have been Lori. I want to know what the > parents did > to help? > > Also, I think Cathy talked about a training for teachers and mentioned she > wanted to do the gradual release model. Could you tell more about this? > I know > what it is and how I do it with kids, but our staff does not know how to > use it. > What will you do in your workshop to show teachers? > > Thanks, > Linda > ___ > 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. > > > > > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ 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) strategies and chunking
I sent a description of the kinds of activities that would support students. I encouraged parents to purchase inexpensive sets of magnetic letters (bought them myself and resold them) and sent the chunks on sentence strips that could be taped to fridge. We talked about how to play with words, making lists to see how many words could be made. We talked about making words with the letters, then scrambling them and putting them back in order. We talked about dictation and writing words. We talked about collecting words with the chunk inside them.I encouraged parents to consider purchasing a game called UpWords. Lori On 9/30/07 2:26 PM, "Linda Buice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been watching the posts and was interested in hearing more about two of > them. Several people talked about chunking and one e-mail talked about the > parents helping - it might have been Lori. I want to know what the parents > did to help? > > Also, I think Cathy talked about a training for teachers and mentioned she > wanted to do the gradual release model. Could you tell more about this? I > know what it is and how I do it with kids, but our staff does not know how to > use it. What will you do in your workshop to show teachers? > > Thanks, > Linda > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ 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] spelling lists
There are some more ideas about midway down on the page: http://www.tcsdk12.org/literacy/Writing/Primary%20Word%20Study.html On 9/30/07 2:45 PM, "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I do remember that from her book and I've been working with kids in > reading on identifying chunks. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > > Taberksi talks about the 37 most common chunks in On Solid Ground and these > same chunks (or phonograms) come up on web seraches. > > Loir > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ 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] prediction
I love Crickwing for predictions. http://www.amazon.com/Crickwing-Janell-Cannon/dp/0152050612/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-927-2594506?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191195354&sr=1-1 That's the link on Amazon. I also love Weslandia by Paul Fleischman...although I have been using that this past week for metacognition. Maura 5/NJ -- Maura Sackett 0349106 MS in Education:Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Maplewood, New Jersey Eastern Time Zone -- Original message -- From: "Rebecca Gottschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have used two great texts with my second grade class for predicting: > Grandfather Twilight > Where are you Going Manyoni > I do not know the authors but could get them to you if you needed. I may > have few more which I will add to this list when back at school this week. > > On 9/29/07, B G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and > > confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) I do know > > that almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular > > for short books in which some predictions would not turn out as > > expected-that is, I don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in > > advance. > > > > - > > Got a little couch potato? > > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > > ___ > > 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] comp. strategies with teachers
I think the biggest thing we can teach teachers at our schools is this: Everything boils down to COMPREHENSION. If you lose sight of that, you are missing the point. My kids (6th, 7th, & 8th) could identify the parts of a story map, but couldn't tell me what each part was all about. They can answer any questions from the book, but they can't tell me what the story was about. They can identify all the parts of a sentence, but if you write one on the board, they can't tell you what it means. All these things have been taught without a focus on comprehension. Many of them had good reading teachers last year who taught them about predictions, inferences, and makiing connections, but instead of doing those things, many can tell me what they mean. Plus, they've been taught to analyze for every detail so much that they have forgotten how to feel. A couple read THE FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS and told me it was okay. They felt sorry for the elephants, but they didn't really FEEL the story. Same for "Dog of Pompeii" which is a SAAAD story, but few FELT anything. Have we trained them to think so much for testing skills that we have taken the empathy from them? Bill ___ 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] comp. strategies with teachers
I think i would start with schema (background) and then show the relationship between what we know and the other strategies. We cannot do most the others without it! Marsha ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] prediction
Van Allsburg is excellent for inference as well. ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] themes in kindergarten
Does anyone teach a half day kindergarten and use the balanced literacy approach. I am interested in how reading and writing workshop is scheduled. Maxine ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
[MOSAIC] books for predictions
titles of good picture books to teach predicting and confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) : Charlie Anderson Publisher Comments: Charlie, a fuzzy gray cat, walked out of the woods one evening and into Elizabeth's and Sarah's hearts. Now he sleeps on their beds, lets them dress him up in doll clothes, and laps up warm milk on chilly nights. But where does Charlie go during the day? It's not until a storm keeps Charlie away one night that the two sisters discover his other, daytime, home. But maybe that's not such a bad thing. Because, just like Elizabeth and Sarah, Charlie has two houses, two beds, and two families who love him very, very much! LANGUAGE: eng Synopsis: Charlie, a gray striped cat, spends his nights with Sarah and Elizabeth at their mother's house--every morning he leaves. This goes on every night except on the weekends, when the girls stay with their father. One stormy night when Charlie fails to show up, Sarah and Elizabeth go in search of him and discover his special secret. Full color. ___ 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] books for predictions
In a message dated 9/30/2007 9:03:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: titles of good picture books to teach predicting and confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2) : Charlie Anderson I read it this week to teach questioning. It is great for that, too! Jane in SC :-) ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
[MOSAIC] choosing just right books
What has been your most successful lesson or strategy to get students to choose "just right" books? I have a WIDE range of abilities in my second grade room. A few of the lowest are very resistant to choosing books that they will have success with. Just wondering what everyone out there is doing. . . Sharon/WI ___ 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] prediction
How do you like the Linda Hoyt resource? > I've been using Linda Hoyt's comprehension strategy lessons in her > Interactive > Read Alouds series for gr. K-1 and 2-3. My gr. 2 students enjoyed the > predicting strategy > lesson for Blueberries for Sal..their schema for bears led their thinking > one > way, so > there were opportunities for them to revise their predictions throughout > the > book. > There's always a readers theater script for after each lesson which is > great > for > my students w non-English or limited-English proficiencies. > > here's the link: > http://www.interactivereadalouds.com > > > In a message dated 9/29/07 7:29:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> Does anyone have titles of good picture books to teach predicting and >> confirming or changing predictions for primary grades (grade 2)? I do >> know > that >> almost any story can be used for this but I was looking in particular for > short >> books in which some predictions would not turn out as expected-that is, I >> don't want everything to be so predictable. Thanks in advance. >> > > > > > ** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > ___ 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] choosing just right books
I am reading Daily 5 and she has a good lesson on just right books in there. Marsha ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] prediction
I love Eve Bunting's The Wednesday Surprise. > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:33:36 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: [MOSAIC] prediction> > Does anyone have > titles of good picture books to teach predicting and confirming or changing > predictions for primary grades (grade 2) I do know that almost any story can > be used for this but I was looking in particular for short books in which > some predictions would not turn out as expected-that is, I don't want > everything to be so predictable. Thanks in advance.> > > -> Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun > summer activities for kids.> ___> > 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] spelling lists
Or ... for the same reason some folks think it helps children learn problem-solving to give them 4 "story problems" which are identically set-up multiplication problems at the end of a lesson on multiplication. Easy to score (nearly all get it correct), easy to record, and no "reteaching" necessary. (which, of course, implies there was teaching???) > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:31:12 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] spelling lists> > It makes > her look smart?> Elisa> > Elisa Waingort> Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual> > Dalhousie Elementary> Calgary, Canada> > > > > My question is: My colleague > emphatically believes that a spelling list > MUST have a phonics rule. Why?> > Rosie> > > ___ 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.
