Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten
I didn't spend too much time. Thanks for looking:) Kendra Carroll -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Beverlee Paul Sent: Sun 7/6/2008 2:40 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten Hi Kendra - Boy, do I feel like an idiot now! I hope you didn't spend much time looking for this. It's actually published by the National Council of Teachers of English!! The title is Standards in Practice, K-2 and it's by Linda K. Crafton. You could probably inter-library-loan it if you didn't want to buy it, or I noticed amazon.com had used copies for as little as $4, including shipping. I'll be going to school Monday, so I'll check and make positively sure this is the right book for SoW. It is an excellent book, though, for sure. Sorry. Bev Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:01:36 -0400From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten> Bev where do I find these on their website? Do I have to be a member? _ It's a talkathon - but it's not just talk. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk ___ 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] kindergarten
Lori- I also teach kindergarten. I have not used "Letter of the Week" in years! We immerge our students in letters - focusing on the letters in their names initially. Our K - 2 does use Wilson Fundations, but I do not do all the activities. I pick & choose. I also introduce upper & lower case together. I typically begin guided reading groups in November with my kinders. If I were you, I would certainly talk with the new principal to see if you could make some changes in your classroom. You might want to look at Building Blocks by Dottie Hall & Pat Cunningham. Linda http://teacherweb.com/OH/Union-SciotoElementarySchool/LCollins/index.html --- On Sat, 7/5/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 10:39 AM Susan and Kendra, I feel that I am stuck at the present time with the letter of the week because it is what "the team has always done". Being the new kid on the team I rearranged the introduction of the letters but did not give up on the system. We have a new principal starting this fall so I am hopeful that he will want to look at some different ways to do things. Kendra...as far as your question about thinking strategies with kindergarteners, I was determined not to "dumb down" the thining strategies that I did with my first graders so I taught my kids what schema was and why it was important. I carefully chose books that would demonstrate how we use our schema (tooth losing books were a hit) I also taught making connections and started to teach the difference between a surface type connection and connections that help us to understand what we are reading. Many of my colleagues said "you are using the word schema with kinders?" YES! It is kind of a goofy word so they remember it! What will be interesting to me is to see what happens when my kinders get mixed with the other kinders in first grade. Will what I taught them stick? Will it make a difference. I have a friend in first grade who is going to help me with that observation. Baby steps I guess! Lori LoriQuoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Kendra, > > K teachers in my school do not do letter of the week at all! They > also do not use fundations. They are using reading and writing > wokshop entirely and meeting children for guided reading in groups > using Jan Richardson's approach to Guided Reading. It is working > great! I teach 2nd grade and we are seeing a much higher percentage > of students coming to first and second grade on graed level because > of the great work they are doing in K. I am also one of the > reading coaches at my school. Some of the teachers had a very hard > time moving away from letter of the week. Once they saw the > difference and what their children were capable of doing they have > not looked back. > > Good luck, > Susan/TN ___ 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] Guided Reading Research
I am working on my masters. My paper is focusing on the impact of guided reading on student achievement in a K-5 school. I would appreciate any suggestions of great sources that I should look at while working on my paper. Thanks, 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] kindergarten
There are some excellent resources out there for teaching letters (and other stuff) using children's names. One is Beyond the Names Chart: Using Children's Names for Word Study by Debbie Diller and I can't remember the other titles. But I'm pretty sure a couple more come from Scholastic. _ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008 ___ 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
Pat Cunningham has a few lessons using children's names and I think and in one of Lucy Calkins' books on reading (can't remember the title) there's a lesson on this, too. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada There are some excellent resources out there for teaching letters (and other stuff) using children's names. One is Beyond the Names Chart: Using Children's Names for Word Study by Debbie Diller and I can't remember the other titles. But I'm pretty sure a couple more come from Scholastic. _ ___ 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
Here's another good one (although it isn't "activities"): http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Closely-Exploring-Language-Classroom/dp/0814130313/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215369341&sr=8-5 It's small, but mighty!!! > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:11:18 -0600> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten> > > There are some excellent resources out there for teaching letters (and other > stuff) using children's names. One is Beyond the Names Chart: Using > Children's Names for Word Study by Debbie Diller and I can't remember the > other titles. But I'm pretty sure a couple more come from Scholastic. > > _> Need to > know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger.> > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008> > ___> 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. > _ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_072008 ___ 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
F Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:13:03 To: Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten Jan Richardson's approach to Guided Reading. Could you help me out with perhaps a title for Richardson's book? thanks. Martha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:57 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten = ___ 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] kindergarten
Hi. There's also Cunningham's Building Blocks, the kindergarten version of 4 blocks.? It uses children's names for teaching letters, sounds and beginning conventions of print. Martha -Original Message- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 2:11 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten There are some excellent resources out there for teaching letters (and other stuff) using children's names. One is Beyond the Names Chart: Using Children's Names for Word Study by Debbie Diller and I can't remember the other titles. But I'm pretty sure a couple more come from Scholastic. _ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008 ___ 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] intellectual engagement/was reading intervention program . . .
Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying this holiday weekend. This past Friday the Diane Rehm show on NPR had two guests who talked about the demise of thinking in our schools. I found myself reaching for the phones when they started talking about teaching. I wanted to scream, "We are trying to do something about this. Have you read Mosaic of Thought or To Understand?" Maggie Jackson, journalist, author of a new book titled, "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age" (Prometheus Books) and Rick Shenkman, history professor, editor and founder of George Mason University 's History News Network, investigative reporter and author of "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter" (Basic Books) You can listen to it here: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/ Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process ___ 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
The Art of Teaching ReadingJan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:22:31 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten> > Pat Cunningham has a few lessons using children's names and I think and in one of Lucy Calkins' books on reading (can't remember the title) there's a lesson on this, too.> Elisa> > Elisa Waingort> Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual> Dalhousie Elementary> Calgary, Canada> > > > There are some excellent resources out there for teaching letters (and other stuff) using children's names. One is Beyond the Names Chart: Using Children's Names for Word Study by Debbie Diller and I can't remember the other titles. But I'm pretty sure a couple more come from Scholastic. > _> > ___ 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] Guided Reading Research
Hi Susan, I just did some research, along with some other grad. students and two profs., on guided reading in first grade classrooms. There isn't a lot of research that we found that supports/negates the use of guided reading. There is research that supports reading recovery methods, which is what a lot of people seem to draw on as evidence that it works. Of course reading recovery is a completely different picture from what it looks like in a classroom with 20+ students and a teacher who has not received (usually) intensive training like they do in reading recovery. So here is one study that looks directly at guided reading. Of course I've seen many different manifestations of "guided reading"...some people use the term guided reading when guiding a whole class through an instructional level text, others are talking about more of a reading recovery model. Variations are the norm. Iaquinta, A. (2003). A Qualitative Case Study of Professional Development: Two first grade teachers’ efforts to implement the innovation of Guided Reading. Dissertation Abstracts International. (AAT 3090950) --she also has a shorter article in RRQ or Reading Teacher (can't remember which it is) Rasinski, T.V. & Hoffman, J.V. (2003). Oral reading in the school literacy curriculum. Reading Research Quarterly, 38, 510-522. --this one is interesting because they make the point about how little we really know (as researchers:) about guided reading (towards the end, I think) Most of the other studies were more focused on grouping practices, group membership and differentiation between groups. If you'd like the entire list of refs. send your email and I'll attach the file. Good luck! I'd love to hear what else you find. Angela > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:30:22 + > Subject: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading Research > > I am working on my masters. My paper is focusing on the impact of guided > reading on student achievement in a K-5 school. I would appreciate any > suggestions of great sources that I should look at while working on my paper. > Thanks, > 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. > _ Making the world a better place one message at a time. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_BetterPlace ___ 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] intellectual engagement/was reading intervention program . . .
Thanks for sharing the URL. I listened to the show and I thought that Maggie Jackson sounded like she has a nuanced view. Technology is really changing our minds and it is important to notice what is happening. It does seem true that it is more difficult to focus on what is important because we are so busy. Computers have made it easier to do things, but they have not really saved us time, they have made us more busy. I would never go back and I love what I can do because of technology. I also think that it helps us to learn. Computers have changed literacy. The things talked about in To Understand and Mosaic of Thought are SO important and they need to be applied to use of technology also... and those teachers who do not use technology need to be aware of how it can be beneficial and also how it can be a distraction. Janice On Jul 6, 2008, at 4:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone, > I hope you are all enjoying this holiday weekend. > > This past Friday the Diane Rehm show on NPR had two guests who talked > about the demise of thinking in our schools. I found myself > reaching for > the phones when they started talking about teaching. I wanted to > scream, > "We are trying to do something about this. Have you read Mosaic of > Thought or To Understand?" > > Maggie Jackson, journalist, author of a new book titled, "Distracted: > The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age" (Prometheus Books) > > and > > Rick Shenkman, history professor, editor and founder of George Mason > University 's History News Network, investigative reporter and > author of > "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter" > (Basic Books) > > You can listen to it here: > http://wamu.org/programs/dr/ > > Joy/NC/4 > > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process > > > > ___ > 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] Re (Mosaic) Web site help
Hi everyone, A while ago, someone posted a Texas site that had games on it. I thought I bookmarked it, but I can't find it. It was like the Florida site - called Reading Essentials or Essential Reading??? It had a lot of literacy activities. Does anyone remember? Thanks in advance, 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] Guided Reading Research
Thanks so much Angela. Please email the list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is not much out there as you said which is part of the reason I chose this topic. I have just collected the data and it shows a significant difference in student achievement in the school since we switched from a basal approach to small group guided reading. I appreciate your response and your help. 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] Introduction
Hi there, I've been "lurking" on this list for a few months now and I thought that it's finally time I introduce myself and start participating in the discussions. I am a new teacher in Ontario, Canada. I teach Grades 1 to 6 Music and Grade 1 Literacy at a small K-6 school. I am working towards becoming a Reading Specialist and I have dreams of completing a Masters in Literacy Education. I'm all set to enjoy my first official summer vacation! If anyone has any recommendations for summer reading I'd love to hear them. -- Lyndsay Buehler "There is no end to learning." -- Robert Schumann ___ 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] Introduction
Hands down: To Understand by Ellin Keene and Teaching Essentials by Regie Routman! > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:50:08 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: [MOSAIC] Introduction> > Hi there,> > > I've been "lurking" on this list for a few months now and I thought> that > it's finally time I introduce myself and start participating in> the > discussions.> > I am a new teacher in Ontario, Canada. I teach Grades 1 to 6 > Music> and Grade 1 Literacy at a small K-6 school. I am working towards> > becoming a Reading Specialist and I have dreams of completing a> Masters in > Literacy Education.> > I'm all set to enjoy my first official summer > vacation! If anyone has> any recommendations for summer reading I'd love to > hear them.> > -- > Lyndsay Buehler> > > "There is no end to learning." -- > Robert Schumann> > ___> 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. > _ It’s a talkathon – but it’s not just talk. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk ___ 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.
