[MOSAIC] Education Student Question
Hello everyone! My name is Lauren Hewitt and I am in the teacher education program at Wayne State University. I am currently taking a teaching reading comprehension course and we are reading Mosaic of Thought. In my reading, I found myself asking many questions. One question in particular I would like to ask all of you for your input is, what do you do when you have a student(s) who is blurting out answers to questions, therefore not giving the other students time to think about the question and process the information before deciding on an answer? Any thoughts and suggestions would be great! Thanks, Lauren ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
[MOSAIC] book
Which book are you talking about Robin? Maxine In a message dated 8/8/2008 12:14:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I was able to download the entire book and open all the chapters. Maybe try again? Robin ___ 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. **Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut000517 ) ___ 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] Education Student Question
Lauren It is such a pain when that happens, isn't it? What works for me is to spend a lot of time modeling conversational skills and giving a great deal of praise to kids who are demonstrating ways to take turns. Many times these kids want your attention so giving it to them for something positive they do helps curb that tendency to call out. Another thing I have done that has worked very well is to give two counters or chips to each kid in the class. I tell them when we start class that everyone has to use at least one and once you have used two you can't say anything else! That helps kids take the time to think about some really deep, wonderful response before they spend a chip. Jennifer In a message dated 8/10/2008 1:37:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello everyone! My name is Lauren Hewitt and I am in the teacher education program at Wayne State University. I am currently taking a teaching reading comprehension course and we are reading Mosaic of Thought. In my reading, I found myself asking many questions. One question in particular I would like to ask all of you for your input is, what do you do when you have a student(s) who is blurting out answers to questions, therefore not giving the other students time to think about the question and process the information before deciding on an answer? Any thoughts and suggestions would be great! Thanks, Lauren **Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut000517 ) ___ 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] Education Student Question
I used a strategy called roll em. I assign my table groups a number . Then each person within each group gets numbered. Then I roll the dice. One dice represents the table number and the other dice represents the person within that group. So if I roll 2 dice and I roll and 5 and a 3. Then person 3 in group 5 must answer the question. My kids love it because they think its a mini game. It teaches them that anyone could be called on not just the typical ones that raise their hands. Also, I always do a think-pair-share or turn-and-talk right before this. In the beginning of the year, I emphasize that this turn-and-talk or think-pair-share time is really a good time to get the answer if they didn't really know if before. If they don't know the answer, they listen a lot more to their partner because they may be rolled. On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Lauren Ashley Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hello everyone! My name is Lauren Hewitt and I am in the teacher education program at Wayne State University. I am currently taking a teaching reading comprehension course and we are reading Mosaic of Thought. In my reading, I found myself asking many questions. One question in particular I would like to ask all of you for your input is, what do you do when you have a student(s) who is blurting out answers to questions, therefore not giving the other students time to think about the question and process the information before deciding on an answer? Any thoughts and suggestions would be great! Thanks, Lauren ___ 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] Education Student Question
There are several things I do, but ultimately it depends on the kid. I have always had bigger kids, and they usually take to my teasing well. .If I have a good relationship with the kid, I've been known to say real quietly to the blurter, I KNOW you know. Let's see what the other's know... with a wink. Doesn't work with all kids though. I teach the concept of wait time very early in the year. They can jot their answers in their notebooks while the others are thinking. I often use pair/share. Everyone gets to talk then. I usually ask the pair to share their partner's response. Makes everyone pay attention to what's being said. I will also use an around the room idea. Everyone gets a turn to say their answer, even if someone else says it first. Kids that don't have an answer may borrow one of the other's. This works well with, So, what do you remember from yesterday? or What do remember about...? I have also have a deck of regular cards for each class. Everyone's name is on a card. Usually I take roll with them. I spread them out on a table. They put their card in a basket on the end of the table. I gather up the leftovers and plug it into the rool sheet. They know not to yell out answers when they hear the cards shuffle. -- Kim --- Kimberlee Hannan 7th CORE-ELA WH Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California 93702 The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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] Education Student Question
It really does depend on the age and the kid. I generally warn kids that I want them to 'lock their lips' and keep their thinking inside until they are called on. Using turn and talk as a strategy for answering questions lets everyone get it out quickly. If all else fails, I have been known to invite kids to whisper in my ear. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Lauren Ashley Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:42 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Education Student Question Hello everyone! My name is Lauren Hewitt and I am in the teacher education program at Wayne State University. I am currently taking a teaching reading comprehension course and we are reading Mosaic of Thought. In my reading, I found myself asking many questions. One question in particular I would like to ask all of you for your input is, what do you do when you have a student(s) who is blurting out answers to questions, therefore not giving the other students time to think about the question and process the information before deciding on an answer? Any thoughts and suggestions would be great! Thanks, Lauren ___ 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] Education Student Question
I spend A LOT of time modeling what I expect at the beginning of the year (during the first 6 weeks we will practice these expectations until we can't take it anymore!). This helps tremendously with blurters. But you'll always have one...or one student will be so excited that they just can't help it! Seeing as there is rarely one correct answer during readers workshop, blurters don't always ruin it for everyone. I also can be really good at ignoring a blurter and calling on someone only to accept the exact same answer. I do make sure to make eye contact and smile at the blurter so I know they know why I didn't accept their answer...or sometimes I'll just make a comment, Oh, Johnny, thanks for raising your hand, what would you like to add? Or some such comment. But really, I believe setting the expectations early will help incredibly! Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO Be the change you want to see in the world -Ghandi - Original Message From: kimberlee hannan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:10:16 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Education Student Question There are several things I do, but ultimately it depends on the kid. I have always had bigger kids, and they usually take to my teasing well. .If I have a good relationship with the kid, I've been known to say real quietly to the blurter, I KNOW you know. Let's see what the other's know... with a wink. Doesn't work with all kids though. I teach the concept of wait time very early in the year. They can jot their answers in their notebooks while the others are thinking. I often use pair/share. Everyone gets to talk then. I usually ask the pair to share their partner's response. Makes everyone pay attention to what's being said. I will also use an around the room idea. Everyone gets a turn to say their answer, even if someone else says it first. Kids that don't have an answer may borrow one of the other's. This works well with, So, what do you remember from yesterday? or What do remember about...? I have also have a deck of regular cards for each class. Everyone's name is on a card. Usually I take roll with them. I spread them out on a table. They put their card in a basket on the end of the table. I gather up the leftovers and plug it into the rool sheet. They know not to yell out answers when they hear the cards shuffle. -- Kim --- Kimberlee Hannan 7th CORE-ELA WH Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California 93702 The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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] Education Student
Lauren, I've had this problem several times. What I do is laminate some tickets (like the ones used for carnivals or raffles). I put them on a ring, and give them to the student. We talk about how this is how I am going to help them learn to control their impulse to blurt out. Our goal is to eventually not need the tickets. They start out with 5 tickets for the day. ( you could change that depending on how old the student is, or how long they are in your class.) They have to give me a ticket every time they talk without following our classroom procedure (raise your hand and wait patiently to be called on). If they follow our procedure, then I give them a lost ticket back. They never get more than the original five tickets. I do recognize their ability to follow the procedure, but don't get over excited, after all, they are doing what is expected. At the end of the day if they have a ticket left, then there are no consequences. Once they have no tickets, they write a self reflection telling what happened, and what their plan is for stopping the undesired behavior. If we have no more problems, we tear it up. If they continue, then I make a copy of it and send it home for their parents to sign. If they still continue to blurt out, they write another reflection, I staple both together, then write a referal to the office. Both copies and the referal are sent home, and the student spends some time with the principal. The principal knows about the plan and if a student ends up in the office, she knows they have had many incidents. The next day we start over again, and the student gets five tickets. When they are able to end the day with two or more tickets, we take one away for the next day. The goal is to no longer need tickets. This worked incredibly well with several different types of students. Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Sun, 8/10/08, Lauren Ashley Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . . . what do you do when you have a student(s) who is blurting out answers to questions, therefore not giving the other students time to think about the question and process the information before deciding on an answer? ___ 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] Wayne State Education Sutdent
Hi Everyone, My name's Kelly Frank and I'm a Wayne State student in the RLL4430 class for reading strategies. In our reading and discussions we've talked about oral reading records. I wanted to ask all of you a question and hopefully get some feedback on it. My question is, For oral reading records how long do you wait for children to give their answers before telling them the correct word. Thanks and I hope to hear from you. ___ 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] Wayne State Education Sutdent
Richard (Dick) Allington who has done a lot of research with fluency and is a former IRA president has indicated that we need to be very careful about teaching children to rely on us. Children need lots of word fix-up strategies instead of look at the teacher for a word. Whenever a child looks at me, I say try something. If that doesn't help, I remember the word coaching strategies that reading recovery recommends. They have several wonderful books about child watching. The word is not on our face so we want the children to look at the words on the book and try something based on what they are reading. Marie Clay's work is very helpful to beginning reading teachers. Debra Renner Smith Author, Writing and Reading Consultant Beyond Retelling Toward Higher Level Thinking and Big Ideas by Cunningham and Smith Writing Mini-Lessons for Second Grade by Cunningham, Hall, Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debrennersmith.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melissa Kile Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:58 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Wayne State Education Sutdent Hi Everyone, My name's Kelly Frank and I'm a Wayne State student in the RLL4430 class for reading strategies. In our reading and discussions we've talked about oral reading records. I wanted to ask all of you a question and hopefully get some feedback on it. My question is, For oral reading records how long do you wait for children to give their answers before telling them the correct word. Thanks and I hope to hear from you. ___ 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.
