Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
There's lots of great info on Pearson's site, too. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Debbie Smith ledouxsm...@embarqmail.com Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:36:23 To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) It sounds to me like the levels you've been given are not necessarily DRA levels. It's been a few years since I've used the Rigby Benchmark kit, but I think the levels are different from DRA. The first clue is that there is no level 32 in the DRA kit. The DRA level for 4th grade would be a level 40. There is no distinction between beginning of year 4th grade and end of year 4th grade. It's just a 40 for 4th, 50 for 5th, 60 for 6th - you get the idea. It will go up to a level 80. The lower levels are broken down because there is more development happening at those levels. The growth you would hope to see for 4th grade would be moving across the scoring guide (intervention, instructional, independent, advanced). Of course, going up to level 50 would also be good, but be careful not to move kids too easily. There is a reason they don't want you to go on (as directed on the protocol) until the student is advanced. By 4th grade and on up, deep comprehension is the goal - you know the saying: In K-3 students learn to read, after that they read to learn. This is hard for some of our teachers to grasp - they want to assign a student a level and be done with it. If you don't use the information from the assessment there is really no point in giving it - just give the end-of-year state assessments and record those mysterious lexile scores for parents (they won't know what they mean anyway). And to answer another one of your questions, I think it is absurd that there is not a common tool - whether it be Rigby or DRA or any other measure - it should be the same for all grade levels. If the teachers are this confused, how can the parents be getting any consistent reports on their children's' progress What is the purpose of the assessments you are asked to give 3 times a year? They should be used to guide instruction - and I would ask the literacy facilitator to provide the necessary in-service so that can happen. All of our teachers give the DRA 3 times a year - I meet with grade level teams to help them evaluate their results (the DRA has forms and checklists to help with this). We maintain an assessment wall for all grades and I also keep a spreadsheet to track each student's progress. This info is very helpful when our CARE team (that's what we call it - team that meets to provide assistance to teachers for individual students who may be struggling) meets on a kid and when a student qualifies for RtI services. Wow - didn't mean for this to get so long - I get a little passionate about the DRA and its purpose :) Oh yeah, the DRA 2 kit (4-8) also has bridge level texts for students reading below grade level. -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of quin...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:06 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) Angela- It certainly sounds like your adminster Literacy Fac. were�extremely confused. I'm a third grade teacher and I use DRA as an assessment three times a year. I test in October (i'm looking for level 30, which would be on level if they did so successfully in the independent category), March (i'm looking for 34), and June (38). Any number above would be considered above level and below-below level. Hopefully this helps. The fifth grade teacher should have a training DVD that came with her kit. Check it out... Gwen Original Message - From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:54:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. �My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. �That was it. �No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. �I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the leveled reader library. �I did running records on each student 3 times that year with no clear purpose or goal. �My second year, a Literacy Facilitator was hired. When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and gave me a guide as to what levels were expected at each grade level. �I was told that fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end of fourth grade. �That said, our leveled readers only
Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Fountas and Pinnell have a wonderful assessment kit. The first one is for K - 2, and then there is one for 3 - 8. We had been using the PM Benchmark kits, but our teachers love the FP kits because they give a more comprehensive picture. Some of our teachers even use the assessments for reporting to parents, and we have gotten good feedback from this. Our District is now trying to purchase these kits for teachers as the response has been so good. The District is looking to provide training for a couple of teachers in each school on these kits and they will become the 'resident experts' for each school. Our school had already purchased 2 kits for each level, so we have been using them for a couple of years. They do provide a very comprehensive picture of student growth which our teachers like. Lois ledouxsm...@embarqmail.com 06/23/09 11:36 PM It sounds to me like the levels you've been given are not necessarily DRA levels. It's been a few years since I've used the Rigby Benchmark kit, but I think the levels are different from DRA. The first clue is that there is no level 32 in the DRA kit. The DRA level for 4th grade would be a level 40. There is no distinction between beginning of year 4th grade and end of year 4th grade. It's just a 40 for 4th, 50 for 5th, 60 for 6th - you get the idea. It will go up to a level 80. The lower levels are broken down because there is more development happening at those levels. The growth you would hope to see for 4th grade would be moving across the scoring guide (intervention, instructional, independent, advanced). Of course, going up to level 50 would also be good, but be careful not to move kids too easily. There is a reason they don't want you to go on (as directed on the protocol) until the student is advanced. By 4th grade and on up, deep comprehension is the goal - you know the saying: In K-3 students learn to read, after that they read to learn. This is hard for some of our teachers to grasp - they want to assign a student a level and be done with it. If you don't use the information from the assessment there is really no point in giving it - just give the end-of-year state assessments and record those mysterious lexile scores for parents (they won't know what they mean anyway). And to answer another one of your questions, I think it is absurd that there is not a common tool - whether it be Rigby or DRA or any other measure - it should be the same for all grade levels. If the teachers are this confused, how can the parents be getting any consistent reports on their children's' progress What is the purpose of the assessments you are asked to give 3 times a year? They should be used to guide instruction - and I would ask the literacy facilitator to provide the necessary in-service so that can happen. All of our teachers give the DRA 3 times a year - I meet with grade level teams to help them evaluate their results (the DRA has forms and checklists to help with this). We maintain an assessment wall for all grades and I also keep a spreadsheet to track each student's progress. This info is very helpful when our CARE team (that's what we call it - team that meets to provide assistance to teachers for individual students who may be struggling) meets on a kid and when a student qualifies for RtI services. Wow - didn't mean for this to get so long - I get a little passionate about the DRA and its purpose :) Oh yeah, the DRA 2 kit (4-8) also has bridge level texts for students reading below grade level. -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of quin...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:06 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) Angela- It certainly sounds like your adminster Literacy Fac. wereextremely confused. I'm a third grade teacher and I use DRA as an assessment three times a year. I test in October (i'm looking for level 30, which would be on level if they did so successfully in the independent category), March (i'm looking for 34), and June (38). Any number above would be considered above level and below-below level. Hopefully this helps. The fifth grade teacher should have a training DVD that came with her kit. Check it out... Gwen Original Message - From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:54:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. That was it. No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
I am moving to a new grade level in the same school and my new team is piloting PLC's in our building. From my understanding, this is the way it will work. Our team consists of 5 teachers. One each language arts, math, science, social studies and 1 special education teacher (me). Our team leader, the science teacher, has had some training in structuring the PLC's so this is what from my understanding is to take place. Prior to the beginning of school, we are to have our curriculum maps broken down into basically three week blocks. The first three weeks will primarily be procedures and content review. So at the beginning of the year. we will be meeting daily for a while to start with planning our second three week block. We will bring our materials, activities, assessments and everything we plan to use to the table and then the five of us will work together to evaluate, make recommendations, and support each other as we develop every thing for this second 3 week block. There is a framework from which we work - don't have mine yet but I am trying to obtain information about it.So basically while we are teaching one three week block we will be in the planning and refining for the next three week block. Does this explanation make sense? Jennifer and others - does this sound familiar? June Grade 7 Language Arts / Special Needs KY **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Hi I think that the first question you have to get an answer for, Angela, is what is the purpose for taking running records? Are you finding appropriate reading levels for instruction? If your school is using it in a formative way, then it doesn't really matter what leveling system is being used. Are you trying to monitor student progress? Are you trying to see if kids are reading on grade level? Are you benchmarking progress? Then you do need some consistency... it ought to be a discussion first at each grade level and then at the school level...what do we expect from our kids at each grade? How do our expectations meld across the grades? My personal belief is that running records are best used for formative assessment purposes. You can use them to see approximately where the instructional level is for each kid...but I would argue, more importantly, you can watch to see how the child processes text. Does he read for meaning? Are the miscues visual or meaning based? Is he attending to punctuation? Phrasing properly? Self-correcting? Knowing these kinds of things help you teach that child in a more deliberate way. Jennifer In a message dated 6/23/2009 9:53:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us writes: I guess my questions are: Is it normal for schools to be so haphazard with what assessment they are using? What (if they exist) are standard expected levels for each grade? I am unfamiliar with DRA but the DRA kit that fifth grade uses has Level 24, 28, 34, 38, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80. What about the in-between levels? Our North Carolina End-Of-Grade tests are lexiled. Shouldn't the levels we expect our kids to be reading at match the state tests? **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Lois Our district assessment committee looked at all the available running record kits last summer and decided that Fountas and Pinnell was the best of the group...more tools for less money...we also liked how there was fiction and non-fiction in each level. Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 5:54:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lmad...@edu.pe.ca writes: Fountas and Pinnell have a wonderful assessment kit. The first one is for K - 2, and then there is one for 3 - 8. We had been using the PM Benchmark kits, but our teachers love the FP kits because they give a more comprehensive picture. Some of our teachers even use the assessments for reporting to parents, and we have gotten good feedback from this. Our District is now trying to purchase these kits for teachers as the response has been so good. The District is looking to provide training for a couple of teachers in each school on these kits and they will become the 'resident experts' for each school. Our school had already purchased 2 kits for each level, so we have been using them for a couple of years. They do provide a very comprehensive picture of student growth which our teachers like. Lois **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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] Professional Learning Communities
I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the inquiry when you do it this way. We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. There must be lots of ways to do PLC. Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 6:57:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrsjro...@aol.com writes: I am moving to a new grade level in the same school and my new team is piloting PLC's in our building. From my understanding, this is the way it will work. Our team consists of 5 teachers. One each language arts, math, science, social studies and 1 special education teacher (me). Our team leader, the science teacher, has had some training in structuring the PLC's so this is what from my understanding is to take place. Prior to the beginning of school, we are to have our curriculum maps broken down into basically three week blocks. The first three weeks will primarily be procedures and content review. So at the beginning of the year. we will be meeting daily for a while to start with planning our second three week block. We will bring our materials, activities, assessments and everything we plan to use to the table and then the five of us will work together to evaluate, make recommendations, and support each other as we develop every thing for this second 3 week block. There is a framework from which we work - don't have mine yet but I am trying to obtain information about it.So basically while we are teaching one three week block we will be in the planning and refining for the next three week block. Does this explanation make sense? Jennifer and others - does this sound familiar? June Grade 7 Language Arts / Special Needs KY **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Jennifer The fiction/non-fiction split was definitely seen as an advantage by our teachers too! Particularly for some of our boys, this allowed a clearer picture to emerge. In the Grade 6 class that I share with the VP, we made the students aware of what their level was, worked with the teacher librarian to identify books we had at the various level, and she challenged the kids to read at their level, and try to improve for each reporting period. The students enjoyed this, and found it helpful for taking books out of the library! Lois cnjpal...@aol.com 06/24/09 9:12 AM Lois Our district assessment committee looked at all the available running record kits last summer and decided that Fountas and Pinnell was the best of the group...more tools for less money...we also liked how there was fiction and non-fiction in each level. Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 5:54:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lmad...@edu.pe.ca writes: Fountas and Pinnell have a wonderful assessment kit. The first one is for K - 2, and then there is one for 3 - 8. We had been using the PM Benchmark kits, but our teachers love the FP kits because they give a more comprehensive picture. Some of our teachers even use the assessments for reporting to parents, and we have gotten good feedback from this. Our District is now trying to purchase these kits for teachers as the response has been so good. The District is looking to provide training for a couple of teachers in each school on these kits and they will become the 'resident experts' for each school. Our school had already purchased 2 kits for each level, so we have been using them for a couple of years. They do provide a very comprehensive picture of student growth which our teachers like. Lois **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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. - Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. D?claration de confidentialit? Le pr?sent message (y compris les annexes) peut contenir des renseignements confidentiels ? l'intention d'une personne ou d'un organisme particulier. Si vous avez re?u la pr?sente communication par erreur, veuillez en informer l'exp?diteur imm?diatement. Si vous n'?tes pas le destinataire pr?vu, vous n'avez pas le droit d'utiliser, divulguer, distribuer, copier ou imprimer ce courriel ou encore de vous en servir, et vous devriez l'effacer imm?diatement de votre syst?me informatique. - ___ 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] Professional Learning Communities
Hi Jennifer, Yes, but I think the original intent of PLC's is what you describe below. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the inquiry when you do it this way. We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. There must be lots of ways to do PLC. Jennifer ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
In a message dated 6/24/2009 8:13:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cnjpal...@aol.com writes: Lois Our district assessment committee looked at all the available running record kits last summer and decided that Fountas and Pinnell was the best of the group...more tools for less money...we also liked how there was fiction and non-fiction in each level. Jennifer Jennifer, Can you compare the Fountas and Pinnell kit to DRA2? Thanks! Jane in SC :-) (The state with the runaway Governor!) **Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood0004) ___ 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] What is the best reading program?
I had no idea you could become certified in a program. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Lisa Singer singe...@gradmail.mville.edu To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? My name is Lisa. I am finishing my masters in special education at Manhattanville College. I want to become certified in a reading program and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me. I was told that Orton Gillingham or Wilson are the best. What do you think? ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Our district adopted districtwide benchmark levels three years ago but until that point, we were pretty much doing our own things. Our benchmark expectations change as the school year progresses. We expect that our fourth graders reach a level 40 to demonstrate proficiency and they may be tested to a 50 ( our benchmark kits are DRA and there is no in-between) to demonstrate an advanced achievement. Not beyond this. I think you need to be as concerned with the means of assessment, which seems so inconsistent, as with the wild bouncing in levels. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:54 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. That was it. No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the leveled reader library. I did running records on each student 3 times that year with no clear purpose or goal. My second year, a Literacy Facilitator was hired. When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and gave me a guide as to what levels were expected at each grade level. I was told that fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end of fourth grade. That said, our leveled readers only went up to Level 40. So I've never been exactly clear as to what was expected of fifth grade. A few years ago, we got a new Literacy Facilitator. She made new levels. Third grade students should be reading at a Level 32 by the end of the year, fourth grade a Level 36, and fifth grade a Level 40. Once again, I thought this was terribly convenient, since our leveled reader library only went to Level 40. Also, she told us to formally assess the students every month. Suddenly, halfway through this school year, our principal decided everyone should have a kit for doing running records. He polled each teacher. K-1 had one kit (not sure of which one), 2-3 had Rigby, I (fourth grade) had my own make-shift kit, and fifth grade had a DRA kit. One was ordered for me. It was Rigby. It only goes up to Level 30 so this year I could have used it on a total of 2 students. I became very confused and began researching. Everything I have seen, says that students should be reading at a Level 38 by the end of third grade. I guess my questions are: Is it normal for schools to be so haphazard with what assessment they are using? What (if they exist) are standard expected levels for each grade? I am unfamiliar with DRA but the DRA kit that fifth grade uses has Level 24, 28, 34, 38, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80. What about the in-between levels? Our North Carolina End-Of-Grade tests are lexiled. Shouldn't the levels we expect our kids to be reading at match the state tests? I know all of this is very elementary and I should have probably figured this out before now. However, I am very confused about all of this (as you may be able to tell in my ramblings) and have asked all of this to our Literacy Facilitator who keeps telling me to just keep doing what I've been doing. Please help me understand this! If you have any great books, websites, or other resources, I don't mind learning on my own. I just need some guidance because I just can't seem to wrap my mind around this! Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. ___ 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] Synthesizing with younger ages
They don't like busy work. They want to feel challenged without being overwhelmed. They want teachers they perceive as experts (I found that really interesting). They wanted teachers to acknowledge who they are, to make an effort to know them. Mind you, this was a study done with middle school readers (maybe high school too, don't remember), but there was this interview with one kid who LOVED all star wrestling and he talked about how it made him feel to have a teacher acknowledge it. Made me connect to my experience with a little guy who had previously been retained as a kinder and had already labeled himself as a non-learner. I had been at a conference in the summer and found some time to visit an aquairium where I petted a shark. I saved my button for the first day of school. After two years in my classroom (looping), this kid wrote in his end of year reflection about how he knew I was the teacher for him from the very start (he had visited this SAME aquairium and was a shark nut) because I knew he loved sharks from the day we met! I have to say, I got lucky. But I also had a principal who did not bat an eye when I came to her in September of that year and said I needed to order $300 worth of shark books IMMEDIATELY. The book is Reading Don't Fix No Chevys and it is a great read. If you haven't discovered Wilhelm and Anderson, you may want to do some reading. ;-) Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Joy jwidm...@rocketmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Synthesizing with younger ages Lori, Would you please give more specific details about minutia? Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org - Original Message From: Ljackson ljack...@gwtc.net To: beverleep...@gmail.com, Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:34:30 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Synthesizing with younger ages Anderson and Wilhelm's research with adolescent male readers showed that kids WANT to feel challenged--they want to know that teachers EXPECT them to be able to think. What they don't want is to be overwhelmed with minutia. Lori Jackson And it's a dangerous habit of mind or disposition to think that all learning is easy and you should never have to work To Understand. What a disservice to our young minds. - From: Joy jwidm...@rocketmail.com Sally, .. . . I have this discussion with parents who are hyper-focused on their kids achievement, pushing them to perfection in every task they attempt. They think they are having high expectations, when in fact they aren't allowing them to struggle and come to the understanding naturally. ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Hi Angela - The only thing I can say - from experience- is that most schools are this confused when it comes to assessments! Don't let it get the best of you. I currently teach 5th grade. We give the DRA2 once a year - at the end, for students who are 'at grade level'. Those who fall below are given the assessment twice a year. Our goals are by the end of grade 3 - level 40; by the end of grade 4 - level 50; end of grade 5 - level 60. We have higher expectations than the state goal, and most of the students in our school meet this goal. Those who don't meet it are monitored more carefully the following year and their progress is documented by a team of teachers and administrators. I also do running records once a month using their independent books - it is very informal and used basically to check that they are reading just right books. I administer these during my one on one conference times and use them to talk with the kids about how well they are choosing their books. I also administer Fountas and Pinnel assessments every 6 - 8 weeks for my mid and lower kids. I use this to check their comprehension. We will test up to a level W - then stop. I hope this helps. From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Angela Almond Sent: Tue 6/23/2009 9:54 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. That was it. No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the leveled reader library. I did running records on each student 3 times that year with no clear purpose or goal. My second year, a Literacy Facilitator was hired. When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and gave me a guide as to what levels were expected at each grade level. I was told that fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end of fourth grade. That said, our leveled readers only went up to Level 40. So I've never been exactly clear as to what was expected of fifth grade. A few years ago, we got a new Literacy Facilitator. She made new levels. Third grade students should be reading at a Level 32 by the end of the year, fourth grade a Level 36, and fifth grade a Level 40. Once again, I thought this was terribly convenient, since our leveled reader library only went to Level 40. Also, she told us to formally assess the students every month. Suddenly, halfway through this school year, our principal decided everyone should have a kit for doing running records. He polled each teacher. K-1 had one kit (not sure of which one), 2-3 had Rigby, I (fourth grade) had my own make-shift kit, and fifth grade had a DRA kit. One was ordered for me. It was Rigby. It only goes up to Level 30 so this year I could have used it on a total of 2 students. I became very confused and began researching. Everything I have seen, says that students should be reading at a Level 38 by the end of third grade. I guess my questions are: Is it normal for schools to be so haphazard with what assessment they are using? What (if they exist) are standard expected levels for each grade? I am unfamiliar with DRA but the DRA kit that fifth grade uses has Level 24, 28, 34, 38, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80. What about the in-between levels? Our North Carolina End-Of-Grade tests are lexiled. Shouldn't the levels we expect our kids to be reading at match the state tests? I know all of this is very elementary and I should have probably figured this out before now. However, I am very confused about all of this (as you may be able to tell in my ramblings) and have asked all of this to our Literacy Facilitator who keeps telling me to just keep doing what I've been doing. Please help me understand this! If you have any great books, websites, or other resources, I don't mind learning on my own. I just need some guidance because I just can't seem to wrap my mind around this! Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
This sounds more like trying to integrate the subjects to help students see connections. This is a common practice at junior high so that students see how the different subjects are related. I see PLCs as more like Jennifer stated. You use data to identify an area that needs to be improved. Then, all teachers identify strategies or practices for their individual area to work on. Progress monitoring is a regular part of this to see if the intervention is actually working. The progress monitoring is not to evaluate teachers but rather who is the inervention working for. If it is not working, what other strategies should be in place to help the student/s make progress. Carol - Original Message - From: mrsjro...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:56:21 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities I am moving to a new grade level in the same school and my new team is piloting PLC's in our building. From my understanding, this is the way it will work. Our team consists of 5 teachers. One each language arts, math, science, social studies and 1 special education teacher (me). Our team leader, the science teacher, has had some training in structuring the PLC's so this is what from my understanding is to take place. Prior to the beginning of school, we are to have our curriculum maps broken down into basically three week blocks. The first three weeks will primarily be procedures and content review. So at the beginning of the year. we will be meeting daily for a while to start with planning our second three week block. We will bring our materials, activities, assessments and everything we plan to use to the table and then the five of us will work together to evaluate, make recommendations, and support each other as we develop every thing for this second 3 week block. There is a framework from which we work - don't have mine yet but I am trying to obtain information about it.So basically while we are teaching one three week block we will be in the planning and refining for the next three week block. Does this explanation make sense? Jennifer and others - does this sound familiar? June Grade 7 Language Arts / Special Needs KY **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Our district has used both Rigby, Fountas Pinnell and the DRA. (Don't ask me why; but teachers in this district have A LOT of autonomy.) First grade teahers wanted to stick with Rigby even though we needed the higher levels that are offered in the DRA kit. Then when F P came out, I asked some teachers to pilot it because we used the F P leveling system in our guided reading room. You are absolutely correct in that ONE system should be used. I hoped we could get to the point where a committee comprised of teachers who used each of the leveling systems could come together to identify ONE assessment for the district that would be admnistered two or three times each year. I hoped that would be reported to the district, but, alas, it wasn't. So, teachers really used the data for the classroom which was great for the teachers, but the district couldn't identify trends. Jennifer is correct, though, in stating that the district needs to identify how the data will be used. If it is just for the teacher, then it doesn't really matter. However, if it is to track progress for the district, then it is extremely important for the district to have one system in place. We found great differences in the three assessments. Also, I can't emphasize enough the importance of staff development. We had first grade teachers who would assess the students just on the running records and kind of ignore the comprehension part. When the students entered second grade, there was a big discrepancy (even after teachers took the loss of reading over the summer) between the comprehension of the students. That's why I liked the F P--it had both fiction and non fiction and gave specific comprehension questions with points for possible answers. Now, however, we have a new administrative team in place. Teachers will only be allowed to use the adopted basal testing program (Don't get me started!) Also, the district uses MAPS for grades 2 - 8. To the teachers' credit, they want to continue using running records because it offered them so much information. (I retired because of the basal issue.) Carol - Original Message - From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:54:26 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. That was it. No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the leveled reader library. I did running records on each student 3 times that year with no clear purpose or goal. My second year, a Literacy Facilitator was hired. When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and gave me a guide as to what levels were expected at each grade level. I was told that fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end of fourth grade. That said, our leveled readers only went up to Level 40. So I've never been exactly clear as to what was expected of fifth grade. A few years ago, we got a new Literacy Facilitator. She made new levels. Third grade students should be reading at a Level 32 by the end of the year, fourth grade a Level 36, and fifth grade a Level 40. Once again, I thought this was terribly convenient, since our leveled reader library only went to Level 40. Also, she told us to formally assess the students every month. Suddenly, halfway through this school year, our principal decided everyone should have a kit for doing running records. He polled each teacher. K-1 had one kit (not sure of which one), 2-3 had Rigby, I (fourth grade) had my own make-shift kit, and fifth grade had a DRA kit. One was ordered for me. It was Rigby. It only goes up to Level 30 so this year I could have used it on a total of 2 students. I became very confused and began researching. Everything I have seen, says that students should be reading at a Level 38 by the end of third grade. I guess my questions are: Is it normal for schools to be so haphazard with what assessment they are using? What (if they exist) are standard expected levels for each grade? I am unfamiliar with DRA but the DRA kit that fifth grade uses has Level 24, 28, 34, 38, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80. What about the in-between levels? Our North Carolina End-Of-Grade tests are lexiled. Shouldn't the levels we expect our kids to be reading at match the state tests? I know all of this is very elementary and I should have probably figured this out before now. However, I am very confused about all of this (as you may be able to tell in my ramblings) and have asked all of this to our Literacy Facilitator who keeps telling me to just keep
Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
I have taught third for the past five years and our district started using DIBELS for 3-5 students. K-2 may use them also, but I am not really sure. My biggest beef is that students entering third grade are never really reading on grade level yet they are according to the state's K-2 assessment (NC). I always have students who are at level 31-32 when they level second and yet when they test on the pre-EOG many of them are below grade level. (Until recently I had no idea that the K-2 assessment allowed teachers to prompt the students, etc. No wonder it doesn't correlate with a standardized test given in the first two weeks of school with no assistance of any kind!) We were also required to do a Critchlow Vocabulary assessment and several group assessments on spelling and comprehension. I am not sure how to answer the question of what we do with all this information. We record it in several different places and use it to make decisions involving retention, further testing, etc. Rosie -Original Message- From: hccarl...@comcast.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 9:40 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) Our district has used both Rigby, Fountas Pinnell and the DRA. (Don't ask me why; but teachers in this district have A LOT of autonomy.) First grade teahers wanted to stick with Rigby even though we needed the higher levels that are offered in the DRA kit. Then when F P came out, I asked some teachers to pilot it because we used the F P leveling system in our guided reading room. You are absolutely correct in that ONE system should be used. I hoped we could get to the point where a committee comprised of teachers who used each of the leveling systems could come together to identify ONE assessment for the district that would be admnistered two or three times each year. I hoped that would be reported to the district, but, alas, it wasn't. So, teachers really used the data for the classroom which was great for the teachers, but the district couldn't identify trends. Jennifer is correct, though, in stating that the district needs to identify how the data will be used. If it is just for the teacher, then it doesn't really matter. However, if it is to track progress for the district, then it is extremely important for the district to have one system in place. We found great differences in the three assessments. Also, I can't emphasize enough the importance of staff development. We had first grade teachers who would assess the students just on the running records and kind of ignore the comprehension part. When the students entered second grade, there was a big discrepancy (even after teachers took the loss of reading over the summer) between the comprehension of the students. That's why I liked the F P--it had both fiction and non fiction and gave specific comprehension questions with points for possible answers. Now, however, we have a new administrative team in place. Teachers will only be allowed to use the adopted basal testing program (Don't get me started!) Also, the district uses MAPS for grades 2 - 8. To the teachers' credit, they want to continue using running records because it offered them so much information. (I retired because of the basal issue.) Carol - Original Message - From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:54:26 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. That was it. No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the leveled reader library. I did running records on each student 3 times that year with no clear purpose or goal. My second year, a Literacy Facilitator was hired. When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and gave me a guide as to what levels were expected at each grade level. I was told that fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end of fourth grade. That said, our leveled readers only went up to Level 40. So I've never been exactly clear as to what was expected of fifth grade. A few years ago, we got a new Literacy Facilitator. She made new levels. Third grade students should be reading at a Level 32 by the end of the year, fourth grade a Level 36, and fifth grade a Level 40. Once again, I thought this was terribly convenient, since our leveled reader library only went to Level 40. Also, she told us to formally assess the students every month. Suddenly, halfway through this school year, our
[MOSAIC] Connections
I love to make connections in my classroom... T-S, T-T, T-W. This year one of my team members made a connection chain, where students would write their connections on a paper then staple it to a chain. By the end of the year the chain went around the classroom! Does anyone have other creative ways to display and incorporate connections in the classroom? ___ 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] Can I join the Group
Hi Karen...I think you already have joinedas a member of the Mosaic LISTSERV I received this email...you subscribed by filling out page http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/...:) -Original Message- From: Karen Carol Ramgadoo kramg...@fau.edu To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, Jun 23, 2009 6:06 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) Can I please join the list? Karen ___ 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] Deaf Education
Every year I teach my students some American Sign Language. I volunteer with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. I was wondering if anyone can recommend some children's literature on Sign Language or Deaf Culture... ___ 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] What is the best reading program?
I was confused by this as well. It sounds kind of creepy. (and this is NOT meant to insult anyone) Other than Reading Recovery. um do you mean trained ? To me, the *best* reading program is a teacher who learns to do what students need, when they need it. :-) Renee On Jun 24, 2009, at 5:52 AM, Ljackson wrote: I had no idea you could become certified in a program. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Lisa Singer singe...@gradmail.mville.edu To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? My name is Lisa. I am finishing my masters in special education at Manhattanville College. I want to become certified in a reading program and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me. I was told that Orton Gillingham or Wilson are the best. What do you think? ___ 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. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, 'Fate,' 1860 ___ 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] posting on page
You should be seeing everyone's postings...I saw yours:) -Original Message- From: Sol J so...@yahoo.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, Jun 23, 2009 3:09 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] posting on page Please allow me to be involved in discussions. ___ 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] Bibliotherapy
This year I had some challenging students...I just finishing taking a class on Play Therapy and how to incorporate play in the classroom to help build a sense of community. During the course bibliotherapy came up... I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for children's books on bullying, divorce, and grieving... ___ 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] Professional Learning Communities
CAN ANYONE SHARE SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TEACHER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED...(OOOPS SORRY CAPS LOCK)...are PLCs taking it a step further and conducting action research? -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 8:16 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the inquiry when you do it this way. We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. There must be lots of ways to do PLC. Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 6:57:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrsjro...@aol.com writes: I am moving to a new grade level in the same school and my new team is piloting PLC's in our building. From my understanding, this is the way it will work. Our team consists of 5 teachers. One each language arts, math, science, social studies and 1 special education teacher (me). Our team leader, the science teacher, has had some training in structuring the PLC's so this is what from my understanding is to take place. Prior to the beginning of school, we are to have our curriculum maps broken down into basically three week blocks. The first three weeks will primarily be procedures and content review. So at the beginning of the year. we will be meeting daily for a while to start with planning our second three week block. We will bring our materials, activities, assessments and everything we plan to use to the table and then the five of us will work together to evaluate, make recommendations, and support each other as we develop every thing for this second 3 week block. There is a framework from which we work - don't have mine yet but I am trying to obtain information about it.So basically while we are teaching one three week block we will be in the planning and refining for the next three week block. Does this explanation make sense? Jennifer and others - does this sound familiar? June Grade 7 Language Arts / Special Needs KY **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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] What is the best reading program?
OK everybody, She is new and probably on the wrong list, but she is training to be a special education teacher and I think that both Orton Gillingham and Wilson do have training programs for using their material. I have no idea which is considered better and Lisa, people on this list are really working on comprehension and I don't think either of these programs emphasizes comprehension. I think, but I'm not sure that they are primarily for helping kids with decoding and fluency issues. And, unfortunately, almost every publisher has a training program and emphasizes teaching their curriculum with fidelity in the hopes of selling more basals and their accompanying material. Good educators take what they can use, add it to their repertoire and ignore the rest. On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:05:53 -0700, Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I was confused by this as well. It sounds kind of creepy. (and this is NOT meant to insult anyone) Other than Reading Recovery. um do you mean trained ? To me, the *best* reading program is a teacher who learns to do what students need, when they need it. :-) Renee On Jun 24, 2009, at 5:52 AM, Ljackson wrote: I had no idea you could become certified in a program. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Lisa Singer singe...@gradmail.mville.edu To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? My name is Lisa. I am finishing my masters in special education at Manhattanville College. I want to become certified in a reading program and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me. I was told that Orton Gillingham or Wilson are the best. What do you think? ___ 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. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, 'Fate,' 1860 ___ 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] IRA conversion chart with wpm writing, Running Record/Reading Level
Hi, The economy may be one of the reasons why different grade levels have different assessments, but you can get a correlation chart to match the different series. The International Reading Association has a good one that compares grade levels, Fountas Pinell, Lexile, Reading Recovery, DRA, Rigby, etc. and has fluency wpm rates, spelling stages, and 6 Traits writing stages all on one chart. I found it by googling International Reading Association reading level conversion Sheila Eisen, NBCT - LIT 2006 --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us wrote: From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 8:54 PM I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. That was it. No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the leveled reader library. I did running records on each student 3 times that year with no clear purpose or goal. My second year, a Literacy Facilitator was hired. When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and gave me a guide as to what levels were expected at each grade level. I was told that fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end of fourth grade. That said, our leveled readers only went up to Level 40. So I've never been exactly clear as to what was expected of fifth grade. A few years ago, we got a new Literacy Facilitator. She made new levels. Third grade students should be reading at a Level 32 by the end of the year, fourth grade a Level 36, and fifth grade a Level 40. Once again, I thought this was terribly convenient, since our leveled reader library only went to Level 40. Also, she told us to formally assess the students every month. Suddenly, halfway through this school year, our principal decided everyone should have a kit for doing running records. He polled each teacher. K-1 had one kit (not sure of which one), 2-3 had Rigby, I (fourth grade) had my own make-shift kit, and fifth grade had a DRA kit. One was ordered for me. It was Rigby. It only goes up to Level 30 so this year I could have used it on a total of 2 students. I became very confused and began researching. Everything I have seen, says that students should be reading at a Level 38 by the end of third grade. I guess my questions are: Is it normal for schools to be so haphazard with what assessment they are using? What (if they exist) are standard expected levels for each grade? I am unfamiliar with DRA but the DRA kit that fifth grade uses has Level 24, 28, 34, 38, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80. What about the in-between levels? Our North Carolina End-Of-Grade tests are lexiled. Shouldn't the levels we expect our kids to be reading at match the state tests? I know all of this is very elementary and I should have probably figured this out before now. However, I am very confused about all of this (as you may be able to tell in my ramblings) and have asked all of this to our Literacy Facilitator who keeps telling me to just keep doing what I've been doing. Please help me understand this! If you have any great books, websites, or other resources, I don't mind learning on my own. I just need some guidance because I just can't seem to wrap my mind around this! Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. ___ 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] Bibliotherapy
For bullying:The Recess Queen (picture book) Mean Jean controls the playground until a new kid comes to the school who isn't afraid of her and becomes her friend -the meanness stops.My Secret Bully (picture book) About a girl who's friend of many years talks behind her back says mean things about her to others etc. The girl doesn't understand why? They have been friends for years. She goes to her mom for help... There is a list of organizations to help with bullying included with my copy.Shredderman (chapter book, abt 3rd grade level) A geeky kid (elementary school) is picked on by the school bully. He wants him to stop but doesn't know how to get him to stop. He creates a website with a persona -Shredderman... Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer From: carateres...@hotmail.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:22:40 -0400 Subject: [MOSAIC] Bibliotherapy This year I had some challenging students...I just finishing taking a class on Play Therapy and how to incorporate play in the classroom to help build a sense of community. During the course bibliotherapy came up... I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for children's books on bullying, divorce, and grieving... ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
I can share with you some info on reading levels that we do in Cobb Co in Georgia. Email me at susannelee...@yahoo.com and I can send you a few things. --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us wrote: From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 9:54 PM I apologize in advance for this very lengthy and somewhat rookie question. I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was told I needed to complete running records on each student. That was it. No kit (didn't even know there was such a thing at the time) and no benchmarks or goals as to what fourth grade students should be reading at. I went into the Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the leveled reader library. I did running records on each student 3 times that year with no clear purpose or goal. My second year, a Literacy Facilitator was hired. When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and gave me a guide as to what levels were expected at each grade level. I was told that fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end of fourth grade. That said, our leveled readers only went up to Level 40. So I've never been exactly clear as to what was expected of fifth grade. A few years ago, we got a new Literacy Facilitator. She made new levels. Third grade students should be reading at a Level 32 by the end of the year, fourth grade a Level 36, and fifth grade a Level 40. Once again, I thought this was terribly convenient, since our leveled reader library only went to Level 40. Also, she told us to formally assess the students every month. Suddenly, halfway through this school year, our principal decided everyone should have a kit for doing running records. He polled each teacher. K-1 had one kit (not sure of which one), 2-3 had Rigby, I (fourth grade) had my own make-shift kit, and fifth grade had a DRA kit. One was ordered for me. It was Rigby. It only goes up to Level 30 so this year I could have used it on a total of 2 students. I became very confused and began researching. Everything I have seen, says that students should be reading at a Level 38 by the end of third grade. I guess my questions are: Is it normal for schools to be so haphazard with what assessment they are using? What (if they exist) are standard expected levels for each grade? I am unfamiliar with DRA but the DRA kit that fifth grade uses has Level 24, 28, 34, 38, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80. What about the in-between levels? Our North Carolina End-Of-Grade tests are lexiled. Shouldn't the levels we expect our kids to be reading at match the state tests? I know all of this is very elementary and I should have probably figured this out before now. However, I am very confused about all of this (as you may be able to tell in my ramblings) and have asked all of this to our Literacy Facilitator who keeps telling me to just keep doing what I've been doing. Please help me understand this! If you have any great books, websites, or other resources, I don't mind learning on my own. I just need some guidance because I just can't seem to wrap my mind around this! Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Fiction v. NonFiction
I would say animals and biographies are important and children will definetely be interested. Books with fun facts about animals. Children know about animals but there are fun facts children can find out and it will get them interested. Once they know something about a character, the children will get interested in learning more about that person and that is when biographies can help. From: lfahe...@hotmail.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:08:08 + Subject: [MOSAIC] Fiction v. NonFiction After reading Chapter 10 (Determining Importance in NonFiction) in Debbie Miller's RWM. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for great nonfiction books to really catch the children's attention. Specifically nonfiction books geared toward a first or second grade. How do you begin your non-fiction lessons and do you find the kids are engaged, or do they just want to jump right back into fiction? Thanks in advance for the suggestions! Lauren _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 ___ 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. _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ___ 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] What is the best reading program?
Jennifer, is this the same, or a different, program than the one you thought might serve some purpose for some kids last year? If not, what was that one? Bev Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:29:28 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? Sure, Lori. My district trained me in Wilson. (It was the most painful three days I have ever been through.) If I were to use the program and have a certifed trainer observe me using it effectively I could become certified as a Wilson teacher. Problem is, I am not a 'program girl' in the end. I didn't use it with any students last year and have no intention of using it next year. Jennifer -Original Message- From: Ljackson ljack...@gwtc.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 8:52 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? I had no idea you could become certified in a program. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Lisa Singer singe...@gradmail.mville.edu To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? My name is Lisa. I am finishing my masters in special education at Manhattanville College. I want to become certified in a reading program and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me. I was told that Orton Gillingham or Wilson are the best. What do you think? ___ 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. ___ 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] Literature for ELL students (Preschool-2)
Any picture book with large pictures that could easily be named or talked about. ABC books, animal books, counting books, books about shapes, colors... There is a book called Splash by Ann Jonas about a boy who goes to a small pond in his back yard. The dog falls in, the dog gets out. The cat goes in , there are frogs, turtles, fish, etc. Lots of talk and naming could happen with this book! On 6/24/09 12:00 PM, kaosay...@aol.com kaosay...@aol.com wrote: Hello everyone. My name is Kaori and I am a graduate student?persuing a master's degree for early childhood education.???I am currently working as an assitant teacher?at a preschool in Connecticut.? Most of the students at the preschool are learning English as a second language.? I was?wondering if you have any recommendations?on picture books to use to engage them in learning English in fun and exciting way. Thank you, Kaori ___ 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. Jan Each day comes bearing it¹s own gifts, untie the ribbons. -Ruth Ann Schabacker ___ 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] Literature for ELL students (Preschool-2)
I agree that any picture book with great visual support would be appropriate. However, I would like to add to the criteria:Background needed to understand the text matches the students' background or at least background knowledge is build prior to reading and that there be a predictable structure that repeats itself for beginning ELL students. maxine In a message dated 6/24/2009 6:45:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jgou...@hotmail.com writes: Any picture book with large pictures that could easily be named or talked about. ABC books, animal books, counting books, books about shapes, colors... There is a book called Splash by Ann Jonas about a boy who goes to a small pond in his back yard. The dog falls in, the dog gets out. The cat goes in , there are frogs, turtles, fish, etc. Lots of talk and naming could happen with this book! On 6/24/09 12:00 PM, kaosay...@aol.com kaosay...@aol.com wrote: Hello everyone. My name is Kaori and I am a graduate student?persuing a master's degree for early childhood education.???I am currently working as an assitant teacher?at a preschool in Connecticut.? Most of the students at the preschool are learning English as a second language.? I was?wondering if you have any recommendations?on picture books to use to engage them in learning English in fun and exciting way. Thank you, Kaori ___ 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. Jan Each day comes bearing it¹s own gifts, untie the ribbons. -Ruth Ann Schabacker ___ 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. **Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood0005) ___ 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] best assessments
To find out about the student as a reader I use running records. My district has put together a set of leveled readers and stories (excerpts) that range from a a very beginning reader to 6th grade reading level. What is nice about running records is it gives you a nice snapshot of the reader as they read aloud to you and answer comprehension questions. You learn a lot from their reading errors and their comprehension errors. Jan The mind determines what is possible. The heart surpasses it. -Pilar Coslinta On 6/24/09 2:39 PM, Jorge Carreno nasn...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello: My name is Jorge and I will be certified in August in childhood education. I have worked in 4th and 5th grade classrooms. I was wondering, what do you guys think are the best assessments to see the level of reading of students mostly in first grade? Thank 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] Cunningham Debbie Miller
Jen I am a 16 year teaching veteran. I refer to them all the time! Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 9:25:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gradeagr...@gmail.com writes: Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen **Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood0006) ___ 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] Professionalism
Isn't it sad that many in our field have no curiosity, no desire to learn beyond what they know unless they are compensated for it. We tried to have a book study last year and even got out Partners in Education group to purchase copies of MOT for us. We sent the books home for summer reading and when the school year started, only one or two people had read anything from them. We started with about 5 people, and after a few weeks the only ones who could make time were the three of us who were already MOT enthusiasts. Cheryle New Mexico In a message dated 6/21/2009 1:22:04 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us writes: Unfortunately, I would say maybe 10 %. In fact, I was reading To Understand and attempted to find colleagues to read and talk about it with me and I was told that he/she would not spend the money on the book and he/she would not be interested in spending any extra time reading and talking about school topics. If the school would pay for the book and provide the time, they would do it to meet the requirements of professional development to keep their certificates valid. Hello everyone, I have a side question for everyone. I know that at every school you can find at least one more more teachers that say come the end of the year that they are not going to have anything to do with teaching all summer. I am really curious as to how many teachers in your school, to your knowledge, actually take it upon themselves to do their own professional development. This can be in the form of reading, classes, or workshops. What percentage of teachers at your school actually do this? Thanks, Stephanie 3rd/CA ___ ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. **Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood0005) ___ 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] Cunningham Debbie Miller
In a message dated 6/24/2009 9:31:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cnjpal...@aol.com writes: Jen I am a 16 year teaching veteran. I refer to them all the time! Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 9:25:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gradeagr...@gmail.com writes: Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen I am a 33 year veteran and refer to them often, too. I just cleaned and rearranged my desk today (doing teacher spring cleaning in the summer) and those are some of the few books that I kept right here at hand on my desk. Jane in SC :-) **Huge Savings on Popular Laptops only at Dell.com. Shop Now! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221900667x1201409530/aol?redir=http: %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215910242%3B38350777%3Bf) ___ 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] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)
Thanks Lori, if you find out the title let me know! - Caitlin On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Ljackson ljack...@gwtc.net wrote: Hmmm... there is this terrific book out there that uses visual art to teach thinking strategies but everything we own is pretty much in boxes right now...anyone know the book? Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: caitlin fairclough caitlinann...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I am a huge advocate for incorporating art in the classroom as much as possible. I don't feel that students have enough exposure to the arts. ...Art is my passion..How can you bring art and literacy together?? Thanks -Caitlin ___ 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] Cunningham Debbie Miller
I cannot begin to count the times I have reread about ten professional books. They are core to me and include: The Art of Teacher Reading The Art of Teaching Writing Wondrous Words Mosaic of Thought (both editions) Reading With Meaning Interactive Writing (Fountas, et al) A Fresh Approach to Writing Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: gradeagross gradeagr...@gmail.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:26 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen ___ 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] Hey guys, newbie here. Any good books for ELLs in 1st grade? please help
Song books!! There are TONS of picture books that are lyric based. Love to sing, love to sing, love to sing. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Jorge Carreno nasn...@hotmail.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:15 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Hey guys,newbie here. Any good books for ELLs in 1st grade? please help Hey guys I wanted to see if you guys knew of any good books for ELA for English Language Learners in first grade. Thanks _ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 ___ 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] Cunningham Debbie Miller
Hey jen G. Its me jenn B. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -Original Message- From: gradeagross gradeagr...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:25:05 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen ___ 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] Cunningham Debbie Miller
I moved to 2nd grade 2 years ago after many, many years in Kindergarten. Here are the professional books I refer to at least once a week (some more often): The Morning Meeting Book (www.responsiveclassroom.org) The Daily 5 The CAFE Book (well, I WILL refer to it--just bought it) Reading w/ Meaning and/or Strategies that Work Words Their Way Second Grade Writers (Parsons--compliments Calkins' Units of Study) Occasionally refer to: Guided Reading (FP) Teaching w/ Intention (Miller's newest book, still reading it and it will probably be the text we use for a book study this fall) Melissa/2nd/VA Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:25:05 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen ___ 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] daily 5
Jeanne, You're welcome! Just make sure to email me directly at kreed 'at' pike.k12.in.us I don't want to miss your email if I'm just sifting through the mosaic emails that day! :) -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Jeanne Petty Sent: Mon 6/22/2009 9:41 PM To: mosaic listserve Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] daily 5 Thank you very much. I have another colleague that I know would be interested too. I will speak to my principal and get back to you. I am currently enrolled in the Indiana Writing Project's Open Institute at Ball State. I am getting some new ideas to enhance my Writer's Workshop for next year. I LOVE having the summer to actually reflect and plan concerning what we do during the school year. Thanks again for sharing. Jeanne Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:58:18 -0400 From: kr...@pike.k12.in.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] daily 5 Hi Jeanne! Alexandria's not too far away if you're ever interested in visiting, I have some first grade classrooms that are doing amazing things with Literacy Studio. If you want more information on visiting, you can email me at my school address: kr...@pike.k12.in.us -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Jeanne Petty Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:18 PM To: mosaic listserve Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] daily 5 Katherine, I teach in Indiana also! I am a first grade teacher in Alexandria. I would be VERY interested in seeing your notes/schedule since I would like to implement these strategies in my classroom this fall. Thank you so much! Jeanne Garringer Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:05:55 -0400 From: kr...@pike.k12.in.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org; mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] daily 5 Hi all, As a Literacy Coach, I've been supporting several book studies this year Reading With Meaning, Daily Five, To Understand, and MOT... We've been working on how to merge these books into an effective Literacy Studio structure. If you're interested in seeing our notes or sample schedules, feel free to email me individually! I don't post much...but I've been enjoying reading everyone's thoughts for the past six months. Thanks for letting me lurk and learn from you! Katherine -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Melissa Kile Sent: Sun 6/14/2009 7:14 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] daily 5 You need a yahoo acct (free). Log in, and go to Groups. Search for The_Daily_Five. Make choices on the screen (email address, etc.), and tell why you want to join. You should get an approval email within 24 hours, and then you're in! Melissa On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:57 PM, lesp...@aol.com wrote: How can one become part of the daily 5 group? Thanks...Leslie In a message dated 6/13/2009 7:50:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pkima...@earthlink.net writes: Hi Melissa, I am on the Daily5 group. How many people on this list are part of both groups. PatK On Jun 13, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Melissa Kile wrote: The Sisters' CAFE book addresses the teaching and practice of comprehension, accuracy (word attack), fluency vocabulary strategies during workshop. It was just published a couple months ago, and is available in the usual places (Stenhouse, Amazon, BN). I've skimmed the entire book, and am now going back to really read it. I'm several chapters in, and it sounds very doable. There is a discussion going on in the Yahoo The Daily Five group. Melissa/VA/2nd On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.netwrote: Is anyone that uses and is thinking about using Daily5 interested in looking at how to combine Mosaic strategies with Daily 5 procedures. I love both, but I am working on how to include the best of both worldssmoothly. On Jun 13, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Courtney Cook wrote: I'm going to look into the Daily 5- Thanks for the suggestion. And as far as the center activites go- I have academic times for guided reading centers, and then centers which revolve mostly around play and creative exploration. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Melissa Kile tchkg...@gmail.com wrote: The Daily 5 is just for my literacy block. I teach 2nd grade, so we don't do other center activities. When I taught K (for 21 years, up to a couple years ago), I had a literacy center block AND a free choice center block (art, painting, blocks, legos, explore table, etc). Sometimes those centers included an academic activity or connection.
Re: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller
All the time. In a message dated 6/24/2009 9:25:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gradeagr...@gmail.com writes: Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen ___ 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. **Huge Savings on Popular Laptops only at Dell.com. Shop Now! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221900667x1201409530/aol?redir=http: %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215910242%3B38350777%3Bf) ___ 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] art and literacy
Center for the Advancement of Art-Based Literacy at the University of New Hampshire please contact Liz Arcieri at 603-862-3691 or visit http://www.picturingwriting.org -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of caitlin fairclough Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:52 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I am a huge advocate for incorporating art in the classroom as much as possible. I don't feel that students have enough exposure to the arts. ...Art is my passion.. can you bring art and literacy together?? Thanks -Caitlin ___ 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] Cunningham Debbie Miller
I refer back to them all the time. My books are full of sticky notes and lots of highlighting. Jan On 6/24/09 6:25 PM, gradeagross gradeagr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen ___ 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. Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer ___ 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] art and literacy
I appreciate your help Carol, I will check it out! :) On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Carol Lau c...@ca.rr.com wrote: Center for the Advancement of Art-Based Literacy at the University of New Hampshire please contact Liz Arcieri at 603-862-3691 or visit http://www.picturingwriting.org -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of caitlin fairclough Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:52 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I am a huge advocate for incorporating art in the classroom as much as possible. I don't feel that students have enough exposure to the arts. ...Art is my passion.. can you bring art and literacy together?? Thanks -Caitlin ___ 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] Cunningham Debbie Miller
Not only do I use them personally, I've always got someone or another borrowoing them. ;-) Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Jan Sanders jgou...@hotmail.com Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:31:27 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Groupmosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller I refer back to them all the time. My books are full of sticky notes and lots of highlighting. Jan On 6/24/09 6:25 PM, gradeagross gradeagr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! I am a student taking a literacy course and have taught 5th grade. We have just finished Cunningham Debbie Miller's book. While it seems practical, how many of you actually refer back to these texts in your career? Thx. Jen ___ 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. Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer ___ 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] art and literacy
Caitlyn, I found the title: Weaving Through Words: Using the Arts to Teach Reading Comprehension Strategies Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: caitlin fairclough caitlinann...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] art and literacy I appreciate your help Carol, I will check it out! :) On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Carol Lau c...@ca.rr.com wrote: Center for the Advancement of Art-Based Literacy at the University of New Hampshire please contact Liz Arcieri at 603-862-3691 or visit http://www.picturingwriting.org -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of caitlin fairclough Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:52 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) I am a huge advocate for incorporating art in the classroom as much as possible. I don't feel that students have enough exposure to the arts. ...Art is my passion.. can you bring art and literacy together?? Thanks -Caitlin ___ 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. ___ 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.
