Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 57, Issue 19 -- Phonics and Middle School
Thanks for the suggestion of the REWARDS program. Just to clarifywe are not looking to imbed a program into the curriculum -- we are targeting specific groups of students based on data so we can meet the needs a specific groups of students. -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+mhalperinkrain=keansburg.k12.nj...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+mhalperinkrain=keansburg.k12.nj.us@literacyworksh op.org] On Behalf Of mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 11:14 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 57, Issue 19 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworksho p.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org You can reach the person managing the list at mosaic-ow...@literacyworkshop.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Mosaic digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: suggestions - Just Words REWARDS (CAG) 2. Common Core (Ronald Borchert) 3. off topic - retirement (Cathy Moore) 4. selling books (shcohe...@aol.com) 5. Re: dolch words and automaticity (Charlotte Conley) 6. Re: selling books (Cathy Moore) 7. Re: Common Core (sandra.he...@k12.sd.us) 8. Re: dolch words and automaticity (Tracy Gaestel) 9. Re: Common Core (Laura Rieben) 10. Re: Common Core (melody pinkston) 11. Re: Common Core (kaui norton) 12. Re: off topic - retirement (kinderj...@aol.com) 13. Re: off topic - retirement (Beverlee Paul) 14. Reading and Writing Continuums (Conner-Righter, Mary) 15. Re: Reading and Writing Continuums (jrp...@gmail.com) 16. (no subject) (Terri) 17. Re: Reading and Writing Continuums (re...@aol.com) 18. Re: Reading and Writing Continuums (Conner-Righter, Mary) 19. PHONICS FOR OLDER STUDENTS (Alice Malmanger) 20. Re: Reading and Writing Continuums (Ellen Schwartz) 21. Re: Reading and Writing Continuums (Judy Shenker) 22. Re: Reading and Writing Continuums (Vickie Julka) 23. Re: Reading and Writing Continuums (Tamara Westmoreland) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 12:22:42 -0400 From: CAG cag...@myfairpoint.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] suggestions - Just Words REWARDS Message-ID: FFFD6776B2CB4DFC8FED0248517EA626@YOUR6DA815DEFC Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original I second the Rewards kudos. I hesitated to reply as Judy did, as I don't use it as a 'phonics' program, as Michelle asked. When students have particular areas of need, I'll target those with speed drills or sorts as well as word work. I have had great success with my middle school students and Rewards and am looking forward to seeing how the growth transfers when we do the last round of Fountas Pinnell Benchmark Assessments. Cathy - Original Message - From: Judy Shenker jshen...@lcc.ca To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] suggestions ( Is this how I post a question to thelistserve?) Personally I prefer REWARDS for older readers. - It is published by Sopris West, same people who put out STEP UP TO WRITING - an incredible program for explicitly teaching writing process and text structure. I have had a lot of success with REWARDS, especially for middle school readers. Judy -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+jshenker=lcc...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Michelle Halperinkrain Sent: Fri 5/20/2011 10:08 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] suggestions ( Is this how I post a question to the listserve?) I need some advice and suggestions. Is anyone familiar with (or is using) the WILSON Just Words Program? http://www.wilsonlanguage.com/FS_PROGRAM_WRS.htm It is a decoding and spelling program for 4th -13 graders. We are looking for a remediation program for our middle school students who have gaps in their phonics knowledge that is impacting their ability to comprehend. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you. Michelle Halperin-Krain District Data Assessment Coordinator Keansburg School District mhalperinkr...@keansburg.k12.nj.us mailto:mhalperinkr...@keansburg.k12.nj.us ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 10:42:12 -0600
Re: [MOSAIC] Reading and Writing Continuums
Dear Ellen, My Name is Valerie Hardy, 8037 S. St. Louis, Chicago,IL, 60652. I would like a copy of this information and I will reimburse you. Thank you In a message dated 5/22/2011 7:52:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, esch...@myfairpoint.net writes: Mary, First Steps out of Western Australia had great parent resources. I don't know if that is still published in this country and whether it has been changed over the years. The parent resource had just the sort of description you are looking for. There were also suggestions for parents about what they could do to support their child's literacy development at each stage. In fact, the curriculum had a whole book called Parents as Partners. If you can't find these materials, I may have a print copy of some of the parent materials and could copy and mail it to you if you send me your address off the list. --Ellen At 12:19 AM -0400 5/22/11, Conner-Righter, Mary wrote: I have that book, but the continuums are a little different from what I'm looking for. I'd like to find a continuum that could be shared with parents...here is the approximate stage where your child is reading...here is what her reading and writing is like in this stage...show examples of student performance to relate to the descriptors. Just curious, how do you use the F P continuums? Thanks, Mary On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:02 PM, jrp...@gmail.com wrote: Check out Fountas and Pinnell. You can find their books on the Heinemann website. They have a book specifically concerning reading and writing continuums. Hope this helps. This is my first time ever responding. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Conner-Righter, Mary mrigh...@pennsvalley.org Sender: mosaic-bounces+jrpean=gmail@literacyworkshop.org Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 22:15:19 To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Reply-To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading and Writing Continuums Hi, I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource that has a reading development continuum and/or a writing development continuum. These would be continuums that define stages of reading/writing development and provide specifc descriptors of what a child can do at these stages. Thank you, Mary ___ 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. ___ 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] off topic - retirement
Where I live in Baltimore, MD, they have what is called Baltimore Book Bank where book stores and/or teachers, families, or anyone that wants to can donate their books. Then teachers or anyone working in the educational field can purchase books for free. Books range in age from birth-adult from picture books to novels-narrative and expository (all different genres). They even have a professional library for educators. Do you have something like this where you live? I found out about this place when I was attending graduate school. Hope this helps! Amy Corbett Reading Specialist Featherbed Lane Elementary Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. -Japanese proverb From: mosaic-bounces+acorbett=bcps@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+acorbett=bcps@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Beverlee Paul [beverleep...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:46 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] off topic - retirement Me too. Never thought it would end like this On May 21, 2011 7:44 PM, kinderj...@aol.com wrote: Hey Cathy! I am doing the same thing. I have my own Early Childhood library, and it sounds like you do, too. I have sold some on Teacher's Bargain Basement. I am really not interested in making money, I just want to get them to someone who will use them. Amazon.com will buy some of them back. I have one that I am sending them this week. They then sell them as used books. Isn't it weird to be retiring? It is for me! Jane in SC :-) In a message dated 5/21/2011 2:48:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cmoore2...@aol.com writes: I hope many of you do not mind me asking an off-topic question. I am retiring this year after 35 wonderful years of teaching. Over the years I have collected many (100++) professional books. One of my goals for retirement is to clean out my house so naturally I need to send these books to new homes. Does anyone know of a website or a way to sell these books? I have thought of putting them all on Library Thing so people could look at them and then purchase them. Is there a better way? My love of books makes me want someone to have them that would read and enjoy them as much as I have! Cathy ___ 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] off topic - retirement
Teacherspayteachers.com I buy items all the time from the website. They are terrific and it helps teachers out that are looking for different books. Melanie Flemming Third Grade Franklin Elementary School ~Developing 21st Century Learners~ -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+mflemming=bcps@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+mflemming=bcps@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Cathy Moore Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:03 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] off topic - retirement I hope many of you do not mind me asking an off-topic question. I am retiring this year after 35 wonderful years of teaching. Over the years I have collected many (100++) professional books. One of my goals for retirement is to clean out my house so naturally I need to send these books to new homes. Does anyone know of a website or a way to sell these books? I have thought of putting them all on Library Thing so people could look at them and then purchase them. Is there a better way? My love of books makes me want someone to have them that would read and enjoy them as much as I have! Cathy ___ 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] off topic - retirement
Have you considered donating them to the public library? Some of the public libraries around me have sections dedicated to teacher resources. When I was a brand new teacher and couldn't afford to keep buying all the resources, I found these sections very helpful. Sarah Misner Reading Specialist Montgomery County Intermediate Unit -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+smisner=mciu@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+smisner=mciu@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Flemming, Melanie E. Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 9:20 AM To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] off topic - retirement Teacherspayteachers.com I buy items all the time from the website. They are terrific and it helps teachers out that are looking for different books. Melanie Flemming Third Grade Franklin Elementary School ~Developing 21st Century Learners~ -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+mflemming=bcps@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+mflemming=bcps@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Cathy Moore Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:03 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] off topic - retirement I hope many of you do not mind me asking an off-topic question. I am retiring this year after 35 wonderful years of teaching. Over the years I have collected many (100++) professional books. One of my goals for retirement is to clean out my house so naturally I need to send these books to new homes. Does anyone know of a website or a way to sell these books? I have thought of putting them all on Library Thing so people could look at them and then purchase them. Is there a better way? My love of books makes me want someone to have them that would read and enjoy them as much as I have! Cathy ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards arealways helpful
OMG...Sally I always refer to the early 90's when I heard Yetta and Kenneth Goodman speak at a whole language conference as a born again teacher moment! Mena Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Dept. of Teaching and Learning College of Education 2912 College Ave. ES 214 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: 954-236-1070 Fax: 954-236-1050 -Original Message- From: elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 10:06 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core - response to feeling the standards arealways helpful I want to second Sally's invitation. I hope many of you will be able to make it. Elisa Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net Sender: mosaic-bounces+elwaingortji=cbe.ab...@literacyworkshop.org Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 14:11:41 To: mosaic listservemosaic@literacyworkshop.org Reply-To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful Kaui, You actually prove my point in your reply. I hear that you defer to the powers that be instead of trusting your own professional knowledge about teaching and learning. I understand that you believe you have to do this for the kids so they will pass the test. But what if the test is not worthwhile? What if it is not helping your kids be the best they can be? I can hear how much you want to be there for your students and are searching for answers that will help them, so I offer the following as a possible path to take in that search. I well remember MANY TIMES along the way in my own general when I had to start intensive inquiries into my educational beliefs and practices. I call them my born again times (with no disrespect intended for those to whom is this strictly a religious matter!). The teachers I network with, the research and informed education news and current educational books that I read regularly AND just as important what I've learned from and with children in my many classrooms over the years - all that tells me that the powers that be don't know very much about teaching. And they haven't even tried. For one thing, they've never even taught by and large. They haven't included our best educational leaders and our best teachers in their planning. And the tests measure only a superficial layer of what children need to know to be truly successful throughout their schooling and lives. This not to even mention the dreadful consequences of the constant testing time used up and pressures and stress felt by all. Standards and testing are going hand and hand in creating this situation. The standards are leading to school experiences that are more and more fragmented (almost because teachers want them to be more and more specific sadly - I do understand this urge). Problem is children do not remember information which is not experienced in meaningful contexts. They can learn it briefly sometimes (the spelling test on Friday is a great example - they forget it in their writing the next week! The kids that don't forget it by Monday usually had the words in the first place so the testing didn't really teach them anything - just gave them a privilege over the others.) Learning has to really hook to prior schema and hook deep to stay there. So they will not actually learn all the separate standards lessons for the test anyway. I'd like to invite you to participate in a list serve discussion next week on email. It happens 6 - 7:30 pm each day Eastern standard time - adjust in different time zones. We will be discussing Ken and Yetta Goodman's Declaration of Professional Conscience. This is part II of a previous discussion a month ago. That was rich and wide ranging and has led to many of us joining the challenge of gaining back respect for teachers and educators who have actually lived their work through the years, committed to what is best for their students, committed to life long learning and so on. http://www.rcowen.com/rcoprfdv.htm The invitation is open to anyone who would like to be included. It's asked that you read the Declaration (on the web page announcement) before joining in. Even if you won't be home or at your computer, you can sign up and you will get home to a plethora of emails all discussing back and forth implications of different issues dealt with in the Declaration. And you can add to the discussion your ideas later in the evening, tho some won't be responded to till the next day. TLN listserve by the way stands for The Learning Network. We have great discussions all the time but these focused discussion are giving all of us courage and more courage to stand up to those powers that be that think they know more than we do about children and teaching
Re: [MOSAIC] Reading and Writing Continuums
thank you! On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Ronald Borchert borchertpa...@gmail.comwrote: Lucy Calkins has a personal narrative writing continuum that you can get for free from this website: http://www.readingandwritingproject.com/public/themes/rwproject/resources/assessments/writing/narrative_writing_continuum.pdf On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Tamara Westmoreland westmoreland.tam...@gmail.com wrote: The other one that is really good is First Steps. On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Conner-Righter, Mary mrigh...@pennsvalley.org wrote: Hi, I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource that has a reading development continuum and/or a writing development continuum. These would be continuums that define stages of reading/writing development and provide specifc descriptors of what a child can do at these stages. Thank you, Mary ___ 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] Reading and Writing Continuums
Yes, I found a Canadien version with the parent resource...It is exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks! It is published by the Western Australia Co. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:45 AM, v3...@aol.com wrote: Dear Ellen, My Name is Valerie Hardy, 8037 S. St. Louis, Chicago,IL, 60652. I would like a copy of this information and I will reimburse you. Thank you In a message dated 5/22/2011 7:52:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, esch...@myfairpoint.net writes: Mary, First Steps out of Western Australia had great parent resources. I don't know if that is still published in this country and whether it has been changed over the years. The parent resource had just the sort of description you are looking for. There were also suggestions for parents about what they could do to support their child's literacy development at each stage. In fact, the curriculum had a whole book called Parents as Partners. If you can't find these materials, I may have a print copy of some of the parent materials and could copy and mail it to you if you send me your address off the list. --Ellen At 12:19 AM -0400 5/22/11, Conner-Righter, Mary wrote: I have that book, but the continuums are a little different from what I'm looking for. I'd like to find a continuum that could be shared with parents...here is the approximate stage where your child is reading...here is what her reading and writing is like in this stage...show examples of student performance to relate to the descriptors. Just curious, how do you use the F P continuums? Thanks, Mary On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:02 PM, jrp...@gmail.com wrote: Check out Fountas and Pinnell. You can find their books on the Heinemann website. They have a book specifically concerning reading and writing continuums. Hope this helps. This is my first time ever responding. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Conner-Righter, Mary mrigh...@pennsvalley.org Sender: mosaic-bounces+jrpean=gmail@literacyworkshop.org Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 22:15:19 To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Reply-To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading and Writing Continuums Hi, I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource that has a reading development continuum and/or a writing development continuum. These would be continuums that define stages of reading/writing development and provide specifc descriptors of what a child can do at these stages. Thank you, Mary ___ 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. ___ 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] Reading and Writing Continuums
FP seem to be more oriented to informing teachers what to teach along a continuum of skill development. That's just my take...I have the book and have just read through a few parts. Well done and very thorough. However, thanks to a few of you who referred me to First Steps...these type of continuums for reading and writing are exactly what I'm looking for. Leave it to the Aussies! On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Judy Shenker jshen...@lcc.ca wrote: I second Mary's request for information concerning the actual use of F P's continuums. I would appreciate any real research to practice advice on this. So far, I honestly have not found their continuums as helpful as claimed and think I must be missing something as they are referred to all the time both on this listserve and in the literature. Thank- you. Judy Sent from my iPhone On 2011-05-22, at 12:37 AM, Conner-Righter, Mary mrigh...@pennsvalley.org wrote: I have that book, but the continuums are a little different from what I'm looking for. I'd like to find a continuum that could be shared with parents...here is the approximate stage where your child is reading...here is what her reading and writing is like in this stage...show examples of student performance to relate to the descriptors. Just curious, how do you use the F P continuums? Thanks, Mary On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:02 PM, jrp...@gmail.com wrote: Check out Fountas and Pinnell. You can find their books on the Heinemann website. They have a book specifically concerning reading and writing continuums. Hope this helps. This is my first time ever responding. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Conner-Righter, Mary mrigh...@pennsvalley.org Sender: mosaic-bounces+jrpean=gmail@literacyworkshop.org Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 22:15:19 To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Reply-To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading and Writing Continuums Hi, I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource that has a reading development continuum and/or a writing development continuum. These would be continuums that define stages of reading/writing development and provide specifc descriptors of what a child can do at these stages. Thank you, Mary ___ 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. ___ 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] Reading and Writing Continuums
The Fountas/Pinnell Continuum of Literacy Learning does this. It comes with their Benchmark reading system and their LLI system. They have a K-2 book and a 3-8 grade book. You can order it from Heinemin. Troy Fredde On May 21, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Conner-Righter, Mary mrigh...@pennsvalley.org wrote: Hi, I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource that has a reading development continuum and/or a writing development continuum. These would be continuums that define stages of reading/writing development and provide specifc descriptors of what a child can do at these stages. Thank you, Mary ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful
Sally, great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why did I go into teaching in the first place? To spoonfeed pap to my students or to make a difference in their lives? To help them pass a test or to help them develop into lifelong learners, thinkers, readers. I'm afraid we cannot have it both ways. It's sad to me that the question authority days are over and many in the profession are deferring to the powers that be. We are the educated educators; we are the professionals who should be lifelong learners and reflective practicioners. We need to take back the educating of our students, even if we have to start grassroots again like in the '80s. Maureen ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful
Hi all, I'm enjoying reading all of the viewpoints on the Common Core Standards. Here is a question that I've always had in regard to the standards. Either my district, my state or my country is choosing the standards that our students will be learning that year. So no matter what, someone is making a decision on the course of learning for my grade level next year. What is the difference if it's done by my district vs. the federal level? When I compare the state/district standards to the Common Core they're not really that different, other than the Common Core have less individual indicators. Currently, I use my state standards. Soon I'll use the federal standards. Either way, I'm teaching them what a citizen needs to do well in life and in this country. With any standards I teach, I'm guiding them to question, think and read. We don't learn the material for the test. We learn the material because it's interesting, but also because more of their life will make sense if they understand these key concepts. I'm just wondering what I'm missing when I hear people upset that we'll all have the same standards, even though each one of our students already follows *somebody's* idea of what's important. Why not have it be common to everyone? I don't feel like I'm not educating my students if I'm feeding them the Common Core Standards. It's just a slightly different set of standards. I'm really curious about this, and hope it didn't come across as defensive. Thanks in advance for your insight, Mindy On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Maureen Morrissey maureen.morriss...@gmail.com wrote: Sally, great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why did I go into teaching in the first place? To spoonfeed pap to my students or to make a difference in their lives? To help them pass a test or to help them develop into lifelong learners, thinkers, readers. I'm afraid we cannot have it both ways. It's sad to me that the question authority days are over and many in the profession are deferring to the powers that be. We are the educated educators; we are the professionals who should be lifelong learners and reflective practicioners. We need to take back the educating of our students, even if we have to start grassroots again like in the '80s. Maureen ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful
As if on cue, Marion Brady's latest piece has shown up on the Washington Post The Answer Sheet blog. He directly addresses the very issue of standards we've been discussing. This is a must read!! Regards, John http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/wrong-question-wrong-a nswer/2011/05/22/AFZ5hS9G_blog.html -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+mentelibre=verizon@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+mentelibre=verizon@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Morrissey Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 6:08 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful Sally, great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why did I go into teaching in the first place? ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful
Practitioners...should have used spelling check :) On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Maureen Morrissey maureen.morriss...@gmail.com wrote: Sally, great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why did I go into teaching in the first place? To spoonfeed pap to my students or to make a difference in their lives? To help them pass a test or to help them develop into lifelong learners, thinkers, readers. I'm afraid we cannot have it both ways. It's sad to me that the question authority days are over and many in the profession are deferring to the powers that be. We are the educated educators; we are the professionals who should be lifelong learners and reflective practicioners. We need to take back the educating of our students, even if we have to start grassroots again like in the '80s. Maureen ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful
I loved teaching in the 80's ..I loved the grassroots, whole language movement...but nowadays we have to be careful even about grassroots movements! I read on another LISTSERV that some in the Billionaire's Boy's Club are financing grassroots movements. So be careful that you find out who is behind a grassroots movement. It was a lot easier to tell the good guys back in the 80s. Mena Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Dept. of Teaching and Learning College of Education 2912 College Ave. ES 214 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: 954-236-1070 Fax: 954-236-1050 -Original Message- From: Maureen Morrissey maureen.morriss...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 6:07 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful Sally, great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why did I go into teaching in the first place? To spoonfeed pap to my students or to make a difference in their lives? To help them pass a test or to help them develop into lifelong learners, thinkers, readers. I'm afraid we cannot have it both ways. It's sad to me that the question authority days are over and many in the profession are deferring to the powers that be. We are the educated educators; we are the professionals who should be lifelong learners and reflective practicioners. We need to take back the educating of our students, even if we have to start grassroots again like in the '80s. Maureen ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful
Another great article. Remember; knowledge is power. http://susanohanian.org/show_research.php?id=419 Lise ___ 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] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful
Mahalo Melinda. I appreciate all the comments I have read regarding standards. I never realized it was such a hot topic. I suppose, in education, we will always have differences of opinion which, isn't necessarily a bad thing. Isn't thinking for oneself, being an independent learner and using critical thinking skills important concepts we try to teach our students? For me, however, the standards are not the enemy. How we teach them is. I don't quite understand why so many believe we cannot teach and our students cannot learn what they need to if we teach standard based lessons? I have never felt my hands were tied. I still teach the same, but in a more focused manner. I don't believe being more focused is a bad thing. I think teachers need to really take a look at how they are teaching if they are so frustrated with what they are teaching. I believe, every philosophy of teaching has it's problems. There is no ONE right way. As an educator I try to figure out ways to meet the learning types of each of my students. Having a more specific notion of what to teach doesn't confine me, but instead, helps me to work what I am teaching around it. I still use all the same strategies. I still have whole group, small group, individual groups. I still use art, music, and P.E. to help cement the concepts they are learning. Again, I am very appreciative of all the comments, but I would, still, have to disagree with the idea that standards based learning is the problem with our educational system. The picture is much bigger than that, and teachers play a huge part in it. Kau'i =-) --- On Mon, 5/23/11, Melinda Jurus mindy...@gmail.com wrote: From: Melinda Jurus mindy...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 12:33 PM Hi all, I'm enjoying reading all of the viewpoints on the Common Core Standards. Here is a question that I've always had in regard to the standards. Either my district, my state or my country is choosing the standards that our students will be learning that year. So no matter what, someone is making a decision on the course of learning for my grade level next year. What is the difference if it's done by my district vs. the federal level? When I compare the state/district standards to the Common Core they're not really that different, other than the Common Core have less individual indicators. Currently, I use my state standards. Soon I'll use the federal standards. Either way, I'm teaching them what a citizen needs to do well in life and in this country. With any standards I teach, I'm guiding them to question, think and read. We don't learn the material for the test. We learn the material because it's interesting, but also because more of their life will make sense if they understand these key concepts. I'm just wondering what I'm missing when I hear people upset that we'll all have the same standards, even though each one of our students already follows *somebody's* idea of what's important. Why not have it be common to everyone? I don't feel like I'm not educating my students if I'm feeding them the Common Core Standards. It's just a slightly different set of standards. I'm really curious about this, and hope it didn't come across as defensive. Thanks in advance for your insight, Mindy On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Maureen Morrissey maureen.morriss...@gmail.com wrote: Sally, great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why did I go into teaching in the first place? To spoonfeed pap to my students or to make a difference in their lives? To help them pass a test or to help them develop into lifelong learners, thinkers, readers. I'm afraid we cannot have it both ways. It's sad to me that the question authority days are over and many in the profession are deferring to the powers that be. We are the educated educators; we are the professionals who should be lifelong learners and reflective practicioners. We need to take back the educating of our students, even if we have to start grassroots again like in the '80s. Maureen ___ 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
