[MOSAIC] Another Great resource for teaching Reading Strategies

[Jo-Ann Van Staalduinen]

Another great resource for teaching reading strategies in the Primary/ Junior 
grades is Reading Power by Adriene Gear. She also has a new resource for Non 
Fiction Reading Power. In this resource she provides wonderful songs that teach 
the children the basics about the strategy and she also includes lessons and 
book suggestions for each strategy. I love the concept that she uses a brain 
divided into sections that relate to each of the reading strategies. To be a 
proficient reader you use all the strategies ... some of the time ... so the 
children do not get the idea that each strategy is used in isolation. I keep a 
picture of a head with the brain up all year ... then as we are focussing on 
each of the strategies we colour in the section we are working on and I also 
have a big black arrow pointing to this reading strategy. Below the brain I 
include a variety of sentence stems (many are from Tanny McGregor's) book to 
help the children use the strategy in
 their book conversations. I also use the Daily Five model in my Grade One 
classroom so during Read to Someone the students are working on using the 
reading Strategy vocabulary in their Check for Understanding conversations 
with their partners.
 
Jo-Ann


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Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 33, Issue 1

[Jo-Ann Van Staalduinen]

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   1. new draft, unrolling the book (Dave Middlebrook)
   2. Reading Specialists in First Grade (Patty Cook)


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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:40:05 -0400
From: Dave Middlebrook davemiddlebr...@verizon.net
Subject: [MOSAIC] new draft, unrolling the book
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Hello All,

I have just posted a new draft of my book at 
www.textmapping.org/unrollingTheBook.html

Under the book link is a link to a short, anonymous survey.  Your feedback 
would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your interest!

Dave Middlebrook
The Textmapping Project
A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction.
www.textmapping.org   |   Please share this site with your colleagues!
USA: (609) 771-1781
dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org 




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Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 07:59:10 -0400
From: Patty Cook coo...@verizon.net
Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Specialists in First Grade
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Hello,

I'm a reading specialist who works with K-2.  I'm examining my practice and 
wondering what others do with first grade?  How do you service first-graders?  
Do you do guided reading with them?  Or does the classroom teacher handle all 
the guided reading groups within the context of the classroom curriculum?  Do 
you do more intervention?  I almost feel that by doing what I'm doing (pull out 
small groups - guided reading, word wall, phonics, and dictation)  I'm trying 
to provide a balanced literacy experience that maybe should be offered in the 
classroom (but isn't always) and maybe I should be providing strictly 
intervention.  Help  What do you do?  

Thanks,
Patty

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Have you seen the  resources from the Daily 5 and the CAFE model for Reading 
Instruction by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser? I am using these resources with my 
Grade One class ... and have had the best results this year. I also utilize the 
ideas of Jan Richardson, she has a book coming out in June (available from 
Amazon.com) that provides excellent Guided Reading strategies. Hope this helps
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