Re: [MOSAIC] summer reading list suggestions
thanks! **Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598) ___ 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] summer reading list suggestions
Our Director of Language Arts has requested ideas for summer reading booklists... or ideas that promote summer reading to stem cognitive loss over the summer any suggestions **Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598) ___ 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] Video Clips of teachers administering running records
I am doing some professional development with K-2 teachers and will be looking at?the three cueing systems. Does anyone know of any websites or video clips of K-2 students reading text and using the three cueing systems? Thanks in advance~ K-2 Title I More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ___ 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] Words Their Way
Are you sure that the Houghton Mifflin has a Words Their Way component? Maybe our district has an old verison, but I thought ours had word work based on Pat Cunninghams making words. Doesn't McGraw Hill have the WTW component? Can anyone clear this up for me??? ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ 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] Fluency
As I understand it... reading involves accuracy, comprehension, and fluency not just fluency and you determine an instructional or even an independent level when a student can read a passage with 90- 94% accuracy ( instructional level), or 95-100% accuracy ( independent level) with adequate comprehension and fluency ( according to the Hasbrouk and Tindal norms). Just google Allington, Rasinski etc and you will find plenty on fluency. Also..there is a great powerpoint on fluency at _www.access.org_ (http://www.access.org) this week. Good tips, and good reading before you meet with your literacy coordinator. Good luck! PDB Title I ___ 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] :Louisa Moats
Anybody have any thoughts on Louisa Moats recent article Whole Language Hijinks... she knocks Four Blocks and Reading Recovery...any thoughts??? http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/Moats2007.pdf ___ 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] [MOSAIC) THANK YOU, ELLIN!! Most appreciated!
Dear Ellin, Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my question. As a Title I teacher, former Reading Recovery teacher, and former literacy coordinator I have seen many new teachers confused by college professors, administrators and so called veteran teachers. I am baffled by the confusions that exist over strategies vs skills, instructional methods vs. learning practices, and learning tools vs learning practices. You are so right when you say that there is an abundance of confusion between standards, curriculum, learning tools and instructional strategies. It boggles my mind that administrators, professional staff developers, and college professors continue to miss the point on these things. As a Title I teacher, I work hard at providing direct services to the student population we serve. I work in grades K-2, and my teaching is grounded in what I learned as a Reading Recovery teacher as well as what I have learned from Mosaic of Thought. I spend almost an equal amount of time trying to mentor new teachers through study groups. I focus on many of the principles I learned from your work. At times I feel like I am working against the tide because administrators focus solely on high stakes testing, standards, and test scores. Very little is offered in the way of helping teachers understand reading process/reading comprehension instruction, and assessment that allows teachers to measure strategy use as well as their thinking! As I see teachers focus on curriculum and content I can't help but notice that they lose sight of teaching and facilitating how children learn to think. Add to that the demands of having to follow a research based reading program and you can't help but notice that we are merely pushing children through materials. Please know that your work has been inspiring to me, and that I refer to it over and over in the work I do facilitating my K-2 study group. Just last week, I went to my Title I director, and the Asst. Superintendent in charge of Curriculum and asked them if they could send two of our first grade teachers to a conference you will be speaking at in the Boston/RI ( SDR staff development) area. These teachers even offered to pay half the conference fee... but sadly, we were turned down. I will pass on your thoughts to these new teachers, and encourage them to join this listerve. Again, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my questions I am very grateful Patrice Bucci Title I Roberts School Medford Public Schools Medford, MA ___ 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.
