Re: [MOSAIC] picture books and comprehension strategies
There are great lists in the Keene and Zimmerman book, 7 Keys to comprehension, as well as in Mosaic of Thought,, and Harvey and Goudvais's book Strategies That work. We used these to select the books that we have in our baskets for teacher use as mentor texts with our work here at the school on reading comprehension and strategies. You will find that many can be used to teach more than one strategies, and the important thing is always to model, model, model for kids. We also found the website 'Into the Book' very helpful for staff, students and parents. Good luck. Lois >>> rr1...@aol.com 11/16/2009 7:59 PM >>> I am looking for a list of picture books and the comprehension strategies that I could teach from the book. There must be a list somewhere. Thanks! Rosie -Original Message- From: suzie herb To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 5:57 am Subject: [MOSAIC] reading schemes I am in a new school that does not have everyone teaching reading in the same way. The curriculum coordinator is looking at bringing in a reading scheme to ensure that instruction is more consistent across grade levels. We have classroom libraries but there is concern that implicit teaching of strategies is not really happening. What do you think about taking this approach with getting into a reading scheme which still has the leveled books but is more directed about how to teach what and when? Experience with a good program or the name of a school or district I could visit to see it first hand would also be appreciated. Thank you for your help with this one. _ _ Win 1 of 4 Sony home entertainment packs thanks to Yahoo!7. Enter now: http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/ ___ 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. - 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. ___ 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 F&P 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] 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 F&P 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" 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 f
Re: [MOSAIC] On-line Writing Classes
Our Grade one teachers are using Lucy Caulkins' primary units of study and loving them. It's not on-line, but they do find it user friendly. Lois "Commitment with accountability closes the gap between intention and results." Sandra Gallagher Lois M. Adams, Principal LM Montgomery School lmad...@edu.pe.ca (e-mail) 69 MacWilliams Road Ch'town, PE 902-368-4150(phone) 902-368-4155(fax) >>> twestmorel...@redlands.nsw.edu.au 06/16/09 8:49 PM >>> Can anyone recommend any good on-line writing classes for teachers- about how to teach Writing to First Graders? Thanks! This email (including attachments) is intended for the addressee(s) named above. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the sender's consent. It is confidential, subject to copyright and may be subject to legal or other privilege. None of these rights, or any other rights, are waived if you have received this email in error or without permission. If you have received this email in error, please let the sender know by reply email, delete it from your system, destroy all copies and do not disclose, use or forward this email. Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed in this message may not represent the official position or opinions of SCECGS Redlands Limited and should not be relied upon. Whilst this email has been scanned by a virus scanner and all care has been taken, recipients should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. SCECGS Redlands Limited disclaims all liability for loss or damage caused by viruses tr ansmitted by this email. ___ 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] Do we really need to teach explicit strategies?
I would love if you could share that list too. thanks Lois >>> ojen...@sbcglobal.net 06/15/09 7:29 AM >>> Heather, I would love to see the list your principal came up with. Please share. Jennifer --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Jan Sanders wrote: From: Jan Sanders Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Do we really need to teach explicit strategies? To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 2:06 PM Heather- I have read the first 2 chapters of Readicide on-line and thought I would share... This past year (school is out already for me) my principal took on homework and the idea of getting kids to read. In the past teachers had the typical homework -read for 30 minutes and respond in writing, and a math or spelling or social studies assignment. Well, after reading Homework Without Tears and The Homework Myth (I think those are the titles), my principal decided (with teacher collaboration and agreement) that homework would be "just read". That's it. No written response -unless the child wanted to. They had a homework journal to jot notes in, make comments, note the title of a loved book, etc. But, it wasn't a requirement. What was a requirement was that they have a conversation about what they read, at home, and then come back to school the next day ready to talk about what they read with a partner. In my class they chose their own partner each day. The principal even made up a list of comprehension questions that could be used to generate a conversation. I taught 3rd grade this year. It was sketchy at first, the kids telling their parents they had no homework, not being prepared to have a discussion the next day, etc... So, I read a few books aloud and generated a conversation about them using the questions or sentence starters from the principal's list. I even modeled making a few notes in my journal so I would be ready to talk about the book the next day -sort of like reminders. And boy did things change! I had them share their reading the first 10 minutes of each day. Now they came in ready to talk! They would find a partner and share their reading experiences. There was a bustle of activity and discussion. Students were starting to read books other students talked about. Students were forming their own book clubs or partnerships. They would read the same book and come back ready to talk. I had a group of boys (3 of them) each read a sci-fi/fantasy book then come back and share about how they were the same and different. None of this was assigned by me. They just did it because they were interested and excited. It made the world of difference for 2 of my students who hated reading and became "reading animals". It increased the time spent reading on nearly all my students. Reading had become fun and enjoyable, not a task to do. Many teachers were concerned about the accountability piece. What about the child that doesn't read, but pretends they do? They wanted parent signatures each night. I have been down that road, and parents will sign whether the kid read or not. In my class, I walked around during the discussion. It was easy to figure out who had not read. I had individual conferences with them to find out why. Sometimes there is a valid reason. By a month into it, all but 1 or 2 were reading every night. That was much better than the return rate of worksheet homework. When we gathered together for the first lesson of the day, I would often call on one or two students to share what their partner had said about reading. This made them accountable listeners. They had to be able to share what was said to them. It also made them active listeners in that if they didn't understand something, they asked questions so they could share with others what was said. I loved this homework and it made many students love reading once again. Jan Unless we reach into our students¹ hearts, we have no entry into their minds. -Regie Routman On 6/12/09 6:02 PM, "Heather Green" wrote: > I am reading through the responses now-- very interesting. Thanks for > sharing that link. > So, I just can't stop thinking about this now. This year in my 1st grade > room we kind of did Daily 5, but since we switch classes for reading, we > only got an hour of daily 5 time in a day. I split the hour into two > sessions where they could choose either Read to Self or Work on Writing. At > the end of each session I would give some students time to share what they > were reading. I think this was the BEST thing I could have ever done. The > kids like to hear each other talk about books, especially ones that kept > coming up again and again. There were always about 10 kids waving their > hands in the air to be the next to read the book. > I think this created an atmosphere where kids loved reading. I had a few > parents say to me at the end of the year "thank you for helping so-and-so > love reading again". I never gave much thought to why this occurred until > th
Re: [MOSAIC] possible weekly study of strategies?
Hi Sharon, We did some work on this as part of our school development plan, and I would be more than willing to share what resources we used, and to learn from everyone else, as we are continuing to do this in the fall. Lois - Primary Guided reading and Grade 6 "Commitment with accountability closes the gap between intention and results." Sandra Gallagher Lois M. Adams, Principal LM Montgomery School lmad...@edu.pe.ca (e-mail) 69 MacWilliams Road Ch'town, PE 902-368-4150(phone) 902-368-4155(fax) >>> lh...@cinci.rr.com 06/07/09 8:37 PM >>> I am fairly new to this group and now that I'm out for the summer I feel like I have time to really think about how to use the different strategies as well as research more information. Forgive me if this has been done, but would anyone be interested in doing a weekly study of each of the strategies - for example, one week on questioning, the next on visualizing, etc? Each week we could talk about different resources you use, books, strategies for teaching and sharing any materials you have created. I'd be willing to create a website linking anything shared so that we could all have ready access to the materials. If this has been done already or you know of somewhere with all of this information, please let me know. If you are interested in doing a weekly strategy study, please respond and perhaps we can set something up. Sharon ___ 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] Social Studies Leveled Books
Hi Rachel, I am writing from Canada, but we have used books with our struggling students in this area from McGraw-Hill Wright Group and from Nelson. Just google either and you should get their American distributor, and an on-line catalogue. Hope this is helpful Lois The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better." Barbara Pletcher Lois M. Adams, Principal LM Montgomery School lmad...@edu.pe.ca (e-mail) 69 MacWilliams Road Ch'town, PE 902-368-4150(phone) 902-368-4155(fax) >>> Rachel Radojevic 01/14/09 5:30 PM >>> Hello I have been asked by my principal to supplement the third grade Social Studies curriculum with leveled readers for struggling students. The current textbook that these struggling readers are using is way too difficult for them. Does anyone know of any companies that have a variety of leveled readers? Thanks for your help! Rachel Radojevic rradoje...@d123.org ___ 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. - BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Adams, Lois TEL;WORK:368-4150 ORG:;L.M. Montgomery Elementary TEL;PREF;FAX:368-4155 EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:lmad...@edu.pe.ca N:Adams;Lois TITLE:Teacher END:VCARD ___ 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.
