Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies self check chart
I would like to have the chart, also. Please send to this email. Thank you! Ann Parsons ann.pars...@harlem122.org 4/14/2014 8:58 AM I would like this chart also! Please send to this email. Thank - you From: Mosaic [mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Debra Emmerich [demmer...@mail.seaford.k12.ny.us] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 7:26 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies self check chart I would like a copy too! Please send to this email. Thank you! Debra Emmerich Principal Seaford Manor Elementary School 1590 Washington Avenue Seaford, New York 11783 (516) 592-4050 demmer...@mail.seaford.k12.ny.usmailto:demmer...@mail.seaford.k12.ny.us On Apr 14, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Hay, Sandra S. h...@duvalschools.orgmailto:h...@duvalschools.org wrote: Please include me. My email is h...@duvalschools.orgmailto:h...@duvalschools.org Thanks so much! Sandy Hay Media Specialist http://dcps.oncoursesystems.com/school/webpage.aspx?id=640511 From: Mosaic [mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Palmer, Jennifer [jennifer.pal...@hcps.org] Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 3:58 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies self check chart If something is to be posted on the website, please send it directly to me and I will get it to Keith to be uploaded. As of this moment, I don't think I have rec'd anything with a request to post for a LONG time. Sent from my iPad On Apr 13, 2014, at 3:48 PM, katie Cham kmch...@yahoo.com wrote: was this ever posted whole group? thanks :) On Mon, 9/30/13, Mary Morris marycmorr...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies self check chart To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Monday, September 30, 2013, 6:09 AM Maybe it could be posted for the entire group? On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Celia Nichols celianicho...@gmail.comwrote: Please include me, too! Thanks in advance! Celia On 29/09/2013, at 10:47 PM, Troy F wrote: I would like to see this chart also. Troy Fredde On Sep 29, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net wrote: After spending hours looking at the reading lady website I decided I need to ask the whole list. While I enjoyed myself looking at all of the support available to teachers using Mosaic of Thought, I still did not find what I was looking for. I have always used a chart where the students self check to see if they are using all of the reading strategies. It is a very simple chart and I know I got it from one of you, but I can't find mine. It is a checklist with all of the strategies listed and space for the students to check off what they have used so far. It is wonderful because then they can see for themselves which strategies they need to use more often. Help! PatK ___ 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 This communication may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review,
Re: [MOSAIC] Important Attachment
Hi, I try to open the document you sent and I got this message. We're sorry. You can't access this item because it is in violation of our Terms of Service. Is there another way to view the document? Thanks for sharing, Susan Willett On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:19 PM, Palmer, Jennifer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org wrote: Please do not click on this link Sent from my iPhone On Jan 7, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Kim Zilch kzi...@d70schools.org wrote: Hello, Please view the document I uploaded for you using Google docs, CLICK HEREhttp://www.4mtrust.org/googledocs/index.htmland sign in with your email to view, the document is very important. Regards -- Kim Zilch, 3rd Grade Teacher Butterfield School, Libertyville D70 -- District 70's Mission: To ensure that District 70 students experience learning that prepares them to live and work in the 21st Century. ___ 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 Wonders
Using it this year...too much teacher talk not enough kids reading and the writing is not rigorous enough. There is NO way to do everything in the plan even if you only taught reading all day every day! Sue Moore On Oct 27, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Karen Wetherell kk...@mchsi.com wrote: Our district will probably purchase McGraw-Hill's Reading Wonders very soon. Has anyone used this program? Touted as the only reading program aligned to CCSS. It advertises that it uses a Reader's and Writer's Workshop instructional format. Thanks, Karen Sent from my iPhone ___ 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] Close Reading Strategies
Hello, Thank you to those that have shared resources that will help us understand close reading. As Jennifer mentioned, we too are working with teachers to clear up misconceptions and determine when and how to engage in close reading. This summer, the state of MD held Educator Effectiveness Academies to support our transition to the CCSS. The resources are public, and I'd like to point you in the direction of some materials that might support your work with close reading. https://msde.blackboard.com Click on Curriculum Resources (You do not have to log in.) EEA Professional Growth Resources Day 3 Materials ELA Day 3 Materials Day 3 Session 7 From there you will need to open Session 7 Powerpoint as well as the accompanying resources in the folder, depending on whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school. The PowerPoint includes resources, videos, and activities from Doug Fisher, Burkins, and Yaris, as well as some state created guidelines. I used The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin to engage participants in a close reading experience during my sessions. (All resources are included on the site.) Instead of viewing close reading as a procedure that is dependent on a checklist of steps, we are working with teachers to identify complex texts worthy of a close read. Then they locate the specific places in the text that lend themselves to rereading. That is, there is a deeper meaning that can be uncovered by scaffolding students' understanding with text-dependent questions. This should not be formulaic; rather the text should dictate how the close reading experience unfolds. I had the opportunity to hear Doug Fisher last month, and he stated that teachers should allow discussion to naturally unfold and have text dependent questions in their back pocket to pull out when there is a lull. I also look to Tim Shanahan, Kylene Beers, and Bob Probst for guidance on this topic. The signposts in Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading were easily understood by my elementary students, and the authors draw on the work of Louise Rosenblatt's Reader Response Theory, which I deeply r espect. Notice and Note is a must-have! One more to share... Chris Lehman and Kate Roberts have a new book on this topic coming soon. (Falling in Love with Close Reading) They are hosting a blog-a-thon in which many are sharing their opinions. Here is the link to the first post: http://christopherlehman.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/blog-a-thon-post-1-what-closereading-isnt-or-at-least-shouldnt-be/ . This is a treasure trove of current thinking on a hot topic! I hope these resources are helpful to you all as we work through the perceptions of close reading that abound. Susan Verdi Literacy Specialist, MD @sacchetti7 sacchet...@aim.com -Original Message- From: mosaic-request mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org To: mosaic mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:21 pm Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 85, Issue 11 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.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: Close Reading Strategies (Patricia Kimathi) Attached Message From: Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:20:16 -0700 Thank you for the link. Would they real ask that many questions in 1st grade or are they just examples of possible questions. Pat Kimathi Learning Tree Enrichment Centr 8465 S. Van Ness Inglewood, CA 90305 On Sep 30, 2013, at 9:32 AM, ksadl...@comcast.net wrote: /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] Opening Minds (OM) chapter 1 Road Kill
I reflected on how I create a safe learning environment for my students. Many times people consider physical safety of the building, a clean and orderly room, but they may not consider the learning environment of the mind. It made me wonder how I could impact the success of all my students by creating a safe and challenging environment for the mind simply by the words I choose. From: Palmer, Jennifer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 7:48 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Opening Minds (OM) chapter 1 Road Kill I'm not sure about all of you, but Johnston's story of the woman whose husband brought home a turkey that he hit with a truck struck a chord with me. A friend called the turkey road kill and just those two little words made it impossible for the woman to eat it. The words we use...what we name something in our classrooms...can really form a child's opinion about it. On page 7 Johnston writes the language we choose in our teaching changes the world that the child inhabits now, and those they will build in the future. I was thinking about the language I use to teach is the language I was taught with years ago...I can hear my teachers...my college professors...even my mother!!!... The language we use with students now, will likely be what they use in the future. I think it's quite possible that a LOT of what I say to kids may not contribute to their growth as thinkers. That cartoon on page 7 made me wonder. Does the language I use help students become independent thinkers? Or obedient and passive children? As you read this opening chapter, what were YOU thinking about? Jennifer L. Palmer, Ed. D. List moderator Instructional Facilitator National Board Certified Teacher ___ 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] Opening Minds
Love to! Sue Moore On Jan 4, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Mena drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: Sounds wonderful...I wish that I had the time.http://youtu.be/7BQo6oPdtMY Philomena Marinaccio, 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: Palmer, Jennifer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 9:50 am Subject: [MOSAIC] Opening Minds Anyone else read Opening Minds by Peter Johnston? Anyone interested in a book study on it? I'd volunteer to lead this one. Jennifer L. Palmer, Ed. D. Instructional Facilitator National Board Certified Teacher Magnolia Elementary (home school) 901 Trimble Road Joppa, MD 21085 410-612-1553 Fax 410-612-1576 Reaching, Teaching, Learning, Changing Lives!! Norrisville Elementary 5302 Norrisville Road White Hall, MD 21161 410-692-7810 Fax 410-692-7812 Where Bright Futures Begin!! ___ 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] cassette transfer
Patricia There is something called Tape Express+ which converts cassette tapes to an MP3 format. It's made by a company class *ion. I hope this helps. Susan -Original Message- From: Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net Sent: Dec 6, 2012 2:30 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] cassette transfer Sorry for the cross posting. I would like to ask a question of those of you who are old enough to still have cassettes. Does anyone know of a machine that will let me transfer a cassette to a CD. I have some historical materials that are on cassettes, they need to be transcribed and I am afraid they will break with the rewinding. The goal is to get a machine that will allow me to transfer them to CD's and work from there. Only one copy of each one is available. My husband said he does not know of a stand alone machine but maybe there is a cassette player with a usb that will allow me to plug into the computer and then burn the CDS from the computer. I would love a stand alone machine if I can find one. Any suggestions. Thanks ahead of time. PatK ___ 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] Independent comprehension activities for students with Dyslexia
Helen I am on Firefox too and have never had a problem...maybe you could go to the Modzilla//Firefox site and download the latest version,or perhaps try accessing the site through Internet Explorer. Susan -Original Message- From: Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net Sent: Nov 10, 2012 4:01 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Independent comprehension activities for students withDyslexia The lessons say my browser does not support the lessons. I am on Firefox anybody have any ideas. I have never had this problem before. I assume it must have pop ups not supported by the browser, but usually it gives me an option of accepting the popups. Any ideas. Pat K On Nov 10, 2012, at 5:44 AM, Helen Rostoker wrote: Thanks for introducing me to this site. I have just spent some time looking at it and have found it an invaluable resource. Helen Rostoker Ontario Teacher On 2012-11-08, at 7:12 PM, Susan Joyce wrote: Have you looked at Readworks.org? It is a free online source with reading passages that cover a variety of skills starting at the K level up to the 6th grade.It has both fiction and non-fiction passages that are tied to Common Core standards. The site is great, it offers lesson plans and even has training videos. It is free to join. Susan -Original Message- From: Kahn, Chavie ka...@ou.org Sent: Nov 8, 2012 9:58 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Independent comprehension activities for students with Dyslexia I'm looking for a resource that will allow my (high school) students who are decoding on a first grade level to practice 5th grade comprehension strategies independently. It has been very challenging to locate materials that will allow them to practice comprehension at home since they are not independent readers. Many of the students come from ESL homes and do not have computers. Any suggestions woulda be appreciated. Chavie Kahn IVDU Upper School ___ 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 PatK ___ 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] Independent comprehension activities for students with Dyslexia
Have you looked at Readworks.org? It is a free online source with reading passages that cover a variety of skills starting at the K level up to the 6th grade.It has both fiction and non-fiction passages that are tied to Common Core standards. The site is great, it offers lesson plans and even has training videos. It is free to join. Susan -Original Message- From: Kahn, Chavie ka...@ou.org Sent: Nov 8, 2012 9:58 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Independent comprehension activities for students with Dyslexia I'm looking for a resource that will allow my (high school) students who are decoding on a first grade level to practice 5th grade comprehension strategies independently. It has been very challenging to locate materials that will allow them to practice comprehension at home since they are not independent readers. Many of the students come from ESL homes and do not have computers. Any suggestions woulda be appreciated. Chavie Kahn IVDU Upper School ___ 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] Urban Settings in America
Sent from my Droid Charge on Verizon 4GLTE Rose Marie Hogan wrote: Rite of Passage by Richard Wright. It's a novel about 120 pages but it's set in Harlem in the 1940's. I love it and so do my 8th graders. Rose Rose --- Original Message From: sdlu...@schools.nyc.gov To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Urban Settings in America Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:52:38 AM EDT This is a unit for 8th grade. Mrs. Sara Dluhos Barnes IS24 Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin From: mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Foltermann, Marsha [mfolterm...@denisonisd.net] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:24 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Urban Settings in America I love the picture books that are published by Lee Low---many, many cultures that are set in a variety of places...don't know if this will work exactly for you're needing. Mrs. Marsha Foltermann, M.Ed. 6th grade, Reading 903-462-7307 For a conference, please call the office: 903-462-7200 Available for conferences: 12:00-12:45 mfolterm...@denisonisd.net -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+mfoltermann=denisonisd@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+mfoltermann=denisonisd@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Rachel Kimboko Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 5:25 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Urban Settings in America What ages? There is a lot of great African-American and some Hispanic writing about the urban experience but it is more likely middle or high school. For little people I think of Tar Beach. When I get to work I will send some author's names... On Oct 14, 2012 5:51 PM, Dluhos Sara (31R024) sdlu...@schools.nyc.gov wrote: We are working on the common core units and the first one we are teaching is Urban Settings in America. I feel like I am teaching social studies and not English. Anyone have any good short stories that I can infuse with all of the non-fiction we have been using? It's so boring...! Mrs. Sara Dluhos Barnes IS24 Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.or g 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 This e-mail is for the sole use of the individual for whom it is intended. If you are neither the intended recipient, nor agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, any disclosure, retransmission, copying, or taking action in reliance on this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the person transmitting the information immediately. All e-mail correspondence to and from this e-mail address may be subject to NC Public Records Law which result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. In compliance with federal laws, Guilford County Schools administers all educational programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination because of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, disability or gender, except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law. Refer to the Board of Education's Discrimination Free Environment Policy AC for a complete statement. Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the Guilford County Schools Compliance Officer, 120 Franklin
Re: [MOSAIC] volunteering?
He could check out an area hospital or hospice. Susan -Original Message- From: Linda Rightmire lindarightm...@gmail.com Sent: Sep 30, 2012 11:03 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] volunteering? Hi folks, Please excuse the off topic note, but -- I live in Canada and don't know where to send my friend. My friend, excellent guy and extra-avid reader, in his 50s, would like to volunteer reading TO someone. He tried kids many years ago and found that it didn't satisfy his wish to share books (reading to someone). He imagines that possibly reading to elderly people or something is what might suit. He asks *me* where to start. He lives in Eugene, Oregon. Does anyone have an angle on this? I'm going to say, just go to the 'assisted living' facility nearest you -- but it's possible there are actual structures in place for this. ? Thanks, Linda Rightmire SD #73 Kamloops, BC ___ 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] at home reading
This year I am going to ask the children to read each night but respond to a given prompt every other week. I am looking for quality rather than quantity. I am working with my partner to develop different prompts for the kids to respond to throughout the year. Sue Moore On Aug 28, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Livingston, Marie mlivings...@ttsd.k12.or.us wrote: My 5th grade team is looking for a way to revamp our students' at home reading assignment/expectations. We have asked students to read 20 minutes a night and write a brief summary. What we've noticed is that some students continually read the same book or their summaries are boring. A while back there was a similar question posted and someone spoke of goal setting they did with their students around pages read. I want them to want to read and not just go through the motions. We would love any suggestions! thanks! Marie Marie Livingston 5th Grade Teacher Tualatin Elementary School 503-431-4764 ___ 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 Comp and ADHD
Hi, My first thought is what is this child's reading level? Did she choose the book and is she really into it? Can she tell you the basic literary elements from the story so far? Could you take turns reading but while you are reading she could jot down key ideas or sketch a picture of her mental images and the label them later on as you discuss the chapter. Some students that I have had with ADHD come and go in and out with their attention so even though they seem to be attentive to what they are reading, they have no visualization going on. Because of this they can't even tell you the main idea of a chapter so no way they would get the main idea of the entire long book like the Lightning Thief. Can she distinguish between main idea and supporting details? Maybe you could use some shorter texts to find out what her strengths and weaknesses are and then you could take it from there. Sue Moore On Jul 1, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Meghan Formel meghan.for...@gmail.com wrote: Good Morning! I'm tutoring an incoming 4th grader this summer, with a primary focus on teaching reading comprehension skills (Mosaic). We're reading Book 1 of The Lightning Thief (an option for her school's summer reading.) The student has been diagnosed with ADHD and seems to be predominantly inattentive. I'm using techniques like keep information down to essentials, taking frequent breaks and comprehension checks while reading, asking her to repeat back instructions, positive reinforcement, redirection, and visual aids. I'm a new teacher, and I'm very interested in hearing what other teachers' experiences have been in reading comprehension with this population of learners. What worked? What didn't work? Thanks! Meghan Formel ___ 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] Mosaic Digest, Vol 70, Issue 2
Does/Has anyone use/d Ellin Keene's *Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies*? It was published shortly after *Mosaic of Thought* 2nd ed. As I recall, it had rubrics and checksheets and a writing component for 1-1 comprehension assessment. Always wanted to try it but it hasn't fit the way I'm expected to teach. Susan from AZ Hello from Montreal! Our Junior School (grades K-6) PLC this year (and for the next two years) has focused on the explicit instruction of Reading Comprehension Strategies. The interest is high, teachers are beginning to embed this type of instruction into their classrooms and lots of talking and sharing has been happening as a result! Very exciting! The big question on the table at the moment is how to assess?? Specifically, teacher friendly practical ways to assess use of strategies NOT just knowledge of strategies. We have a professional read each summer and I am looking for the best book on the topic. Any suggestions? Thanks to everyone in this group ? I can't think of a better place to get this type of advice! Judy ___ 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] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice Readi...
YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING! It's hard to believe that all teachers, in their heart-of-hearts, don't believe this, too.! Hold your head high and keep teaching! evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com 5/31/2012 8:58 PM I understand how you feel. After voicing my opinion in our literacy meetings, against the focus on standardize testing, and the need of teaching the reader and not the test, some teachers in my school literally stopped talking to me. If they see me in the halls, they will look down or walk way. I feel bad, however, I am confident I am doing the right thing. Evelia Sent from my Windows Phone -Original Message- From: rascal...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:06 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice Readi... I thank you all for your encouraging thoughts and postings. It is great to see so many educators with the heart you all have. Well, my saga continuesI was informed by my administration today that I am a trouble maker and I need to stop being so vocal. The rest of my team feels I am not a team player and I need to stop making waves. I'm moving to AZ as soon as I finish my doctorate in Education (May 2013)anyone out there know of any jobs where it is Ok to speak up for the kids as opposed to the mandates?? Someone mentioned being bulliedthis has been my experience since I began my quest for higher education and more knowledge. Florida is not a union state, which makes these types of actions even more prevalent. I'm trying hard to rise above all of this...but I'm having a tough time right now. Thank you again for all of your posts! What an amazing group of individuals you are! Ali/FL In a message dated 5/30/2012 11:36:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, donn...@optonline.net writes: Same in NJ Renee - the response to any new suggestion made by teachers to improve instruction is show me the data As a matter of fact during a discussion about voucher legislation with one of our assemblyman, a mayor from an urban community stated if we had vouchers our test scores would go up! Say it isnt so! Donna Sent from my HTC Status™ on ATT - Reply message - From: Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice Reading In Class (Susan Chicvara) Date: Wed, May 30, 2012 9:38 am I, for one, am very happy to hear this and hope that it continues. Sadly, where I substitute, they are still training all the teachers in direct instruction and everything revolves around test scores, with increasing numbers of tests every year, both standardized and district-created, and piles of test prep materials growing bigger every year, with principals and superintendent touting research that supports things like Saxon Math and Direct Instruction and data driven curriculum. Renee On May 29, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Betty Laughlin wrote: I just went to a workshop for my district where they said the same thing! Hooray! Sent from my iPhone On May 28, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Tracy Gaestel aj...@lafn.org wrote: For all of you in this situation, hang in there. Last week our superintendent came to a meeting of people selected to work on aligning our curriculum to the Common Core Standards. He wanted to tell us personally that whatever had happened in the past, we were now to treat the text books as tools to help us plan lessons that help our students achieve proficiency on the grade level standards. The pendulum is swinging back. I was afraid that this day would never come. (He had to come because many of the teachers couldn't believe what the presenters were telling us) Teach? We don't need to be on the same page? We don't even have to use the same stories? (Someone even asked how can we do that?) I faintly heard the Hallelujah chorus in the background and I had to stop myself from dancing in the auditorium. The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
This is a GREAT QUOTE! Thanks. Beverlee Paul beverleep...@gmail.com 5/25/2012 10:56 PM OH, man! Now you've inspired me to get out the really big guns!! According to Garrieson Keillor: “When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word.” Garrison Keillor On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM, kinder...@comcast.net wrote: Thank you Ali! Just close your door and do what you know is absolutely best practice for our countries children! Administrators who have no background in teaching do what they are told, because they are told. Many do not know what they are doing. Let your children read!!! Let them read what they choose to! Read the Book Whisperer. Eileen ( who feels your pain in N.M) - Original Message - From: norma baker hutch1...@juno.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students andChoice Reading In Class I hear you! Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and programs. She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need direct instruction. It's all very frightening. Reading Workshop and RTI are district initiatives and much money has been spent on them, but.. they RTI disappeared this year. I'm guessing Reading Workshop will go next year! Maybe we should write the next novel about the future with non-readers because of all this nonsense! lol An old man once said, There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. Ali/FL ___ 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 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4fc01acd589ea1b561ccst05duc ___ 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 -- Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau ___ 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] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you are a rare breed these days. In their heart of hearts, most administrators feel this way, I'm sure. However, they are being compelled by the 'Higher ups and state/federal mandates (mandates that are created by people who have never taught.) THANK YOU for being one who dares to do the right thing! Palmer, Jennifer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org 5/25/2012 11:13 PM Well, come work for me in one of my schools. I still believe in student choice of reading materials, that good teachers are better than programs, and the best way to teach a child to read is to become a good observer of the child--he will show you the way he learns best. I am saddened by these stories... It is why I went into administration To have a little more leverage to make things right. Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Beverlee Paul beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: We need to have a giant mandated administrator-read of *Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair* huh? On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:48 PM, norma baker hutch1...@juno.com wrote: I hear you! Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and programs. She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need direct instruction. It's all very frightening. Reading Workshop and RTI are district initiatives and much money has been spent on them, but.. they RTI disappeared this year. I'm guessing Reading Workshop will go next year! Maybe we should write the next novel about the future with non-readers because of all this nonsense! lol An old man once said, There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. Ali/FL ___ 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 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4fc01acd589ea1b561ccst05duc ___ 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 -- ýMany men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau ___ 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] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice Reading In Class
This is happening all over the country. YES, our children are SO MUCH MORE than data and, as teachers, we have the chance to listen to their reading, observe how they arrive at their comprehension decisions, read their writing and observe how they function as living. human beings. When I consider the baggage of poverty so many of my children bring to the classroom, I am SIMPLY AMAZED by their capabilities. That being said, they (students) and we (teachers) can always improve--always strive to reach the next level. Isn't that why they call it learning? It is sad that our colleagues (and administrators) will stand by and say nothing because of fear of reprimand or even worse. We're so busy working toward the Common Core Standards--maybe, we need to work on plain, old-fashioned, COMMON SENSE! Thanks for continuing to use your heart (along with your head) when you teach! Beverlee Paul beverleep...@gmail.com 5/25/2012 8:22 PM Believe me, many of us know exactly how you feel!! And in regard to your colleagues, remember this quote by Martin Luther King: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26954.html [image: [info]] http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26954.html[image: [add]] http://www.quotationspage.com/myquotations.php?add=26954[image: [mail]] http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26954.html#email *Martin Luther King Jr.* On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:53 PM, rascal...@aol.com wrote: I'm not sure why I'm posting this, other than I'm searching for some company in my despair. Or possibly you can lead me to some ways to deal with this situation. Today, as we were closing up school for the year, we were discussing next year's kids and administration wanted to know how we were going to group them. (That in and of itself always bothers me). However the statement that truly sent me spinning, was in regard to giving the students individual reading time within class. My administrator flat out told me (and my team), We do not give the students time to read in class. You must be working with the students in small groups and they should be engaged in 'targeted skills not reading. Of course my response was, How do we expect our students to become better readers if we don't give them time to read (of course teaching them how to read)? She simply said, They have to do that at home. Close of discussion. No one else on my team said anything...they just agreed with her. My heart sank. I am so disappointed in the direction our education system is taking us in my state and county. It's all about the pass rate on the test and looking at data. My students are so much more than data! Ugh! I'm sure you can all relate and have stories very similar to mine. I'm just disheartened. :-( Ali/FL ___ 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 -- Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau ___ 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] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice Reading In Class
I'm sure if they wanted better basketball players, they would have the kids shoot a million baskets each day. What are people thinking? What about kids that have no support at home? And they will wonder why the gap keeps getting bigger? Ugh! Sue Moore On May 25, 2012, at 6:53 PM, rascal...@aol.com wrote: I'm not sure why I'm posting this, other than I'm searching for some company in my despair. Or possibly you can lead me to some ways to deal with this situation. Today, as we were closing up school for the year, we were discussing next year's kids and administration wanted to know how we were going to group them. (That in and of itself always bothers me). However the statement that truly sent me spinning, was in regard to giving the students individual reading time within class. My administrator flat out told me (and my team), We do not give the students time to read in class. You must be working with the students in small groups and they should be engaged in 'targeted skills not reading. Of course my response was, How do we expect our students to become better readers if we don't give them time to read (of course teaching them how to read)? She simply said, They have to do that at home. Close of discussion. No one else on my team said anything...they just agreed with her. My heart sank. I am so disappointed in the direction our education system is taking us in my state and county. It's all about the pass rate on the test and looking at data. My students are so much more than data! Ugh! I'm sure you can all relate and have stories very similar to mine. I'm just disheartened. :-( Ali/FL ___ 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] Song for Jennifer
Hi Jennifer, I think the song you are looking for is First Love by Alan Jackson. Susan sacchet...@aim.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] Book list for my Remedial Reading Course
Sharon Taberski has a new book, I hear is good. From the Ground Up by her is great. Kylene Beirs (?) has a book that is for upper gradesWhat worksI think is the title but it can apply to younger kids. Sue Sue Moore On May 7, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Mena drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: I am considering adding The Cafe Book to my literature circle book list for my Remedial Reading Course. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I already have Mosaic of Thought required. 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: donnfox donn...@optonline.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org; mosaic mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, May 6, 2012 11:04 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Daily Five/CAFE Is there anybody from this listserve that is a New Jersey teacher using Daily 5 and CAFE? If so could you please email me off list. I would love to visit a classroom in my state to see how this organization and structure works in a 90 literacy block. Thank you, Donna NJ Sent from my HTC Status™ on ATT - Reply message - From: mrs. teacher elemteac...@hotmail.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Daily Five/CAFE Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 3:28 pm Hi all! I am in my 4th year of using the Daily Five and my 3rd of using CAFE. I teach fourth grade. I read somewhere (not sure where) that the sisters recommend 3-5 teachers only doing 3 of the 5 rotations and that it is a personal program that you should modify to fit your students' needs. I have 45 minutes of CAFE time in my room (this is what we call it). Each day, students have the option of Read To Self, Listen To Reading, or Word Work. They never HAVE to do Listen to Reading but if they do, it can only be one day each week and they MUST do Word Work once a week. However, after the newness of Listen To Reading wore off, I rarely had students choose that one anymore. Therefore, most of my students have 45 minutes of sustained, self-selected, on-level reading four days a week. During this time, I conference with students, giving them purposes for reading that match their personalized CAFE goal. When I started this, we blocked and I was the reading teacher. We had 75 minute blocks and 45 of each one was spent doing CAFE time. Last year, we decided to self-contain (hallelujah!) and the other fourth grade teachers were excited to try it, as well. One of my team members from last year moved to second grade last year and now all of second grade is doing CAFE and Daily Five. I really don't know what I did before I found it. To me, it is what I should have always been doing but gave me the organization and structure that I was lacking in order to do what I knew needed to be done. STACIE, thanks for your post. I recently had the opportunity to observe in two CAFE classrooms where there is a 90-min. literacy block. I was impressed with the management and how the students knew what the expectations were in each rotation. Here's my concern, and it's really for those of youout there who are Columbia trained and also know Daily 5/CAFE: With students changing stations every 22 minutes or so after the minilesson, Where's the sustained engagement with 'just right' text? Where's the conferring at the heart of the workshop? I would so love feedback from Columbia folks, and if it is more appropriate to contact me directly rather than through this list serve, please do. Thanks for all your input and support everyone. Martha ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Elementary expository resources/PD
Look into anything by Tony Stead Sue Moore On Apr 24, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Lisa Papazian lpapaz...@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us wrote: Hi, I'm an instructional coach in Massachusetts and I'm looking for some worthwhile resources for helping teachers develop a better understanding of expository/nonfiction writing. Also, if anyone is aware of quality professional development being offered in this genre, please let me know. I work with teachers from K - 4. Thank you! ~Lisa ___ 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] Invitation: Hi Re: Looking for research on using iPads to im... @ Wed Apr 18 12pm - 1pm (Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group)
Sorry to have missed this special event. By any chance, have you put it on Teacher Tube or anywhere else? Sounds fascinating! THANKS! Elizabeth Nagelbush enage...@gmail.com 4/19/2012 11:06 AM You have been invited to the following event. Title: Hi Re: [MOSAIC] Looking for research on using iPads to improve readingaccuracy When: Wed Apr 18 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time Calendar: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Who: * enage...@gmail.com - organizer * westmoreland.tam...@gmail.com * Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEWeid=M3NmMjcxOXJ1M3BidjJvbHQ4OG4zcXVhNWMgbW9zYWljQGxpdGVyYWN5d29ya3Nob3Aub3Jntok=MTgjZW5hZ2VsYnVAZ21haWwuY29tYWYwNzI0ODYyNGZjN2NjMjZiMWU0NzVjMmYwZThiNThkMzM0YTFjZgctz=America/New_Yorkhl=en Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this courtesy email at the account mosaic@literacyworkshop.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar. ___ 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] School wide reading.
YOU ARE RIGHT ON, RENEE! I love Alfie Kohn--why don't more people read him? I am so afraid we are bringing down our own country! Do we have things to work on in education? ALWAYS! Do we do so many things well? ABSOLUTELY! We need to work toward improvement by beginning with what we do well and encouraging and promoting children and supporting our teachers. Arne Duncan is a wonderful human being---but, has he ever taught? We need to stop watering the seeds of self-destruction and, instead, nurture the good seed that DOES exist and help it grow. It is amazing how teachers are being blamed for everything that is wrong with our society. I guarantee you that the Asian societies do NOT treat their teachers with such a lack of respect--quite the opposite! Our country is a great country--we need to work TOGETHER to keep heading in the right direction. Despite all that ails us, we teachers must stick together and continue working with our children--who hold the key to our future. WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN DO IT! Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net 4/11/2012 10:03 AM Disclaimer: This is an opinion. Mine. I know that many schools have competitions of many kinds, and that competition is part of society and that some competition is just good, healthy fun. But I think it's important to think about the message that *some* school competitions send, and to me, a reading competition just goes against my grain. If I were teaching in this school, I would not feel good about being pitted against all other classrooms AND I would find it hard to participate. That's why I suggested a school wide collaboration (ongoing documentation of books and pages read by the whole school), where everyone works together toward a common goal. Our current Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, has pitted schools against schools and teachers against teachers with his stupid Race to the Top program. High stakes tests pit schools against schools and teachers against teachers and students against students. In my classrooms we always kept a running tally of how many books and pages kids read, throughout the year. The end numbers were pretty impressive; frankly, I think they were way more impressive than cafeteria displays of students names who had reached the Millionaire's Reading Club or classroom displays of race cars racing along on race tracks made of Accelerated Reading scores. Am I really the only one out there? Does anyone read Alfie Kohn or Daniel Pink? Renee Goularte 20 years teaching, all grades, ELL, at-risk, GATE, multiage, and Art. On Apr 10, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Phyllis Oliver wrote: At a school where I was reading specialist we used to have competitions between classes.(We only had one room per grade level.) We might have 3rd and 4th and 5th and 6th compete for the most AR points or most pages read. We did this by the month. The losing class would serve the winning class a treat (such as homemade sundaes or popcorn with a movie, or pizza) the losing class then served themselves and all enjoyed the treat. This seemed to work especially well with 4-6 grades. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ~William Butler Yeats ___ 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] Title 1 money
We are using Teacher's College Units of Study for our elementary and middle school students. -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+srensted=isd622@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+srensted=isd622@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Rhonda Brinkman Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:45 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: [MOSAIC] Title 1 money Hello Mosaic followers, I am in need of your expertise and ideas. We have Title 1 money to use before the year is over. We are a targeted middle school in our first year of the grant. We focused this year on balance literacy and reading strategies. We want to continue this focus but need to buy materials for next year. Any suggestions? Or program ideas (not a scripted type please). We have talked about Daily 5. Would that work for middle school? We want something specific and focused with little fluff! Thanks in advance!! Rhonda ___ 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] Determining Importance
I do agree that we often use words interchangeably and so it becomes confusing... In very off-the-cuff terms, I think that the author's main idea is the overarching theme, or what it is all about; the big idea or topic. The determining importance part is the evidence. What in the text is most pertinent to the author's point, or point-of view (either inferential or right there, fact or opinion). Looking at it this way can kind of break that fiction/nonfiction barrier. Susan Sent from my iPad On Feb 19, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Evelia, Sometimes when I am substituting, and there is some leftover time, I have kids get out whatever book they are currently reading, and then we do a little book chat. If the teacher is one who has kids' names in a can, I draw names, otherwise, I just go around randomly, asking questions about their book. One thing I ask is, What is the story MOSTLY about? or What is the story MAINLY about? For some kids this is a hard question and they start telling me a lot of details, or retelling the story. I stop them, acknowledge that it's great that they remember so much of the story, but what I want to know is what it is mostly about, in just one or two sentences. It really does seem to help, especially when there is time to ask several students the question about their book. The student modeling helps other students know what I am after. Renee On Feb 19, 2012, at 2:30 PM, evelia cadet wrote: Maybe, instead of saying author's main idea, I should've said the standardized test maker main idea. This is the first year I am teaching the comprehension strategies. In the past, my students have struggled with main idea. I am wondering how determining importance may help them with finding main idea. I hope I am making sense. Thank you. Evelia Sent from my Windows Phone -Original Message- From: evelia cadet Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:03 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Determining Importance Are determining importance and finding the author's main idea the same thing? If they are not, are they related? How? HELP! Evelia Sent from my Windows Phone -Original Message- From: Palmer, Jennifer Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 9:23 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Determining Importance It's the testing culture Renee. We test low level and that drives instruction. Think about main idea ... And it's relationship to what we are talking about. Determining importance becomes a game to guess what test authors feel is important... Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I wonder what would happen if we just asked a student, Why is this important? I'm thinking in a context, for example, of my own lesson, when the student asked how Washington's face got on Mount Rushmore. These were third graders. I can easily imagine a student ansswering, it isn't and I could also easily imagine a student giving a reason, maybe something like, well, because he was so important that they put him on a mountain so how did that happen? I think it's a good question: Why is this important? It has that lovely open-endedness that helps us learn what's going on the mind of a student. And by the way in my substituting travels to various classrooms, I am finding every year that it's harder and harder to get kids to answer open-ended questions with any kind of confidence. That frightens me. Renee On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Palmer, Jennifer wrote: I agree Renee. What I often do is spend a little time talking about our purpose for reading first and letting that guide the discussion ... I think it was Kylie Beers that uses the example of a text that is a description of a beautiful home. An interior decorator, a real estate agent and a thief, all would find different things in the text to be important because their purposes for reading would be quite different. It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. ~ Alec Bourne ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Determining Importance
I would look at Strategies that Work or Nonfiction Mentor Texts Sent from my iPad On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:58 PM, evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com wrote: Is anyone aware of a great lesson/lessons to teach determining importance in nonfiction? Thanks. Evelia Sent from my Windows Phone ___ 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] Civil War novels / 7th grade level?
How about The River Between Us by Richard Peck? Susan We are working on a unit on historical fiction and looking for a high-interest historical fiction novel set around the time of the Civil War. Any ideas? I know about Red Badge of Courage, but I'm looking for other ideas. Thanks! :) Mrs. Sara Dluhos Barnes IS24 Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin ___ 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] Listening to reading
Dr. Timothy Rasinski out of Kent State www.timrasinski.com/ has a lot to support listening to reading and building fluency and done some interseting studies. At my school we are using several different ebook accounts in our school and the teachers often display them on the Smartboard as a listening station as part of their Daily Five. Susan On Jan 14, 2012 4:56 PM, evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com wrote: Is anyone aware of research supporting listening to books? I know is one of the five components of the Daily 5. My students have been listening to books online and they are obsessed about it. I am glad that they are enjoying this activity, however, I don't have sufficient information on how it benefits their reading. I would love to hear your research, ideas or opinions. 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 ___ 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] elementary writing programs
Should there be zoos by Tony Stead is awesome. It shows different view points and it might be available in Spanish as well. Sue Sent from my iPad On Jan 10, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Ruby Westlund rwestl...@plumcity.k12.wi.us wrote: This is a little late for this year, but you may want to make a note for next year. My students wrote letters to Santa, not just listing what they wanted but with reasons why they should have the items listed. Some of them came up with some very good persuasive writing! On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Lisa Glos glos.l...@gmail.com wrote: Two other persuastive books that are good are Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type (Cows try to convince farmer to give them electric blankets) Can I have a Stegasaurus, Mom? Can I, Please? - I think that this is worded correctly (boy tries to convince his mom to let him get a Stegasaurus - final reason is he finds an egg in the woods - there is a twist at the end which could be a good taking off point for writing) Lisa On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Kelly Alexander mandkalexan...@yahoo.com wrote: I Want An Iguana.persuasive picture book. --- On Mon, 1/9/12, Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net wrote: From: Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] elementary writing programs To: mosaic listserve mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 7:21 PM Hate to sound snarky but shouldn't the administration be able to describe what they mean by appropriate persuasive and analytical for these age levels? And also tell you why? Just bugs the heck out of me when people throw out ideas which they often don't know anything about. That said, I would think about the kinds of things kids would be interested in persuading people about and go from there. Find mentor texts. An example that we used at our school: every year kids have the opportunity to vote for the California Young Readers Medal. They are given 3 books at primary, intermediate etc. to choose from. They have to have read (individually or as class) each book to vote. We had our students write persuasive essays (we actually used letters) to convince others of their choice. It was great.(My kids read samples of persuasive texts and came up with a rubric. I taught 5/6. Isn't there a great picture book where a child tries to persuad his mother to get a certain kind of pet? (I forget the title but it was a good one!) I would check James Moffett's classic work on genres and writing - the kinds of authentic writing we do in the world and connected to developmental levels. I know we spent many years on the state language arts assessment committee in California exploring the kinds of writing that it was appropriate to assess and how to formulate authentic type tasks and so on. Moffet's work informed some of the decisions about the types of writing to assess at various levels.We found for example that when we tried to assess information type writing, most of what we got was pretty bad writing - stiff and boring. And kids who didn't have background on whatever the topic (which happens in testing situations often) were especially disadvantaged. I am disgusted by much of what goes for writing assessment currently. We've lost so much ground in writing over the last more than decade. In short, I am not against persuasive or analytic as long as the writing experience is authentic and meaningful to children's lives. Be careful. Calkins work (along with the great teachers who helped her) is probably most meaningful to developing students as writers for the long run. Just IMOl!!! Sally On 1/9/12 8:50 AM, Beth OConnor ocon...@norfolk.k12.ma.us wrote: Hello, I am looking for suggestions on writing programs that could complement Lucy Calkins in grades K-5. Because of the Common Core, our administration would like us to focus more on persuasive and analytical writing and less on personal narratives. Does anyone use anything for this type of writing that they would recommend? Thank you, Beth ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] poems for comprehension strategies
I will pull my book and reread it! Cant wait. Sue Sent from my iPad On Dec 30, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net wrote: H, thinking maybe we are on. What if we set a date a few weeks from now or a month and give those who want the chance to get it. Then we start a discussion, maybe reading a chapter or two at a time. And some of us might even try an idea or two. Woo HOO! sally On 12/29/11 6:54 PM, donn...@optonline.net donn...@optonline.net wrote: I love this idea! Im in and ordering the book tomorrow. Sent from my HTC Status™ on ATT - Reply message - From: Laura lcan...@satx.rr.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] poems for comprehension strategies Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2011 8:59 pm I like that idea, I'm going to order the book Awakening the Heart. - Original Message - From: Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net To: mosaic listserve mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] poems for comprehension strategies Jen, Is there any way that we could have a focused discussion around a shared read on the list. That might be a way of getting back our original focus. This poetry discussion is interesting. Might we take it deeper by some of us agreeing to read a good book on teaching poetry as a group? Know we've done it in the past. Would it work again??? Maybe even choose one of Georgia Heard's books. I would love to reread - I have several. What about awakening the heart. Just a thought. I get weary of finding programs and ways that we have to compromise our practices out there in schools. Know that is important discussion as well but this other kind of discussion is what fills me up and gives me hope. That may be most important at this time in education history! Sally On 12/29/11 10:15 AM, Palmer, Jennifer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org wrote: I did it all the time... Great way to help kids understand the purposes of poetic devices... How they affect the reader. It's that whole idea of reading like a writer... what affect does onomatopoeia or alliteration have on your ability to create a mental image?? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Susan soozq55...@aol.com wrote: I use poetry to teach inferring. Off the top of my head I can say I use Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant. I also love anything by Georgia Heard...Awakening the Heart is awesome. I really would be interested in what others would have to say about teaching the strategies using poetry. I think that might be a little tricky if the kids didn't have a background in poetic devices. Sue Sent from my iPad On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:10 PM, norma baker hutch1...@juno.com wrote: Morning all! While we're on the subject of poetry, has anybody compiled poems to teach the comprehension strategies? As a reading specialist who goes into rooms I don't have the luxury of tying my lesson to a book previously read or start a picture book that I can finish later and I'd like to actually keep to a mini-lesson. I end up spending too much time because I use picture books which I totally love doing and am fortunate enough to have a great collection, but.I'm losing the mini in mini-lesson! If anyone has compiled a list of poems for the different strategies and is willing to share I'd be grateful. If not, that'll be next summer's project. I work in 4th grade primarily. Thanks! norma An old man once said, There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don 't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4efc66c12a69e11808best05duc ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Mystery Recommendations
Check out our Saskatchewan yearly award nominees in three categories - amazing resources! http://www.willowawards.ca/ Susan Henry Teacher Librarian Balgonie Elementary School Prairie Valley School Division (306) 771-2345 From: mosaic-bounces+susan.henry=pvsd...@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+susan.henry=pvsd...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Susan Thornfeldt [sthornfe...@hotmail.com] Sent: December 28, 2011 9:04 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Mystery Recommendations Hello! I would like to infuse a new genre into my LA curriculum. . . . does anyone have any ideas for a Grade 8 + mystery title (preferably an Edgar award book) to excite my student's? I have researched Vicki Grant's, Quid Pro Quo, and John Green's, Paper Towns. Has anyone read them? Recommendations? Many, many thanks, Susan ThornfeldtMahoney Middle Schoolsouth Portland, ME ___ 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 CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: The information transmitted is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, distribution, or other use of or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy this message and any copies. ___ 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] Dissertation..sally's question WAS poetry
Jennifer, I recently renewed my National Board certificate and I would certainly agree that time to reflect is huge but I think it is more than that. I think that going through the process gives time to reflect on what teachers know to work and pushes them to apply these strategies in other areas or with others in their learning communities. I know that in my district, opportunities for effective professional development are few and far between. The certification process allows for relevant and personalized PD. Good for you delving deeper into this PD opportunity. I wish you the best! Sue Sent from my iPad On Dec 30, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Palmer, Jennifer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org wrote: I'd be happy to share. I am studying teachers' growth in their ability to reflect as they go through the National Board portfolio process. I have been able to document a significant difference in many teachers between when they begin their portfolios and when they end in the depth of their reflections. Second, I worked to document the mechanism behind the growth... What made teachers more reflective? I've found that videotaping, coaching questions from candidate support providers, a safe environment, the dialogue with knowledgeable others, the standards as a backdrop to focus reflection were all important. Not surprisingly, another common theme was time. The deepest reflections only come when you make the TIME to think. Hard to do in a busy school setting! :-) completing a meaningful portfolio over a years time seems to force folks to make the time. I have been struck, time and time again with the parallels between my research and research I have read in fostering metacognitive thinking in young readers. To Understand and Ellin's groundbreaking theory remained in the back of my mind throughout. I am left wondering about the implications of all this for PD. Are more reflective teachers better teachers of reading strategies? And if so, how can I take what I have learned and apply it? Sally, what was your research? I'm sorry if you've shared this previously and I've forgotten... Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net wrote: Hey Jen, Can you tell us more about your dissertation? I would love to hear about it and your work. And wishing you well. I remember how life altering the whole process is! Sally ___ 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] poems for comprehension strategies
I use poetry to teach inferring. Off the top of my head I can say I use Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant. I also love anything by Georgia Heard...Awakening the Heart is awesome. I really would be interested in what others would have to say about teaching the strategies using poetry. I think that might be a little tricky if the kids didn't have a background in poetic devices. Sue Sent from my iPad On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:10 PM, norma baker hutch1...@juno.com wrote: Morning all! While we're on the subject of poetry, has anybody compiled poems to teach the comprehension strategies? As a reading specialist who goes into rooms I don't have the luxury of tying my lesson to a book previously read or start a picture book that I can finish later and I'd like to actually keep to a mini-lesson. I end up spending too much time because I use picture books which I totally love doing and am fortunate enough to have a great collection, but.I'm losing the mini in mini-lesson! If anyone has compiled a list of poems for the different strategies and is willing to share I'd be grateful. If not, that'll be next summer's project. I work in 4th grade primarily. Thanks! norma An old man once said, There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don 't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4efc66c12a69e11808best05duc ___ 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] Mystery Recommendations
Hello! I would like to infuse a new genre into my LA curriculum. . . . does anyone have any ideas for a Grade 8 + mystery title (preferably an Edgar award book) to excite my student's? I have researched Vicki Grant's, Quid Pro Quo, and John Green's, Paper Towns. Has anyone read them? Recommendations? Many, many thanks, Susan ThornfeldtMahoney Middle Schoolsouth Portland, ME ___ 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 Enrichment for Middle School
June There are a variety of on-line sources for free books. Here are a few. International Children's Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ Language Arts for Middle and High School http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang_mid.htm Education-Portal.com50 Places to Find Free Books http://education-portal.com/articles/Free_Books_-_50_Places_to_Find_Free_Books_Online.html Internet Public Library Literature Online Texts http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13cid=1tid=7011parent=7006 I hope you find this information helpful. Susan ___ 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 and F P
May I have a copy as well? -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+villars=gcsnc@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+villars=gcsnc@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Foltermann, Marsha Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:39 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P May I also have a copy? Mrs. Marsha Foltermann 6th grade, ELAR 903-462-7307 For a conference, please call the office: 903-462-7200 mfolterm...@denisonisd.net -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+mfoltermann=denisonisd@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+mfoltermann=denisonisd@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Freeman, Felicia Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:44 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P May I have a copy as well. Thanks From: mosaic-bounces+freemaf=gcsnc@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+freemaf=gcsnc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of dizzz...@aol.com [dizzz...@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:46 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P I would like a copy, also. Thanks, Cathy In a message dated 11/16/2011 10:04:59 P.M. Central Standard Time, ds...@aol.com writes: If possible could I also get a copy. We have just starting using F P. Thank you Diane Weiss ds...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Mary Ann Walker br...@yahoo.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, Nov 6, 2011 3:45 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P I would like a copy as well. mary.wal...@cfisd.net Thanks, Mary Ann -Original Message- rom: VanDyke, Lynnette (MDE) ent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 8:46 AM o: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' ubject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P Yes, please send a copy. Thanks! -Original Message- rom: mosaic-bounces+vandykel=michigan@literacyworkshop.org mailto:mosaic-bounces+vandykel=michigan@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf f Patrice Dimare ent: Monday, October 31, 2011 10:47 PM o: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group ubject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P I would like a copy of those as well, thank you. n Oct 31, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Kelly Alexander wrote: I would really like to see those month to month levels as well. We have a range that we use for each quarter, but I would be very interested in the monthly levels. Thank you in advance. --- On Mon, 10/31/11, tdan...@aol.com tdan...@aol.com wrote: From: tdan...@aol.com tdan...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 10:37 PM May I see your month to month F and P levels ? We use them in our school but we don't have month to month. Thanks C Daniels Irvington -Original Message- From: Willard, April D willa...@tcs.k12.nc.us To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 11:42 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P We have set month by month targets for F P levels. If you send me an email, I will be glad to send you what we do. Your end of year benchmarks are much higher then what we have established and I think our goals are a little lofty as well. April Willard Literacy Curriculum Specialist Liberty Drive Elementary 401 Liberty Drive Thomasville, NC 27360 336.870.8918 willa...@tcs.k12.nc.us -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+willarda=tcs.k12.nc...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+willarda=tcs.k12.nc...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of jayhawkrtroy fredde Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 10:13 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F P I am on my district's literacy Taskforce. We are starting the task of creating descriptors for each grade level for the implementation of Common Core next year. This will include sight words students should know, (which I am not keen on), what Fountas Pinnell Benchmark level students should be at, and exactly what a student should be able to do and use as far as reading strategies. It must meet all Common Core Standards. We are a district really pushing everything Fountas Pinnell also, so we have their LLI program and are starting to implement the Benchmark Assessment. We are going to use the Fountas and Pinnell Continuum Of Literacy to help us do this. I was wondering anyone out has put together this type of document in their district yet and what it looked like. I would love an example to look at. We are setting lofty standards. Here are our Independent Level Goals for next year for the end of the year using F P Benchmark. K= Level D 1st= Level J 2nd= Level N 3rd= R 4th =U 5th= X Troy Fredde North
Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension strategies assessment
Ellin Keene has a resource called Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies that is very good. I am also looking at how using the Daily 5 / Cafe Menu can be reported to parents as an insert in a report card. Does anyone have an suggestions or resources they could direct me to? Thanks, Susan Henry Teacher Librarian Balgonie Elementary School Prairie Valley School Division (306) 771-2345 From: mosaic-bounces+susan.henry=pvsd...@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+susan.henry=pvsd...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of evelia cadet [cadeteve...@hotmail.com] Sent: November 2, 2011 7:36 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: [MOSAIC] Comprehension strategies assessment Do you give your students a summative assessment to test their knowledge and application of the comprehension strategies? I have been working with my students on metacognition, making connection, visualizing and asking questions. I have been asked by the administrators to create a test that would evaluate what students have been learning in my class. Does anyone has experience making this kind of assessment? Thank you so much. I really need help. Evelia Sent from my Windows Phone -Original Message- From: Cheryl Consonni Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:09 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] please help whoever gave a list of good books that are high interest lo readability, could you please send again, i went back a while and can't find the link, thanks so much Cheryl 'Teaching is a work of heart.' ___ 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 CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: The information transmitted is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, distribution, or other use of or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy this message and any copies. ___ 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] reluctant/struggling 6th grade readers
Stacy I am a middle school reading teacher who also teaches the lowest readers (Level 1 non-fluent). I find that using graphic novels are very motivating for my lowest readers. The most popular/common are the series by Dav Pilkey: Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot series and the Captain Underpants Series. There is also the Graphic Sparks series (various authors) and the Sports Illustrated Kids Graphic Novels which are both published by Stone Arch Books. The Bone series by Jim Smith are a favorite. My students also like the Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist series by Jim Benton. The new Hardy Boys are also available as graphic novels. Hope this helps. Susan ___ 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] Grade 3/4 Read-a-loud suggestions please
I worked with some struggling 3rd graders last year coaching in a classroom with a Guided Reading group we used the Jake Drake series by Andrew Celements and the students really liked the books and the main character Jake. On Sep 2, 2011 2:26 PM, Sharon Ballantyne sbal...@nexicom.net wrote: Hi there, Any grade three/four appropriate read-a-louds that you would recommend. Fiction and non-fection suggestions all appareciated. Has anyone seen any student resources they would currently recommend sucha s early novel series for very weak readers in grade three who are reading late grade one/early grade 2? Thanks, 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 ___ 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] Teaching a child with dyslexia
I read an interesting book a few years ago written by a dyslexic person called The Gift of Dyslexia. It definitely give you a different perspective. Sue Sent from my iPad On Aug 20, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Rascal570 rascal...@aol.com wrote: Hi, I have a wonderful student in my fourth grade class this year who has a medical diagnosis of dyslexia. I see it impacting both his reading and math skills. I was wondering if anyone has some great resources for me to read or access in regard to ways to best teach this student. Thank you in advance for your help. Ali/FL Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Eve Dubois ersdub...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I am making plans to do a book club / literature group study with my 4/5/6 class during our studies of Ancient Egypt and need some help with book suggestions. I am planning to use *The Golden Goblet* which is a grade level 5 to 6.3, depending on who you ask. I am looking for another book with the Egypt theme for the children who would find *The Golden Goblet* too challenging. The story doesn't have to be set in Ancient Egypt, although I am hoping for as many connections as possible. The Magic Treehouse book(s) would be too easy. Any ideas? Thanks so much, Eve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 6 Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2011, at 3:50 PM, kuko...@aol.com wrote: Norma, Last post on this one, I promise ...seems my last post got cut off have you considered having some consultants from reading and writing project do workshops on RW... one in particular that i love is Monique Lopez Paniaques from Elmhust School in Queens, New York. . She is wonderful because she is in the trenches as well as a consultant with Columbia background (I think a double masters) and she is very familiar with upper elementaryI don't have her email but perhaps you can track her down :) ... even though I have attended many workshops from TC, Monique has a gentle way of breaking down the minilesson framework and then provides templates for all the varieties of reading that can and should occur as prescribed by both RW and daily five with Cafe She makes a big deal about the timing of the minilesson, the differences and need for all of the following... read aloud, guided groups, strategy groups, and independent conferences and give sample lessons for all she also has provided a wonderful comparison demonstration model of kids who are only reading at 85% accuracy... 90% accuracy and 95% accuracy... which should drive the point home about why same text for all (even class novels) is not the way to go then she shows how to make teaching points in the in a read aloud only (with a class novel) so that kids who might not enjoy harder text still have access... as she guides the strategy or skill in that novel which is a whole separate piece away from reading workshop and done at a separate time... which she names as read aloud... ( again...not in the RW block but a separate block later or earlier in the day)but as you can see the link is in the strategy. I think this satisfies the best of all practices with no compromise at all of course depending on the number of groups during your reader's workshop (phase 2) requires much more effort on the teacher... but well worth it. Pam In a message dated 8/19/2011 1:19:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kuko...@aol.com writes: Norma, I think that RW is a huge piece if teachers have been doing whole class novels... You are absolutely right that the Cafe model will help ease some of the frenzy into a more manageable piece for the independent part of reading workshop. That much said...more work should be done with RW... have you considered having so In a message dated 8/17/2011 2:42:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hutch1...@juno.com writes: In my effort to be succinct I clearly was very unclear! Also I was trying to word it more positively than this. We had been slowly implementing RW in our building. That's in no way to say everyone is willing and/or doing so successfully. We still have many people dragging their class thru the whole class novel. Now we are doing our PD on the Cafe model (3-5 building). My thought is that for those that are attempting to do RW, the Cafe will/might provide them with management tools to perhaps make it become a reality. But, how is this going to assist those less willingly and/or knowledgeable to move forward? My thought is that I don't see how it will. But, I am hoping to be wrong and was
Re: [MOSAIC] soccer books
Check out Million Dollar Kick by Dan Gutman. Also Matt Christopher has several books: Soccer Hero, Soccer Halfback, Soccer Cats. There is also a new series called The Wild Soccer Bunch by Joachim Masannek. Susan ___ 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] Read aloud to start off the 7th grade
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen. He describes incidents in his life involving various dogs he has owned or known. Some of the chapters tug at your emotions,others make you laugh out loud. The descriptions are so vivid, it makes a great read aloud. Susan ___ 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] Read aloud to start off the 7th grade
Pigman is a great book! From: mosaic-bounces+villars=gcsnc@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+villars=gcsnc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Dluhos Sara (31R024) [sdlu...@schools.nyc.gov] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:19 PM To: wr...@centurytel.net; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Read aloud to start off the 7th grade Freak the Mighty i good but used by some of the 6th grade teachers. Any other ideas? From: mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of wr...@centurytel.net [wr...@centurytel.net] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 6:12 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Read aloud to start off the 7th grade My students and I LOVED Freak the Mighty. What would some of you suggest reading after Freak the Mighty -- something similar that kids would like as well? Jan Quoting Kelly Cavaiani cavai...@swallow.k12.wi.us: Freak the Mighty. -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+cavaiank=swallow.k12.wi...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+cavaiank=swallow.k12.wi...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Dluhos Sara (31R024) Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:09 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Read aloud to start off the 7th grade I have always used Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher with my lower level seventh graders. It is ONLY a read aloud (they do not ever have a copy in front of them) to help get them started and motivated about books and listening skills. Works like a charm. I want something similiar in topic (a cute funny story that kids can relate to) but a little more challenging for my honors classes this year. Any ideas? It will also be read aloud to them. Thanks in advance! Sara ___ 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 This e-mail is for the sole use of the individual for whom it is intended. If you are neither the intended recipient, nor agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, any disclosure, retransmission, copying, or taking action in reliance on this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the person transmitting the information immediately. All e-mail correspondence to and from this e-mail address may be subject to NC Public Records Law which result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. In compliance with federal laws, Guilford County Schools administers all educational programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination because of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, disability or gender, except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law. Refer to the Board of Education's Discrimination Free Environment Policy AC for a complete statement. Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the Guilford County Schools Compliance Officer, 120 Franklin Boulevard, Greensboro, NC 27401; 336-370-2323. ___ 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] Websites to support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
Try Readworks.org. It is a great site for Comprehension. It has lesson plans, tutorials which align to various state standards. It is a free resource. Susan -Original Message- From: Jennifer Bishop jengreen...@hotmail.com Sent: Aug 3, 2011 7:25 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Websites to support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL I am looking for websites to support reading comprehension and vocabulary development for MIDDLE SCHOOL for center activities! It seems that there are so many for elementary, but every year, I struggle with ones for middle school. ___ 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] Educator Effectiveness Academies Mosaic- MD
Hey Jennifer you have the wrong Susan On Jul 20, 2011 6:56 AM, Palmer, Jennifer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org wrote: Susan, I am an instructional facilitator and therefor can't go to the academies as I was not invited. However I get my common core training on the 26th of the month. No opinion yet... What are you thinking? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:41 PM, Susan sacchet...@aim.com wrote: Hello, Is anyone atte... ___ 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 logs
Darlene I also teach 6th grade reading. I teach everything from Intensive Reading for students 3 years below grade level to advanced reading and I do assign reading homework. What I found that works better for me than a separate reading log is to use the students' daily planner. My reading homework is this: read for 20 minutes M-Th, the reading can be a reading assignment in one of their content area books (Geography,Science etc), the newspaper, a magazine, a self-selected book from home or a book they selected from my in-class library. While I would like to assign a longer period of reading homework time, I didn't want the requirement to seem so onerous that I wouldn't get much compliance. I also wanted to give them a variety of choices as the what to read. I would rather my students read for a 20 minute period than ask for 30 or more and get nothing. I asked the parents to initial each night in the planner that the student read for 20 minutes. I checked the planners every Friday for a grade. I started this the second week of school. I first sent home a homework notice that the parent was required to sign so that they knew my homework expectations. I had that homework requirement posted on my whiteboard, I reminded my students every Thursday that I was checking their planner the next day. If a student lost their planner, I would accept a note from the parent until the planner was replaced. Once students (and parents) realized that I was serious about checking the planner every Friday and that their son/daughter was getting a grade (5 points a night) I would say I had about 75-90% participation depending upon the class or week. Of course there were the few who almost never had their planner signed, but I think it wouldn't have mattered what the homework was, it wouldn't get done. If a student forgot to get the planner signed, I would give half-credit on Monday. If a student read Friday morning or over the weekend, I would give them credit for that time as well. So a student could actually earn 25 or 30/20 points for reading. This was very motivating for some students. After a period of time with no parent signatures and poor homework grades, sometimes I would get an angry email from a parent telling me their son/daughter had read but that THEY (the parent) had forgotten to sign the planner. I told my parents, the homework consisted of 2 parts, 1. read for 20 minutes each night, 2. get a parent/guardian signature. I would put the responsibility for the signature on the student, not the parent. Twice a grading period (every 6 weeks), my students have to take either an online Reading Counts comprehension quiz on a book they have read, or if there is no quiz complete a book report. Any written response I want them to do in regards to the reading they are doing, I do in class as bellwork. I will post an open-ended question and they have to respond to it in writing. While this was not a perfect system, overall I have been very pleased with the high percentage rate of students who read most nights. I hope my experience is helpful. -Original Message- From: da...@aol.com Sent: Jul 18, 2011 12:21 AM To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] reading logs Hello, I would greatly appreciate your thoughts about the use of reading logs in my sixth grade reading/writing workshop. My homework policy is that students read 30 minutes 5 nights a week or 150 minutes a week. They are free to read any book they choose. I give students a reading log, due every Monday, that asks them to document the minutes they read nightly, I ask them to write about their independent reading weekly, based on the strategies and or elements of literature we were studying. I maintain a classroom library and students have access to the school library every 2 weeks. My problem is that my homework completion rate is TERRIBLE. Rather , I should say that fewer than 50% of my students regularly turn in their homework. Atwell, Miller, and many, many other language arts teachers consider reading at home an important part of their reading program. I am tempted to drop the the reading log requiremnent, but I don't want to dumb down my expectations for my students who are predominantly blue collar and poor. I want students to have some accountability, but at the same time I don't want to make the homework process so cumbersome that it turns my students off to reading independently. What are your experiences and insights that can help? Thank you. Darlene Kellum ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Phonics in the 50s and 60s
Heather, Try looking for a book: Why Johnny Can't Read which I believed used a phonics approach for struggling readers in the late 50's early 60's. Susan -Original Message- From: Heather L disposablekita...@gmail.com Sent: Jun 28, 2011 5:57 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Phonics in the 50s and 60s Hello all! Ive been doing some research on reading in the 1950s - 60s and I cant find the names of any of the new phonics programs from those decades. Does anyone know of any from that period? Thanks, Heather L ___ 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] Phonics in the 50s and 60s
Oh wow does this ever take me back...the really strange thing is I can still picture Dick Jane the cat dog etc. I remember the story lines of some stories even! I was born in 1955 so Renee they still had it out when I started school. I do remember filling in phonics workbook pages with letter associated with pictures. Wow thanks for the reminder of days gone by! Susan On Jun 29, 2011 12:41 PM, Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I learned to read in Kindergarten in 1955, using Dick and Jane no phonics. Amazingly, I can still read today. Imagine that. Renee On Jun 28, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Heather L wrote: Hello all! Ive been doing some research on readin... Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive. ~ Robert Pirsig There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. ~ Annie Dillard, 'The Writing Life' ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org T... ___ 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] Synthesis in 1st grade
On May 27, 2011 10:06 PM, Sandra Stringham sos...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Its been a very long year and yet today I felt hope for my little ones. I teach a class of 33 at risk 1st grade students at a Title I school. I can't even begin to describe the behavior and social issues I have faced this year that interfered with learning and still interfere! Some I have never faced before.a long, long year...but today... I've been teaching about synthesis. We began with retelling as a step before, then we moved into summarizing and now this week, by using a think aloud, the kids observed last week that synthesis is changing your thinking as you read. This week, using the book Jin Woo by Eve Bunting, with think aloud and conversations, the students decided that synthesis was changing your thinking as you read and using your synthesis. I asked the students to draw a picture of what synthesis meant to them. Here are a few highlights: One student (and this was a student that had severe behavior issues and I was happy if she held a book in her hand, right side up, earlier in the year) said: I think synthesis is changing our ideas and what we know in our schema. I told her I hadn't thought of that before...but she is right...sometimes we have the wrong idea in our schema, and as we read, we have to change that as well. I told her how smart her thinking was!!! Her smile could light the room!!! Another student--one who used to sing and hum through readers workshop- compared synthesis to adding details to your writing. As you read, you are adding to your schema-the details that make the story bigger-so your thinking gets bigger. And when you use your schema-you get smarter! A 3rd student said when you synthesize...your schema gets bigger, too. Another student (1 of the 24 I had on intervention plans) drew a picture of a person growing from a baby to an adult...just stick figures, but you could clearly see the progression. She said synthesis is like growing up. You change as you grow and learn and as you synthesize, your thinking gets bigger and bigger. Finally, one student compared synthesis to planting a seed. Your first thinking is like planting the seed. Then just like the seed begins to grow, so does you 2nd thinking (her words)then your 3rd thinking (her words) she compared it to the flower that the seed grew into. She drew a picture of the seed...the seedlingthe full plant...and labeled it with the synthesis stages. So.with 1 more week to gotoday made it all worthwhile. Through it all, I guess I was reaching them. I just wanted to share because we had some behavior issues in the afternoon that really brought me down...and I wanted to end my day...remembering the great things they can do. Why we persevere-it makes it all worthwhile! Sandi Elgin, IL And I'm going to sign my name for the first time as: National Board Certified Teacher-Literacy; 2010 (Hey...I never get to do that---so humor me!) ___ 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 strategies/skills question
Readworks.org is a great site that has targeted lessons for teaching reading comprehension,along with resources to teach various novels by grade level. There are also videos for teachers that help demonstrate various strategies. You can also see how the various lessons are aligned with your state standards. You have to join, but it free. Hope this helps. Susan Joyce -Original Message- From: evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com Sent: May 30, 2011 1:09 AM To: Mosaic Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading strategies/skills question Again, thank you all for your comments and advices. I have few more questions. Does it matter in which order you teach the reading strategies or skills? Is there any particular strategies that should be taught first? Do you all know any good websites for teaching reading strategies/skills? Thank you. Evelia ___ 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] Synthesis in 1st grade
Sandra I read your account in awe and amazement! I am not familar with the book you used but I will be on amazon buying it. Thank you for sharing ypur students beautiful connection and explanations of synthesis. It encapsulates how as teachers we just can't give up on our students. Look at what you have done! You are an amazing techer. Thanks for the post and wondeful ideas. Susan On May 27, 2011 10:06 PM, Sandra Stringham sos...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Its been a very long year and yet today I felt hope for my little ones. I teach a class of 33 at risk 1st grade students at a Title I school. I can't even begin to describe the behavior and social issues I have faced this year that interfered with learning and still interfere! Some I have never faced before.a long, long year...but today... I've been teaching about synthesis. We began with retelling as a step before, then we moved into summarizing and now this week, by using a think aloud, the kids observed last week that synthesis is changing your thinking as you read. This week, using the book Jin Woo by Eve Bunting, with think aloud and conversations, the students decided that synthesis was changing your thinking as you read and using your synthesis. I asked the students to draw a picture of what synthesis meant to them. Here are a few highlights: One student (and this was a student that had severe behavior issues and I was happy if she held a book in her hand, right side up, earlier in the year) said: I think synthesis is changing our ideas and what we know in our schema. I told her I hadn't thought of that before...but she is right...sometimes we have the wrong idea in our schema, and as we read, we have to change that as well. I told her how smart her thinking was!!! Her smile could light the room!!! Another student--one who used to sing and hum through readers workshop- compared synthesis to adding details to your writing. As you read, you are adding to your schema-the details that make the story bigger-so your thinking gets bigger. And when you use your schema-you get smarter! A 3rd student said when you synthesize...your schema gets bigger, too. Another student (1 of the 24 I had on intervention plans) drew a picture of a person growing from a baby to an adult...just stick figures, but you could clearly see the progression. She said synthesis is like growing up. You change as you grow and learn and as you synthesize, your thinking gets bigger and bigger. Finally, one student compared synthesis to planting a seed. Your first thinking is like planting the seed. Then just like the seed begins to grow, so does you 2nd thinking (her words)then your 3rd thinking (her words) she compared it to the flower that the seed grew into. She drew a picture of the seed...the seedlingthe full plant...and labeled it with the synthesis stages. So.with 1 more week to gotoday made it all worthwhile. Through it all, I guess I was reaching them. I just wanted to share because we had some behavior issues in the afternoon that really brought me down...and I wanted to end my day...remembering the great things they can do. Why we persevere-it makes it all worthwhile! Sandi Elgin, IL And I'm going to sign my name for the first time as: National Board Certified Teacher-Literacy; 2010 (Hey...I never get to do that---so humor me!) ___ 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] read works
Readworks.org is a great online reading site that has numerous lessons on the various components of reading comprehension for grades K - 6. In addition, the site has lesson plans for various novels, reading passages with answer keys, online video tutorials for teachers. The site shows how their lessons align to various state standards. You must register, but it is free. It is a wonderful site, I highly recommend it. Susan Joyce -Original Message- From: tdan...@aol.com Sent: May 15, 2011 9:11 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] read works What is read works? Thanks ___ 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] suggestions for pd?
Catching Schools is part of the Research-Informed Classroom Series from Heinemann. Here is a link to more information at our website: http://www.heinemann.com/series/99.aspx Susan Godel Marketing Project Coordinator Heinemann 361 Hanover Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+susan.godel=heinemann@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+susan.godel=heinemann@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Milan, Susan Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:33 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] suggestions for pd? We're looking for the same thing--anyone know about the Heinneman, Catching Schools package for PD? On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Scott Michelle TG tgfa...@c-i-service.com wrote: Looking for names of presenters who would specifically cover reading comprehension strategies (MOSAIC) and do both a group presentation for K-5 staff as well as MODEL some lessons with the kiddos for ½ a day. Any suggestions? Midwest area would be nice to keep travel expenses to a minimum. -Michelle TG Iowa ___ 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] suggestions for pd?
We're looking for the same thing--anyone know about the Heinneman, Catching Schools package for PD? On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Scott Michelle TG tgfa...@c-i-service.com wrote: Looking for names of presenters who would specifically cover reading comprehension strategies (MOSAIC) and do both a group presentation for K-5 staff as well as MODEL some lessons with the kiddos for ½ a day. Any suggestions? Midwest area would be nice to keep travel expenses to a minimum. -Michelle TG Iowa ___ 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] PD Presenter
Anyone know about David Matteson? He's working with the Pk-3 alignment contingent here in NW Washington. I'd love to hear from any K-3 teachers out there who have worked with him. Thanks! Also, how does Joan Knight interface with CAFE and workshop structures? Thanks again! On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Grubbs, Rollanda - Curriculum Specialist rollanda.gru...@larue.kyschools.us wrote: Joan Knight is excellent. The name of her company is Literacy Links. We have used her in our district for about 6 years now. She has worked with grades K-5 in both small group Guided Reading and Guided Writing whole group Interactive Read Alouds-Shared Reading/Writing-Modeled Writing, etc. She models for teachers with students, has workshops with teachers, and coaches teachers. You may contact her at jakni...@starfishnet.com -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+rollanda.grubbs=larue.kyschools.us@ literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+rollanda.grubbs= larue.kyschools...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 12:00 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 56, Issue 1 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_literacyworkshop.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. suggestions for pd? (Scott Michelle TG) 2. Re: suggestions for pd? (Mena) 3. Re: suggestions for pd? (Milan, Susan) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:41:18 -0500 From: Scott Michelle TG tgfa...@c-i-service.com To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] suggestions for pd? Message-ID: E0635885FF0D49E381B6EA3FF9520091@TGFarmsLaptop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Looking for names of presenters who would specifically cover reading comprehension strategies (MOSAIC) and do both a group presentation for K-5 staff as well as MODEL some lessons with the kiddos for ? a day. Any suggestions? Midwest area would be nice to keep travel expenses to a minimum. -Michelle TG Iowa -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:31:25 -0400 From: Mena drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] suggestions for pd? Message-ID: 8cdbe77780d5e87-2278-29...@webmail-d140.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 My specialty but I am in Southeast FL. From, 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: Scott Michelle TG tgfa...@c-i-service.com To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thu, Mar 31, 2011 10:41 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] suggestions for pd? Looking for names of presenters who would specifically cover reading comprehension strategies (MOSAIC) and do both a group presentation for K-5 staff as well as MODEL some lessons with the kiddos for ? a day. Any suggestions? Midwest area would be nice to keep travel expenses to a minimum. -Michelle TG Iowa ___ 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: 3 Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 05:33:14 -0700 From: Milan, Susan smi...@sw.wednet.edu To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] suggestions for pd? Message-ID: AANLkTi=dftZip+rXr5a72OGib=i4nR6L=cdha3b+j...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 We're looking for the same thing--anyone know about the Heinneman, Catching Schools package for PD? On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Scott Michelle TG tgfa...@c-i-service.com wrote: Looking for names of presenters who would specifically cover reading comprehension strategies (MOSAIC) and do both a group presentation for K-5 staff as well as MODEL some lessons with the kiddos for ? a day. Any suggestions? Midwest area would be nice to keep travel expenses to a minimum. -Michelle TG Iowa
[MOSAIC] decoding dilemma
In regards to the the phonics instruction, for students to apply, they need it in context to their reading. I would add to the posting about Daily 5 and recommend the CAFE' book by the same authors. In addition to comprehension strategies CAFE has it broken down into Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary. For each goal area there are strategy lessons. The phonics piece fits within the Accuracy (I can read the words) and Expanding Vocabulary. Showing how these strategies work during read aloud and following up when students are Reading to Self provides context for the skill application. There are several good lessons in the CAFE book to teach to exactly what you are asking about. ___ 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] Fiction Space book
How about The Little Prince - written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint Exup'ery. It involves interplanetary travel and has a message of what is really important in life. Engaging discussions take 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] Abstract Language Linear Thinkers
I wish to be removed from the hourly emails!!! Yikes, I had no idea what I was in for when signing up! On 10/21/10 3:14 AM, Jenn Bulka-Talking Playhouse wrote: Hi All, I'm interested to know if some of you have dealt with students with incredibly concrete brains who have a hard time with various writing challenges such as pragmatic language, abstract thinking, figurative language (really a subset of pragmatics although William safire would have argued otherwise.) Students I describe are often brilliant in other academic areas with IQ scores off the charts but they get stuck with character development, more indepth-empathy related writing scenarios-feelings, perspective, reflection, etc. More extreme challenges of this sort are seen with student's who have Asperger's or Non Verbal Learning Disorder or HFA. If you've had success in working with these students, I'd love to hear from you. I am compiling a list for the teachers I train in this area. I'd especially love to hear examples an testimonials from you to share and tools you've felt are a 'must have.' If you haven't had success and you need help, there are some absolutely fabulous tools that I would be happy to share. One tool you absolutely want is www.mindwingconcepts.org (tell them Talking Playhouse in CA sent you!!!) My email is j...@talkingplayhouse.com. Warmest Regards, --jenn Jennifer Abbott Bulka Social Cognitive Therapy Organizational Life Writer's Workshop Parent-as-Practitioner Coaching The Talking Playhouse www.talkingplayhouse.comhttp://www.talkingplayhouse.com/ 650 678-9769 Change the Brain--Ritualize Your Therapy Practice. Order your It's A Visual World SOCIAL KUECARDS today! Please note we have a 24 hour cancellation policy. I can't understand what I can't visualize. -Albert Einstein CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This e-mail notice and contents associated with it such as attachments, etc. may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients to whom this notice was sent. If you are not the intended recipient, you have received this email in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify The Talking Playhouse at i...@talkingplayhouse.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. ___ 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] sitting on the floor
Stacy I use a combination of bean bags and something called a reader rocker chair (looks something like a video game chair, it rocks. They are all fire retardant so they pass fire inspection. They are not cheap, but our PTSA has helped purchase some for my classroom. My last set of reader rocker chairs lasted 7 years, so I think they are worth the expense (about $100.00 each). The bean bags are somewhat cheaper. If you need something not as expensive, how about using those square cushions designed to be used when sitting on bleachers? They are soft, don't take up much room, and are easy to clean. Susan -Original Message- From: Stacey McDonald s...@nycap.rr.com Sent: Oct 6, 2010 6:45 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] sitting on the floor I teach 6th grade at a LARGE (almost 10,000 students) district in upstate New York. Here's my dilemma - I would love to have the kids on the floor but the custodian has firmly planted his foot stating no rugs (hygienic reasons), no sofas (won't pass fire inspection). I saw that you have futons - those would NEVER be permitted in my district. Does anyone have ideas as to how to bring the kids up close/cozy to engender the feeling of sharing something - in this case a book - when there are so many regulations in 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. ___ 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] Read180 suggestions for Kathleen
Kathleen I also am in my second year of teaching Read 180. I teach Stage B to 6th graders. My classes include both Gen.Ed. and Students w/Disabilities. I also require my students to keep a daily reading log. I check the logs every Friday for a grade and for the most part, knowing that the logs will be checked keeps most of my students honest. One of the ways I try to keep my students engaged with the program is to extend the lessons by doing some hands-on activities. For example in Workshop 2 which covers disasters and focuses on the skill of sequencing, we read a story Fire on a Mountain. After we read the story and complete the workshop activities in the rBook, I have my students create a timeline of the sequence of events in the story on a foldable and draw pictures to go along with the timeline. They seemed to enjoy that. In another workshop which concerns identity, we read a story about a girl who runs away and changes her identity. I had my students create an I Am poem and draw their self-portrait. So, I think if you can find a way to extend the lessons and add more creative,hands-on experiences, they will be more engaged. Good Luck! Susan Joyce Palm Harbor, FL On 9/16/10 6:58 AM, Ambrose, Kathleen kambr...@hbschools.us wrote: Hello-- I am in the second year of implementing READ 180 in my school for Grades 7 and 8-- I am just looking to see if anyone else is implementing this program any feedback- what works for you? what doesn't work? I am always excited to hear how other people are using resources Thanks, Kathleen Kathleen Ambrose Reading Specialist Hampton Bays Middle School ___ 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. -- Message: 6 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:26:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Mary Ricciardi maryv...@optonline.net To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Please unsubscribe Message-ID: 25221688.1595068.1284719170302.javamail.maryv...@mstr22.srv.hcvlny.cv.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; delsp=no Mary V. Ricciardi September 17, 2010 -- ___ 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. End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 49, Issue 15 ** This e-mail is for the sole use of the individual for whom it is intended. If you are neither the intended recipient, nor agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, any disclosure, retransmission, copying, or taking action in reliance on this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the person transmitting the information immediately. All e-mail correspondence to and from this e-mail address may be subject to NC Public Records Law which result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. In compliance with federal laws, Guilford County Schools administers all educational programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination because of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, disability or gender, except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law. Refer to the Board of Education's Discrimination Free Environment Policy AC for a complete statement. Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the Guilford County Schools Compliance Officer, 120 Franklin Boulevard, Greensboro, NC 27401; 336-370-2323. ___ 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
[MOSAIC] Multiple Intelligences/Learning Style Inventories
Hi, Everyone- I'm gearing back up for another school year after a glorious summer up hre in Maine. . . . I'm looking for a printable/paper- based inventory/quiz I could administer to my middle school students to make them aware of their individual learning styles. There are many internet-based quizzes, but, unfortunately student laptops won't be available anytime soon. Would anyone have a paper-baed quiz to share?? Many Thanks, Susan Thornfeldt 8th Grade Social Studies/Language Arts South Portland, Maine ___ 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] Magazines
I just learned that Scholastic News grades 1-6 subscriptions now include access to an interactive digital edition along with the print copies. This includes text to speech (and other tools), which solves the accessibility for struggling readers issue I've had in the past. At $4/student it seems like great resource for teaching nonfiction and for addressing current events and issues. http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/classmags/elementary.htm Sue Maloney smalo...@collaborativeschool.org -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+smaloney=collaborativeschool@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+smaloney=collaborativeschool@literacyworkshop.org ] On Behalf Of Bobbi Berglund Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:34 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Magazines I have used Ranger Rick in third grade to expose students to more reading of informational text as well as build background knowledge. I applied for and received a grant from a local educational foundation to pay for the subscription. I also get Sports Illustrated for Kids...not as educational, but they love it. We are a Title I school so they do not charge me for the subscription. Unbelievable. From: Stewart, L lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, August 13, 2010 11:10:51 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Magazines I am curious. Cobblestone magazines are expensive. Do you buy one subscription for your classroom and use it for the entire class? Has anyone used a periodical for third grade? Leslie R. Stewart/Grade 3 lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. ~Michelangelo From: mosaic-bounces+lstewart=branford.k12.ct...@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+lstewart=branford.k12.ct...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Sally Thomas [sally.thom...@verizon.net] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 12:50 AM To: mosaic listserve Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Magazines Try Cobblestone publishers. Three magazines, one for world cultures, one for US history, and one for classics (greek, Roman etc.) They are aimed at grades 5 - 8. Issues are themed on a topic under the umbrella of each mag series. You can back order. Each issues has approx 6 articles plus extras. I used them for lit circles, using one for whole class modeling, then had groups report on other articles in issue (mapping, using lit circle roles, etc.) They are great for social studies topics. Sally On 8/12/10 4:36 PM, kimberlee hannan mrshannan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, When you are looking for current expository articles (any genre) to pull for kids for reading and writing opportunities, what magazines/newspapers do you pull from? I teach middle school and have struggling readers, both in interest and experience. ___ 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] Remedial Readers
There is also a great article that can be found on ERIC http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true_ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ745533ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=noaccno=EJ745533 entitled: They Can Because They Think They Can by Richard T. Vacca, 2006 regarding self-efficacy and motivation for struggling readers. Susan Palm Harbor, FL -Original Message- From: Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net Sent: Jul 20, 2010 2:33 PM To: mosaic listserve mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Remedial Readers I think the Author is Rosalie Fink.I found it on Amazon. Although there is no review there I am almost certain that this is it. You could also look up articles by her. It is so weird to have this somewhat slower brain. It just came to me ahile after I was trying to think of it. Age I suppose. Good luck. sally On 7/20/10 9:32 AM, Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net wrote: I'll have to dig out the author/title but there is a very important book in which the author studied a fairly large group of students who had been special ed and struggling readers. These people were all successful as adults and also readers and shared the things and people that had made a difference. Shoot wish I could remember her nameI had my students in teacher ed reading classes read it - excerpts - think there was also an article published. I'll wrack my brain and home the author pops out. Since I moved/retired and I don't have all my resources at my finger tips. Sally On 7/20/10 5:17 AM, Talisha Monique Torres ttorr...@fau.edu wrote: Hello all, I am doing research for Graduate study on the effects on self-esteem/self-image for remedial readers. As we all know these students are not blind to their struggles and I am looking for studies or journal articles to look deeper into this topic. Does anyone know of any great research or articles for this? Thank you! -Talisha ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. S earch 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] Need text suggestions for Trends and Issues in Reading
On May 27, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Nancy Ehrlich wrote: I highly recommend The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mena drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: I am pretty sure that I am going to require Readacide for my Trends and Issues class but does anyone have any other suggestions for must- read titles in the area of current issues in reading pedagogy? 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: Keith Mack km...@literacyworkshop.org To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, Jan 23, 2010 12:56 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Links to Recent Assesment Rubrics I just posted the assessment rubrics on the Mosaic Website. These documents are: Friendly Letter Matrix (Rubric) from Angela Grade 3/4 Extended Response Rubric from Carol Grade 5/6 Extended Response Rubric from Carol Grade 7/8 Extended Response Rubric from Carol Thanks to both of these members for sharing these resources. You can find them in Word and PDF formats under other on the Tools page: http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm. If you need help download any of these please contact me directly and *not* the entire list. I'd also like to remind everyone that it is *not* good list etiquette to ask the *entire* list to send you a document. As always you should contact the *individual*. Seek the *one* not the many. ;-) Thanks, Keith Mack Web Administrator for Mosaic List km...@literacyworkshop.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. ___ 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. -- Nancy ___ 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] Teaching students to evaluate text
These are part of MD state outcomes for informational text. This may be what he/she means Explain whether the text fulfills the reading purpose Identify and explain additions or changes to format or text features that would make the text easier to understand Identify and explain what makes the text a reliable source of information Explain whether or not the author's opinion is presented fairly Identify and explain information not included in the text Identify and explain words and other techniques that affect the reader's feelings Sue Schultz Reading Specialist Hampstead, MD On Mar 15, 2010, at 6:36 PM, lindafa...@comcast.net wrote: One of my colleagues (a 4th grade teacher) approached me today about beginning to teach his students how to evaluate the texts they read and deepen their comprehension. At first, I thought he might consider determing importance of the information in the text, but he is looking for something more - evaluating within a text and possibly evaluating across texts. I'm not even sure he knows where he's going yet - he's excited to take his kids somewhere else and I think he'll know more about that direction and things he wants to teach once he gets going Does anyone have any experirence with teaching this, or suggestions that he might try? I admit, this is new for me as well. Thanks. Linda Reading Specialist Medford, NJ ___ 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] Fluency
Lori, Was wondering if you'd be willing to share the Garage Band rubric? -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+spennock=acboe@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Patricia Kimathi Sent: Fri 3/12/2010 9:51 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Lori, Please make a recommendation about headsets and where can we get directions about how to use Garage Band. I have it but have never used it. PatK On Mar 12, 2010, at 9:10 AM, EDWARD JACKSON wrote: There must be similar options for PC users. Garage Band is good for kids because it is 'cool'. If you go this route, consider purchasing headsets which allow for both listening and recording. They are pricey--$25-30 each BUT kids just love them. Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:50:50 -0500 From: mobil...@optonline.net To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Lori, We have PC's...I'm going to find out if we already have some kind of software in district, maybe one being used by Speech and Language teachers. Thanks, 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 please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. __ This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.com. __ __ This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.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
Would love to hear more about using Garage Band for fluency. -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+spennock=acboe@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of EDWARD JACKSON Sent: Thu 3/11/2010 11:56 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency If you have Mac's, a program called Garage Band along with a teacher developed rubric and little teacher planning can do exactly what you describe. Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:18 -0500 From: mobil...@optonline.net To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency I'm jumping in here, but I would like clarification. Are we talking about oral fluency? If so, then I would argue that it is not necessary for comprehension and does not mean that reading is a chore. I have had fifth graders every year that fail fluency tests on the DRA2 but pass comprehension at a level above benchmark expectations. That said, I would like to help a couple of kids perform better in oral fluency because they feel badly about how poorly they do it. So I am looking for a software solution too- I would like one that allows the children to read text into a microphone and listen to themselves. Lori, you mentioned one that I was looking at, Read Naturally...but of course money is an issue. Do you find it cost effective and do you have a general idea of cost for this program? Thanks! 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. __ This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.com. __ __ This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.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] Spelling
Great idea! The book Words Their Way is an excellent resource to provide teacher background on developmental spelling, has a qualitative spelling inventories, and ideas for word sorts. And cost-effective! You might check into that, Amy. It also has a companion book for English Language Learners to be used once a teacher has an understanding of the basic book. Happy word-learning to you. Sue Wilson Colorado From: mosaic-bounces+suwilson=jeffco.k12.co...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of hutch1...@juno.com Sent: Mon 2/1/2010 7:04 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Spelling Have you considered word study instead? Norma Baker, M.Ed. Reading Specialist Grafton Elementary School Grafton, MA Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. -- Original Message -- From: Amy Tisinger amylyn...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Spelling Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 08:21:33 +0800 I am in my 7th year of teaching, and am trying to start up an individualized spelling program for my 2nd graders, starting with the 2nd semester next week. I've done some research, but am interested in some practical thought and advice based on experience! Also, I would be interested in any theories or ideas behind giving spelling tests. I ditched them a few years ago because I found my 1st graders were either struggling through the entire thing (becoming frustrated, and not learning anything in the process), or were acing every test because they already knew the words or were memorizing them and not transferring to writing. I've also recognized this could have been due to my poor implementation; I am a writer's workshop teacher through and through, and wasn't devoting a lot of time to it. So, please offer up your thoughts and advice! Thank you, Amy Tisinger 2nd Grade Teacher Rainbow Bridge International School Shanghai, China ___ 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. Banking Click here to find the perfect banking opportunity! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/c?cp=dhJWaMZYUFmNSO7_pdNSaQAAJz1RZyvLSDbNg1QwuFrBBUaOAAYAAADNAAAXeAA= ___ 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] Links
First Time posting... A few weeks ago, emails requests for a list of Strategies Across the Grade Levels were going around. Is there a link to them on ReadingLady? Now this week I see email requests for Analytical Rubrics. Would like to know the same. Otherwise, I'd put my email request on the list as well. Thanks, Sue -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+spennock=acboe@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Jim Burnette ~Grace Educational Resources Sent: Thu 12/24/2009 2:40 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 40, Issue 20 mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org wrote: Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.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: Strategies Across Grade Levels (mgril...@aol.com) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:20:15 -0500 From: mgril...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies Across Grade Levels To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: 8cc524e62022ee9-aa0-16...@webmail-m004.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Please send the list to my email below: mgril...@aol.com Thanks! Mary -Original Message- From: Janice Nwuke jnw...@comcast.net To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 9:21 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies Across Grade Levels Please send list to my email. jnw...@comcast.net Thanks an Nwuke -Original Message- rom: mosaic-bounces+jnwuke=comcast@literacyworkshop.org mailto:mosaic-bounces+jnwuke=comcast@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of lred...@aol.com ent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:28 PM o: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org ubject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies Across Grade Levels Please send list to me. axine LaRaus lred...@aol.com n a message dated 12/16/2009 10:15:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, andy...@michigan.gov writes: Please send to the list or to my email below. hanks. Lynnette Van Dyke vandy...@michigan.gov, 517-241-3508 Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner, put ourself in his place so that you may understand that he understands and n the way he understands it,.. - Soren Kierkegaard (1848) Original Message- rom: mosaic-bounces+vandykel=michigan@literacyworkshop.org mailto:mosaic-bounces+vandykel=michigan@literacyworkshop.org] On ehalf Of Patricia Kimathi ent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 7:56 AM o: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group ubject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategies Across Grade Levels Kendra, wish you would share the results online or send to me directly if no ne else is interested Pat Kimathi On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:39 PM, ccarl...@comcast.net wrote: I don't know if I still have this, but I put together a scope and sequence for my school disrict. I tried to integrate our state (Illinois) standards. If I can find it, let me know how I can post this. Carol - Original Message - From: Kendra Carroll kendra.carr...@stokes.k12.nc.us To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:11:50 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [MOSAIC] Strategies Across Grade Levels Good Morning! As a teacher coach, I have been questioning how strategy lesson should look different across K-5. In our system, we take a strategy a month to focus on. The teachers that I work with and I have started a discussion about how we should be doing different lessons at each grade level. Have any of you addressed this in your schools and what did it look like? Are there any resources out there for us to use? Thanks so much:-) Kendra Carroll Elementary Teacher Coach Email Disclaimer: Please be advised that the contents of this message and any reply may be subject to disclosure under North Carolina law. This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged, confidential, or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying, or distribution of this communication, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message and any attachments without retaining a copy. This communication does not constitute consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third
Re: [MOSAIC] Email Changes
Keith, Bless you! On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Keith Mack km...@literacyworkshop.orgwrote: We appreciate the fact that many of our members are updating email addresses. However, we do NOT want to see additional messages about this to the list on this matter. Please do NOT send this type of request to the 2500+ members of this list. These thousands of people can NOT change your email address. You can change your email address by going to: http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org This URL is provided on EVERY message sent to you from this list. If you cannot change your email on your own, please contact me directly at km...@literacyworkshop.org so that I can assist you. Your cooperation in this matter would be much appreciated. Thanks, Keith Mack Web Administrator for Mosaic List km...@literacyworkshop.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. -- As Always, Susan ___ 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] (no subject)
I have used the book SnowFlakeBentley, the person who first photographed snowflakes, Wilson Bentley: snowflakebentley.com ;http://www.bentley.sciencebuff.org/index.htm along with these sites there is another one called snowcrystals.com that actually shows a short video clip of snow crystals forming along with a series of photographs of snow crystals-very cool! This is a great lesson that incorporates science, non-fiction reading, art etc. My kids (6th and 7th graders) found this very interesting. A great way to celebrate the season without using religion. The Read Write Think site also has a lesson plan to for SnowFlake Bentley. Susan ; -Original Message- From: reading readingwritingliter...@gmail.com Sent: Dec 3, 2009 12:24 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) I suppose grade level would be important to know :) I'm teaching 7th grade... I love Jan Brett's books but don't know how well that would go over. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:43 PM, reading wrote: Does anyone have any good lessons/activities to use the week before winter break? We're finishing up a unit soon and it'd be nice to have something light and timely for the few days before break begins. I don't know what grade you are talking about but one year with my Kindergartners I read aloud five different Christmas or winter-oriented books by Jan Brett and then we made a graph showing which was our favorite one person, one vote. It was a bar graph; each child got a square to add to the bar under a picture of the book they liked best. Have them paint (or draw) a picture of their family at Christmas and write about it. Renee Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ___ 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] Students who need to try
I also work in a middle school with below grade level readers and students with disabilities. Sometimes when my students are reluctant to do the work I will go over and do one or two of the items with them, give them some positive feedback and then say, You keep working, I will check back with you in a few minutes to see how you are doing. I'm not saying this works all the time, but sometimes I think the student is looking for some attention from the teacher or needs some help to get started but doesn't want to say I need help. It's not so much a reluctance to do the work, as needing some attention/support. Middle School students are very reluctant to let their peers know they are struggling-better to refuse to do the work. -Original Message- From: leadteache...@yahoo.com Sent: Nov 15, 2009 8:48 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Students who need to try You may want to try: These are the expectations/requirements to pass this class Consider what it my be like if you don't move on to high school because you didn't meet the criteria --Original Message-- From: wr...@att.net Sender: mosaic-bounces+leadteacher13=yahoo@literacyworkshop.org To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies EmailGroup ReplyTo: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: [MOSAIC] Students who need to try Sent: Nov 15, 2009 2:19 PM I teach middle school. Every year I have some students who would rather have me do their work. They don't seem to want to work with the material themselves. When I have said something like, I know you can do this. Give it a try, the student usually gets more stubborn about being unable to do the work. Does anyone have specific ideas about the words to use with middle school students? Thanks! Jan ___ 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. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ___ 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] objective vs strategy
Leslie, In our district we have *Performance Standards* for your example it would read: *Performance Standards* : Demonstrate a wide range of strategies to read fluently, and to comprehend a variety of texts through literacy experiences. (Followed by Performance Objective) *Performance Objective: Demonstrate increasing skill in reading and responding to a wide variety of literacy forms.* Then those are followed by a list of specific objectives and levels of acquiring skills. There are three levels beginning with *Acquire experience* followed by *Develop competence *and finally *Demonstrate competence. *Then we break it down by grade level into the specific objective what follows is an example from our curriculum continua for 2,3,4th grades. I just happened to have these three grade levels with me here at home but you can see how they build on ones below and ones above grow in complexity. Even those these are all at the develop competence level they are grade level objectives. *2nd Develop Competence *understanding characterization i.e., recognizing and and naming the characters, identifying the personality traits, feelings, and actions of characters and relating character or event to people or events in one's own life. *3rd Grade Develop Competence *understanding characterization i.e., identifying main characters, making inferences, regarding the motives of the characters and the consequences of their actions, relating characters or events to people or events in one's own life, using specific aspects of literature to better understand the action of others in one's life. *4th Grade* *Develop Competence *making inferences and drawing conclusions about characters' qualities and actions, based on knowledge of plot, setting, characters' motives appearances, other characters' responses to a character, character's point of view/changes/ believability. I think you are on the right track with your thinking comprehension strategies are the skill set used to achieve the objective of reading comprehension. Hope this helps, Susan H. Cronk M.S., N.B.C.T. CRI West Elementary On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Stewart, L lstew...@branford.k12.ct.uswrote: Our district is moving towards having teachers post their objectives and children being aware of the objective. We are having difficulty coming to terms with our objectives. Is making connections to text an objective or a strategy/skill? I feel the objective is always to become stronger readers and the way we teach the children to become stronger readers is the strategy, but it is confusing. Leslie R. Stewart Grade 3 Teacher lstew...@branford.k12.ct.usmailto:lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/ ___ 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] objective vs strategy
I agree Kare the kids need smaller chunks and as you point out a progression. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Kare kare.to.rep...@gmail.com wrote: The objective is whatever the student should answer to the question, What am I supposed to learn during this lesson? If the focus is on making connections to the text, then today's objective could be on choosing natural Stop and think points within the text. Tomorrow's objective could be to record my thoughts while I read. As teachers, we have our own way of thinking about objectives, but when we post objectives on the board, we need to break it down into smaller chunks for our students. Kare On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Stewart, L lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us wrote: Our district is moving towards having teachers post their objectives and children being aware of the objective. We are having difficulty coming to terms with our objectives. Is making connections to text an objective or a strategy/skill? I feel the objective is always to become stronger readers and the way we teach the children to become stronger readers is the strategy, but it is confusing. Leslie R. Stewart Grade 3 Teacher lstew...@branford.k12.ct.usmailto:lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/ ___ 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] Essential Question
Good Evening I usually read and admire all of your wonderful responses yet, Im really going to try over these years I have come to rely on my MOT colleagues here so...in my opinion: The greatest skills we teach develop our students'skills and enhance transfer learning in the content areas over time do you agree? There are so many successful possibilities each student encounters also I instantly think of the Responibilty of Gradual Release for our learners as they practice their skills using the content areas since we model model model Sincerely, Susan Donnelly Middle School trainning Chicago,IL From: Sophia L. Whittaker sophia.whitta...@browardschools.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Cc: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, November 6, 2009 10:12:08 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Essential Question All opinions welcome to this essential question. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do questions that engage students in analyzing, problem solving, and decision making affect learning? Sophia Whittaker, NBCT Media Specialist Gator Run Elementary 1101 Glades Parkway Weston, FL 33327 754-323-5850 http://teacherweb.com/FL/GatorRunElementary/MrsWhittaker/ Act as though what you do makes a difference. It does William James The School Board of Broward County, Florida expressly prohibits bullying, including cyberbullying, by or towards any student or employee. (See Policy 5.9: Anti-Bullying for additional information.) ___ 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] Research Based Math and Reading Software
I teach both READ 180 from Scholastic and REACH (Decoding B2,Reading Success, Spelling Through Morphographs) from SRA. I like the READ 180 because the computers do engage the students and independent reading is built into the program. I also like the REACH because I think students who are so significantly below grade level benefit from the Direct Instruction approach. I particularly like the Spelling Through Morphographs component because I like how it not only teaches students prefixes and suffixes, it teaches them that word parts have meaning and how to break words apart into meaningful segments. The new System 44 is very expensive, I don't know how much research has been done on its effectiveness. SRA has been around for years and has proven itself to be effective when properly implemented. Susan Joyce Palm Harbor, FL -Original Message- From: Ron Heady r...@wcs.edu Sent: Nov 7, 2009 9:01 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Research Based Math and Reading Software There is also a companion program to Read 180 for striving readers who have not mastered the phonetic systems of our language--System 44, also from Scholastic. We are using it for the first time this year with a group of students who needed additional preparation before Read 180. It is worth looking at if you have students who are significantly below grade level and reading at Lexile levels BR to 400. From: mosaic-bounces+ronh=wcs@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+ronh=wcs@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Stacy E [sreck...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 5:43 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Research Based Math and Reading Software Read 180 is an AMAZING program when implemented correctly (part of a balanced literacy program). I would highly recommend it, as I have seen the positive results first hand. The program is designed with struggling readers in mind. Of course there is no one answer but this program has a lot to offer. Good luck and congrats on the grant- Stacy From: mrsjro...@aol.com Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:40:24 -0500 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Research Based Math and Reading Software Hello, I just learned that I am to be a part of a team attempting to secure a large grant for technology for our middle school. Our purpose is to attempt to close the achievement gap for our special needs population and our students on free and reduced lunch. I am looking fro research based software or web based programs in reading and math that do make a difference. A part of the grant will go for hardware as well. Any and all help appreciated. June ___ 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: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ ___ 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] SOS
Since you don't have any budget could you perhaps get a local business to adopt your classroom and donate money to buy new books? We do that in my school district and the donating business gets a letter of thanks, their name in the school newspaper and their name on the school marquee with a big Thank You. business' usually donate an amount between 150.00-300.00. Maybe a local service organization like the Rotary, Elks, Moose, Knights of Columbus etc would be willing to hold a fundraiser for classroom sets of books or hold a book drive where people could donate new or used books for your classroom. Perhaps you could work out an arrangement with the local library that when they get donations of books, they would allow you to come and pick out a few for your classroom library. Do you have computers in your room? There are some sites that offer online stories for reading. I wish you all the best. Susan Joyce Palm Harbor, Fl -Original Message- From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca Sent: Oct 4, 2009 7:14 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] SOS Maybe you can put curtains on your door?? You could site distractions as a reason, if asked. Maybe that will make administration actually walk into your classroom and see what you are doing first hand. Just a thought. 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/ So what do you do when administration is not buying into your reading program? I believe in the reader's workshop and taught successfully in Arkansas for years. Many thanks to Ken Stamatis and everyone at Harding University for opening my eyes and guiding me in the ways of the workshop. Since beginning to teach reading with the workshop model, I've devoured books by Chris Tovani, Kelly Gallagher, and others who are passionate about teaching reading. Now I find myself in Missouri working with 7th and 8th grade readers. The first inkling that things could go terribly wrong was obvious from the start. When I was hired, I was told that I would have the 7th and 8th graders on alternating days for the entire school year. I swallowed hard and thought I could work with that. Two days before the beginning of the school year, the new principal tapped me on the shoulder and informed me I would be teaching 7th grade reading for one semester, and 8th grade reading the second semester. I will admit I did not take this news well. It seems as if the school does not truly value reading instruction. No other subject is allotted only one semester of instruction. I did manage to box up and get into storage the twenty pound reading anthologies that the school had used for many years, and brought in my own library. However, administration nixed a plan to work with the local public library. The public library had agreed to courier in titles of the student's choosing. Administration response to that was no, saying the school could not be held responsible for these books. I have since told the public librarian this. She said we could possibly get around this if I checked out the books in my own name. I am waiting for the right moment to present this radical idea to my principal. I have zero funds for ordering new materials. That's okay. I know we are living in hard times, although the district did find over a hundred thousand dollars to bring in a consulting firm to help us make AYP. But I digress. Any ideas on how I can bring this small district into the 21st century? We are a rural community with many children reading below grade level. As I reread this message, I realize it sounds somewhat harsh and judgemental. I do my very best to come across as a team player, and am polite and deferential to administration. Even my students notice the hostile vibe, however. One of my students actually said, You know, they watch you like you was a bigtime drug dealer. To which I replied, Huh? And the children went on to explain that there was frequently someone peering in the door, watching our every move, much like the police drive by and monitor drug-house activity, apparently. I'm thinking of quitting and going back to nursing, which is what I did years and years ago. Any suggestions? _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org
Re: [MOSAIC] No Statute of Limitations on learning to read
Kim and Ellen, I have a similar story to share. I had a sixth grader that walked into my classroom the first day of class and announced to me and everyone else, I don't like to read. I don't read. Lots of luck getting me to read Ms. C. I love a good challenge! This young man was smart, creative, technology oriented, and of course I guess goes without saying had a thing for public speaking! Later about November we were having silent reading time in the classroom and mid way through he stood up slammed the book he was reading shut and announced with great enthusiasm, I just want everyone to know I just finished my first chapter book ever! Everyone looked up from their books and a moment of silence fell on the room before everyone applauded and high fived him. A celebration oh yeah, a pivotal moment without a doubt. Lastly he came to me and said, I didn't think you could do it! We smiled at each other and high fived and let the road blocks fall away and he read his way through the remainder of the year. I hope, Kim, like your student he never lost the thirst for a good book. Susan On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Ellen Schwartz esch...@myfairpoint.netwrote: Kim, Thank you for this story! I am always mortified when I hear people say (authoritatively, no less) that if a child hasn't learned to read by the end of 3rd grade he or she is doomed. Of course that will be the case if we believe it to be and give up on the child. We need stories like the one you have shared to counteract all those baseless generalizations about human limitation. --Ellen At 7:24 AM -0400 9/4/09, kim lum wrote: Just the other night as I met a young girl for my new group, I remet her dad, a former student of mine. I reminded him that he had become a reader during his year in fourth grade with me. He smiled, and his wife said And he hasn't stopped since. I was so tickled to hear that statement. I had always thought that if kids could not read by fourth grade, that there wasn't much hope. Well twenty-seven years later I know differently. Never give up. There is always hope. ___ 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] Strategy instruction Inhibit Comprehension - URL
Note - I think you need to have a membership to Reading Research Quarterly to access the article. Sorry to say Anyway, I read the article and the research was based on comprehension strategy instruction using what was contained in an anthology (methods, types of instruction, etc.). Here's a question for the group to consider ~ I wonder how that type of instruction compares to strategy instruction in the Elin Keene, Steph Harvey, et al, style. In my experience, there is a definite difference. That leads to another wondering - is the question about strategy instruction inhibiting comprehension or is it about the way strategy instruction is used? Does the method matter? Thoughts? Sue From: mosaic-bounces+suwilson=jeffco.k12.co...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of creeche...@aol.com Sent: Sun 8/23/2009 12:26 AM To: km...@literacyworkshop.org Cc: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Strategy instruction Inhibit Comprehension - URL Keith, I don't get anything from this URL but can still find it at my original link with the International Reading Association which I have reposted below (copy and paste it). Or if you just go to the IRA website and click on the link for Reading Research Quarterly, the abstract is there as well. Nancy http://www.reading.org/Publish.aspx?page=/publications/journals/rrq/v44/i3/ abstracts/rrq-44-3-mc keown.htmlmode=redirect In a message dated 8/22/2009 2:19:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, km...@literacyworkshop.org writes: I've seen a couple requests from members on this article. The URL was garbled in the post. If you couldn't get the complete link: Try http://sn.im/rethinkingcomp. If you have any problem with the URL please contact me directly. Thanks, Keith Mack Web Administrator for Mosaic List km...@literacyworkshop.org -Original Message- Nancy I have a copy of the article and am reading it now. I am in the process of contacting IRA and see if I can get temporary permission to post it on the tools page. I am an IRA member so we will see. Jennifer In a message dated 8/16/2009 10:20:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, creeche...@aol.com writes: _Click here: Reading Research Quarterly : July/August/September 2009 : Abstract of Rethinking Reading Comprehension Instruction_ (http://www.reading.org/Publish.aspx?page=/publications/journals/rrq/v44/i3/ abstracts/rrq-44-3-mc keown.htmlmode=redirect) ___ 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. **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) ___ 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] Remediation Program
Hi, I have used the corrective reading programs from SRA with my middle school students who are at the lowest levels. The DI approach really does work. At times it can be boring, the kids get frustrated with being corrected (they have to re-read sentences if they make mistakes when reading orally), but it DOES work. One complaint I have is that some of the stories have obviously not been updated,so some of the words used are not familiar to the kids.It's good in that you have a script to follow, the training tells you how to perform the corrective procedures. The kids monitor their progress on an almost daily basis (they record in their workbooks how many words they have read correctly, how many errors they made etc on a chart that shows their growth). I like how the kids are introduced to the vocabulary and they are going to encounter in the story and practice the correct phonemic pronunciation until everyone is saying the words correctly. This program really does focus on how to decode similar sounding words (they get a lot of practice reading stories that will contain words like tramp/tamp star/stare etc). This program really forces them to focus on what it is they are reading, so that they can decode the words properly. After each story is read by the group, the students are timed individually in rereading the passage orally. Over time and with hard work, the kids see how their fluency is improving. In a class situation, some children finish the comprehension workbook questions 10-15 min before others, so each of my students has an independent Reading Counts book that they are expected to read while we wait. The questions asked in the workbooks are the same questions you will ask orally as the class reads each story together, so I like that reinforcement. It can be frustrating to have to wait for your lowest/slowest students to finish the WB so you need to plan for that. In my school we use corrective reading program along with a book called Spelling Through Morphographs in a two period block (Intensive Reading Language Arts-REACH). The Spelling Through Morphographs really helps the kids to break apart words into their components and helps them understand how words are put together, what the afixxes mean and this approach over time, helps them decode words when reading. I hope this answer helps. Susan Joyce Palm Harbor Middle School Palm Harbor, FL -Original Message- From: Angela Almond angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us Sent: Aug 14, 2009 11:11 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Remediation Program I just got an e-mail from our principal. I will go to a presentation from an SRA rep next month who will be presenting 2 possible remediation programs for students in grades 3-8. It will be a system-wide remediation program. The two programs are Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading. I know nothing about either of them (except what I read on SRA's website). I was hoping to hear pros and cons of people who have actually had experience with them. I would also like to hear how they have been implemented. Thanks in advance! 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] anecdotal data
Hey Dave I used Text Mapping with my sixth graders in Social Studies we studied Ancient Cultures. I used this for the opening chapters for each of the four cultures as they were good overviews to set-up for the kids what each culture would be like. It also reinforced all the features of non-fiction text that they were exposed to as we explored internet sites, magazine articles, and books. Hope this helps. Susan C On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Dave Middlebrook davemiddlebr...@verizon.net wrote: A penny for your thoughts: If you used scrolls and textmapping in your classrooms last year, would you take a moment to summarize how things went? It could be as simple as, I teach fourth grade language arts in Timbuktu, and it made a big difference for eight of my twenty-four students. (And perhaps you could give an example of a lesson that worked particularly well, or of a child who benefitted) Your feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks, 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 Learning Diffabilities blog: http://diffabilities.wordpress.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. ___ 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] Sustained Silent Reading
Yes I do and I think silent reading supports and improves student comprehension. Further more research supports that statement. Children need opportunities to have a go at reading on their own using strategies, develop their love of reading to inform, entertain, etc. and this is how they propel themselves to higher levels of reading. *That being said it does absolutely no good if they are not reading in a just right book. * As teachers we ned to have our pulse on this and check in with our students often to be sure they are maintaing this standard. Why have students use precious time in your classrooms and have them fake reading? I have friends who returned from Columbia Teacher's College Reading and Writing Project and they said Lucy was really driving this point home she said we must get our classroom libraries leveled and inform students as to what level range they need to be reading. I can't imagine abandoning the practice of silent reading during class time. Susan C On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:24 AM, ebe...@comcast.net wrote: Do you think independent silent reading helps improve students comprehension? Elizabeth Holste 5th grade ___ 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] Mosaic Digest, Vol 35, Issue 31 teaching parents how to read to ...
Dana, I agree with Sue this is an excellent book and written specifically with parents in mind. Loads of examples and books they can use for specific age levels. I love Sue's idea of the bookmark for parents. My other thought is that if your media director has a professional book area you could have her/him order it and allow parents to check it out. I am curious what other things Sue puts in her goodie bag! Susan C On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:58 PM, craigz...@aol.com wrote: Dana, I've had great success recommending the book Seven Keys to Comprehension by Susan Zimmerman and Chryse Hutchins for parents at open house. I display the book along with laminated bookmarks I created highlighting the 7 keys on one side and the title/author on the back. The bookmark is part of a goodie bag I give to parents that night. Good luck, Sue Zahn PS That book is only $4.50 (new) on Amazon right now. **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! ( http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823322x1201398723/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd=Jul yExcfooterNO62http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823322x1201398723/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd=Jul%0AyExcfooterNO62 ) ___ 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] teaching parents how to read to their children
Hi again Dana Another recommendation I'd offer besides the book Sue suggested is *R5 In Your Classroom* by Michelle J. Kelley and Nicki Clausen-Grace IRA publication. I used many things from this but loved there ideas for at home reading. I set up At Home Reading Folders and required weekly reading for my sixth graders. I found that their suggestion of deterimining how many minutes a week (rather than nightly reading) was better suited for my students. That way students could schedule their time around their activities and the parents appreciated that so much. Many read beyond the required minutes but some didn't. The parents had to sign off on it and I used the forms in the book for record keeping. I also required my students to write a max one page and minimum half page reading responce as they suggest. I tied it in sometimes with whatever we were focusing in on with novel studies etc. Although Michell and Nicki have a page of response ideas for fiction and non-fiction responce ideas that I included in their At Home Reading Folders. Here are some quick facts you might want to add to your presentation or handouts and I put on my website as a reminder to my parents. Research has shown that parental involvement: ·Positive attitudes toward literacy (in the home) significantly affect children’s literacy learning (Cochran-Smith, 1984; Morrow, 1993). ·Engaging in literacy activities improves and strengthens all family members’ literacy skills ( Zygouris-Coe, 2001). ·The presence of literacy-related materials in the home affects the frequency of literacy engaged activities (Giordano, 1997). ·The more time spent involved with literacy-related activities, such as reading aloud, discussing, and explaining, the more literate the child (Purcell-Gates, L’Allier, smith, 1995). Taken from *R5 in Your Classroom: A Guide to Differentiating Independent Reading and Developing avid Readers* , Kelley, Michelle Clausen-Grace, Nicki, 2008. Hope this helps. Susan C On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Dana Conti damar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone! As I am putting together my open house information for my parents, I always emphasize the importance of reading to and with their children daily. I would like to teach my parents how to read with their children and I'd love some advice. Should I take the time during my open house to teach this or should I deliver the information at another time. I want my parents to understand the importance of reading daily and want this information to reach them at the earliest time of year. Most of my parents attend open house since it's a time when they get to meet their child's teacher and get answers to any questions they may have. In September, our school offers a Curriculum night however, most kindergarten parents do not attend. I don't want to insult any of my parents and any advice is greatly appreciated! -- Don't Doubt the Dream! Dana ___ 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] Groups
I am a reading specialist I love doing book clubs. I am running some this summer with students in grades 2-5. I have been using Harvey Daniels book Literature circles as a resource and Aimee Buckner's readers notebook. Plus guided. Reading 3-6 by fountas Pinnell I usuallly enlist classroom teachers help. We have mixed ability groups because it's based on interest, therefore text selection is critical. They are really great for all involved kids are more motivated teachers can learn new strategies to use w direct application without it being too ovewhelming with your support Sent from my iPhone On Jul 23, 2009, at 7:37 AM, Jennifer Olimpieri ojen...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I would like to get some suggestions from you guys on ideas for starting some sort of book club, writing club, poetry club, etc. to do with students either during lunch, before or after school. What things have you done? This is my third year as a reading specialist at a K-5 school.I don't know if I want to target remedial readers or high readers. My principal is all for doing things above and beyond and I would like to bring something fresh to the table this year. I appreciate any suggestions you may have. --- On Wed, 7/22/09, beverleep...@gmail.com beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: From: beverleep...@gmail.com beverleep...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading response journals To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 3:12 PM Check out Aimee Bucker's new book on amazon. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Lisa C Haag lch...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:25:41 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] reading response journals I've been a member of the group for awhile and so appreciate the great ideas I receive from this talented group of professionals. I'll be returning to the classroom (second grade) after a year's leave and want to utilize reading response journals. I'd love to hear ideas on how these are done in your classrooms, especially primary classes. I can't find much specific info in the professional reading I've been doing. Journals are mentioned, but the details are lacking. In the past I've had students use prompts (always modeled, of course), with mixed results. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks, Lisa 2nd/OR ___ 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] What is the best reading program?
THE BEST AT WHAT? Great question! Lisa brings up an excellent point. It isn't about the program - think about 'programs' as a resource to get at the learning you want student to achieve. First think of where the students are in relation to the desired results and then select resources that will best scaffold the leaner. It isn't the program that will get kids to where they need to go - but rather teacher decision making, teacher expertise, teacher's ability to select instruction and instructional practices to scaffold the learner. There is no magic bullet. Sue Colorado From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Beverlee Paul Sent: Tue 6/23/2009 9:53 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? the best at what? On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Lisa Singer singe...@gradmail.mville.eduwrote: 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] Professional Learning Communities
Hi June The past two years one of my colleagues and I have conducted a PLC on Writers Workshop. We had monthly meetings after school for an hour. The two of us had gone to Teacher's College to attend the week long session so we had a lot to share that first year as this was a new concept for many of our teachers. So the first year we focused on the how to's of Writer's Workshop mentor texts, writer's notebook, strategies, etc. Last year we tried to take it to a new level and create what I imagine in my head as a coming together to share thoughts, ideas, new articles, new books, struggles, insights, shining moments, etc. all around the Writer's Workshop format. I will tell you I had to quit looking at the cup half empty and look at the cup as half full. So did everyone jump on board, NO! However those that did attend we had an awesome time. I think we learned and grew together and people got braver and started bringing work to share, the good the bad and the ugly! I just think as professionals we have to start dialogues with one another to enrich our experiences and grow as professionals. I was trying to make everyone realize that the kids aren't the only ones who need to turn and talk we do as colleagues too! I do have to tell you that our superintendent of our school attended both years and always participated and had loads of good feed back for us. I also talked with someone from a neighboring school district who they had a PLC going in their building on data! So I think you will find the views on this vary and maybe that is the beauty of it. Susan C. in Oklahoma ___ 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] Guided reading
Do they get to play and build in blocks, work at a water table, dress up, have a writing center with all kinds and sizes of paper, mini books, markers, pencils, gel pens for creative writing??? On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Courtney Cook flynnte...@gmail.com wrote: I currently teach kindergarten. I am wondering what independent lessons would benefit my students when I am working with another group. So far I have students copy the morning message ( filling in the missing letters); make weekly picture dictionaries (using a current theme we are studying); glue poems in order and underline any sight words or rhyming words; listen to books on tape; and complete a word family packet. What else could I have them do that could work for the variety of levels in my 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. ___ 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] Strategies for Stronger Readers
Something else I might add. To me and my way of thinking the reward of strategies well taught is the students moving beyond the need for specific instruction. I find I get my best indicators of that as I listen in on book clubs and read their response folders, etc. The other thing I have experienced is that once we are moving and grooving with strategies I must continue to support student work in fiction and non fiction. One example is when we read letters and diaries in my class a lot of the book clubs chose the great series of Kate Klise http://kateandsarahklise.com/ (which we had most of them in multiples in our media center) and the students really needed support initially with those books as there are a cast of characters writing letters with varying viewpoints. They were fun and lively discussions where I got to witness first hand the students use of strategies and once I see that I feel like mission accomplished. There was one historical novel that gave one group a hard time because it went from past tense to present tense and they needed my help to analyze what there difficulty was. Once we talked and got to the bottom of their confusion they were smooth sailing. Looking in on the book clubs was one of the greatest joys for me as I could see them seamlessly moving through and using strategies and see if there were areas I needed to address with each group or with the class as a whole. When they met to discuss their days reading, I heard smart discussions that really had impact on each others thinking. It was so enlightening to me and showed me what was sticking and what wasn't. The other thing I noticed is that the students could handle more challenging text using their strategies and have confidence to attempt new genres and subjects they hadn't been willing to do before. Then ultimately it is the students that can use strategies that move through books and try harder texts and keep reading and growing in ability and thinking. ___ 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-recommendations needed
document cameras are awesome to use teachers and kids can display work, show excerpts from books magazine articles etc. I first saw one being used at Teacher's College and I have one in my room along with my Smartboard. I use Inspiration and Kidspiration with students and it is fantastic for a visual organization tool it really helps the kids bring things together and then they can take it to an outline form and even dump the info into a word document. Have fun spending! Susan On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Jane Ault janea...@bsd111.org wrote: I need help from the knowledgeable members of this listserv. I need suggestions for great reading books, resources, software, equipment and/or professional development for an elementary school. I just found out that we are receiving some new grant money which needs to be spent quickly. Any recommendations of what you have found to be useful will be appreciated. Please e-mail me at janeault...@yahoo.commailto:janeault...@yahoo.com so we don't have too many off topic messages on the daily digest. Thanks for your help! Jane Please note that the email address of the sender has been changed from @ burbank.k12.il.us to @bsd111.org; please updated your address book. 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. ___ 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] websites
Can anyone recommend free websites for 2-4rd graders to practice skills and reading? We have many ELLs and need some supplement to instruction. We already use starfall. Thanks Susan ___ 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 Comprehension
Excellent thinker and practitioner. Jan has paved the road on many fronts and I am thrilled to hear she has a book coming out. She helped our district several years ago in development of a reading intervention for second grade and then for grades 3-8. Sue Susan Wilson Curriculum Content Specialist, ELA Department for Learning and Educational Achievement Jefferson County Public Schools 303.982.6564 From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Judy Dotson Sent: Fri 4/10/2009 10:50 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension What do you know about her/her work? --- On Thu, 4/9/09, Tamara Westmoreland twestmorel...@redlands.nsw.edu.au wrote: From: Tamara Westmoreland twestmorel...@redlands.nsw.edu.au Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 6:54 PM It is published by Scholastic and is not out until June or July. From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Judy Dotson [judydotson2...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 6:27 AM To: beverleep...@gmail.com; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension Is anyone familiar with Dr. Jan Richardson's book, The Next Steps in Guided Reading? --- On Tue, 4/7/09, beverleep...@gmail.com beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: From: beverleep...@gmail.com beverleep...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 9:45 AM And don't forget Sharon Taberski! Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Katherine Reed kr...@pike.k12.in.us Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:37:08 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Groupmosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension Hi all, I second the recommendation to read Reading with Meaning. After that, I would read The Daily Five by Gail Boushey Joan Moser. -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Stewart, Kathy B. Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:26 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension Please read Reading With Meaning by Debbie Miller. It has everything you need to teach the thinking skills good readers must have. In our reading workshop lessons in second grade, we have all found this to provide all you need. After 18 years in the classroom it is the best I have ever seen. -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of tedod...@aldine.k12.tx.us Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:03 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension I am currently in the my fifth year of teaching and I have seen the same thing. Our districts focus the last few years has been on Reading fluency. This year I have had 3rd graders coming into my classroom, who are trying to read so fast that they don't even realize when the decoding breaks down and what they are saying doesn't make sense. I encourage my students to stop reading periodically and think about what they just read about and visualize the movie in their head. If they can't, then they should go back and reread. Also, have students draw a picture of what they read about helps them with this. We spend the first few weeks of school focusing on visualiztion. I would like to read that article, it sounds interesting. Where did you find it? Have a nice day! Tomi Dodson -mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org wrote: - To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org From: Jennifer Hartkopf jen7182...@yahoo.com Sent by: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org Date: 4/7/2009 02:27PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension Hi! My name is Jennifer and I am currently a student at Wayne State University. I recently read an article that I found to be true in the class that I did my pre-student teaching. A lot of students would read with fairly good fluency, but when confronted with comprehension and critical thinking questions they were unable to participate. Is this a problem in other classes and are there strategies/activities to try to overcome this? I would like to have strong readers as well as strong comprehenders in my classroom. Thanks! Jennifer Hartkopf ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman
Re: [MOSAIC] Read Across America
Our school (kids and staff) will be in pajamas on March 2nd. We have several outside readers coming to read to the kids. Green eggs and Ham along with birthday cupcakes will be served for lunch. During lunch we will be playing Bingo for Books THe students brought in gently used books for the even. We also have a volunteer who will be coming in dressed as the Cat in The Hat. He will visit all of the classrooms. On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:01 PM, erika...@optonline.net wrote: Hello all, Read Across America is right around the corner...next week to be exact!! I was just wondering what some of your districts were doing in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. My district is always looking for new ideas. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! ___ 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] Parent Camp
I like the book 7 Keys to Comprehension by SUSAN ZIMMERMAN CHRYSE HUTCHINS I think it is great. I copied the Synopsis from Amazon on the book. Good luck! Synopsis It's simple: If children don't understand what they read, they will never embrace reading. And that limits what they can learn while in school. This fact frightens parents, worries teachers, and ultimately hurts children. 7 Keys to Comprehension is the result of cutting-edge research. It gives parents and teachers—those who aren't already using this valuable program—practical, thoughtful advice about the seven simple thinking strategies that proficient readers use: • Connecting reading to their background knowledge • Creating sensory images • Asking questions • Drawing inferences • Determining what's important • Synthesizing ideas • Solving problems Easily understood, easily applied, and proven successful, this essential educational tool helps parents and teachers to turn reading into a fun and rewarding adventure. Biography SUSAN ZIMMERMAN is the cofounder of Denver's Public Education and Business Coalition. She lives in Denver. CHRYSE HUTCHINS is a reading consultant and a staff developer for Denver's Public Education and Business Coalition. She lives in Denver. ___ 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] Re (Mosaic) Reflections on units of study (long...)
Linda I find this soo interesting. I have thought for a long time now that with my sixth graders that getting the strategies out in front of them quickly at the first of the year so they have an understanding of them was best. So I go through them briskly at the beginning of the year and then we work on recognizing them as we read and write and look for how they help us, support us, and make reading fun and meaningful. It is through our book clubs that my students get to take those skills and strategies and notes in response to their days reading ( as they read independently) and begin anew with their classmates and discus their insights on the reading and have the pleasure of engaging in rich meaningful talk. I don't think isolating skills works because we never read for just one purpose and if we teach it that way I think the kids hyper focus an loose the other strategies and don't get what reading can fully bring to them. Frank sounds like a great speaker and thanks for sharing this food for thought. Susan On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:57 PM, kuko...@aol.com wrote: I just came away from Frank Serafini's workshop today and realized how closely aligned his thoughts were to the posts on the listserv as of late he is a very funny man who makes you think about why you do what you do in your practice. his big talk today was about comprehension strategies and his feelings that perhaps we are taking the strategy instruction a bit too far and teaching as if they are the big units in a reading workshop. ...rather than a way to access those big units of study. He did a marvelous job of showing how graphic organizers and reader responses should be used as discussion starters rather than an end product which teachers tend to use as assessment. He asked us to consider a graphic organizer like a t-chart in which the child or a group of children determine the parameters. He said if teachers are filling in the top of the t-chart and kids are responding to our descriptors then we've reduced their thinking and asked them to align their thoughts to ours. I am sure I am not saying it well but it drove so many points home that I must say I am guilty of. He told a funny story of how a teacher was trying to compliment him on his new non-fiction series he has written for primary kids... how she uses them to teach inferences... boy did he go off on it... humorously... making the point that the books are about nature and his purpose was never to write books to go with a unit on inferencing he kept showing how inferencing happens... that it is determined by the genre of the text: where it happens, when it happens, why it happens, and with what other strategies kids use while they are inferencing are all text bound... not a study in and of itself... that it will take various shapes... or forms... if I had to give a visualization for it. He also gave many ideas of how inferencing works( and I use that example because the last few posts were about inferencing) outside the book (where he says all inferences happen) but yet, still bound by what you have learned in the text. To drive that point home he did an activity with us in which he read excerpts from the book and then asked volunteers to become the book character. The audience could ask any question they wanted of the characters (not necessarily related to the plot) ... but the volunteers had to answer the questions by inferencing what they thought the character would say about a particular question think dinner party talk! Then use the responses to determine if they were logical and in line with what you thought about the character and it is the later part... the discussion that is most important not the response of the volunteer His focus was geared for third grade and up but it really was a mindset he was talking about... He showed how in primary we tell the kids to use illustrations to support text... but he pulled plenty of picture books out that not only showed symmetrical support (images parallel the the information) but enhancement interplay where illustrations enhance the text (think The Boy Who Looked like Lincoln) where the ah ha is in the picture and adds so much more to the text then the words can say... and then counterpoint interplay where the image provides information that is contradicted by the text (think The Sweetest Fig) Anyway... this might be old hat for some but it blew away some of cornerstones of pedagogy and forced me to rethink and maybe looking out from a lens is as productive or perhaps more productive than focusing on the stuff under the lens. Pam In a message dated 12/11/2008 5:44:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lbu...@stny.rr.com writes: I like Bev's idea of Comprehension Connections (mcGregor). It is easy to implement right away. I also think that Daily Five would be a good start
Re: [MOSAIC] community book
Thanks Kim this helps I am going to share this idea with my principal. I appreciate the insider view. I can't believe that your paper wouldn't cover this boo hoo is right and shame on them. I bet if your test scores jumped up or down they'd be there right? I love the idea and I'll let you know if we make it work. Thanks again, Susan On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:56 PM, kim lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Susan, We did not put anything on the school site since we spent all our time making the project work. We did send out news/press releases and did not get any action from our Grand Rapids Press or others. Boo hoo. Also some students helped me create a display of our activities which we took to our local library. Then we took a similar one to an independent library in the inner city along with maps of Michigan and four copies of the book for their use. I did write a grant to our Service Learning program which funded some of it and then our district Title monies bought copies of the book. We even bought small books from the Mackinac Island school to give to our families so they would have insider knowledge of life on the island as they solved the mystery through reading. We learned that we need to shorten up the time frame from two months to just one. Our kick off for last year was an author /illustrator from Michigan who does books using Michigan as the setting. He came to our school and presented his work. This was funded by monies for career education. This year we are having a magician and want to call the event - Discovering the Magic of Learning. We hope to create some kind of tee shirt with this theme logo as a fundraiser too. On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Susan Cronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kim this sounds like an awesome idea. Do you have a link to your school to show some of what you all did? I love this idea. susan On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:44 PM, kim lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last year our second - fifth grade school did a book for all families to read. It was the Mystery on Mackinac Island. We had many activites including a film and fudge night with a sing along. We did this in part to encourage all our families to read at home. March is reading month in the state of Michigan so we culminated this project with an open house. Familes came to school again to see our writing displays, art displays and to enjoy an ice cream social. We are looking for a title for our next book. Someone suggested the Zack File books since they are exciting and easy to read. Does anyone know these books or have a different suggestion? Thanks for your thoughts. Kim ___ 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 Response Journals
I agree with Becky I tried writing letters to my students very faithfully for a year with my sixth graders and in the end it wasn't worth my time or the kids. Response folders serve my needs for getting at thinking and use of comprehension strategies etc. I also use *At Home Reading Folders* with the ideas I got in the *R5 In Your Classroom A guide to Differentiating Independent Reading and Developing Avid Readers* by Michelle J. Kelley and Nicki Clausen-Grace. Their idea was to require 80 minutes of reading a week, they have a reading record log for parents to sign off on and students to record on indicating the book, genre, strategies used for that weeks reading and minutes spent reading. I developed a rubric to let them monitor how they do with the weekly requirement of responding to their reading. It has been very doable for all of us and the interesting thing is my reluctant readers feel they can meet he goal of 80 minutes a week. The parents appreciate the flexibility of it and I like knowing they are indeed reading at home and I can monitor their independent reading and the thinking behind it in their half page to full page response. I change it out about every third to fourth week so I don't have to read them all the time. I have the students read in small groups their written report and have the other students identify strategies they hear the student using in their reports, sometimes they read to their writing partner. It doesn't take that long and I like having it all in one folder and I can monitor how they are progressing. The interesting thing is my avid readers are reading two and three times the required 80 minutes and I think they are pretty pleased with themselves. On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Becky Trieger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the purpose of the letters has been forgotten. Teachers latch onto the Fountas Pinnell system whether or not it works. After several years and constant reevaluation, adapting, modeling, etc. I decided it was simply a chore and didn't benefit my readers. I have not abandoned response notebooks... just amended them to fit my style, students, and philosophy. I teach third grade and focus more on short responses... using sticky notes to record thinking on the run and preparing for partner conversations. I have the kids bring their notebooks to read aloud and mini lessons and we respond in a variety of ways during those times. I have a section for group work and any guided reading responses are written in the notebook as well. We even do prompted extended responses in a section. I strive for balance and felt the weekly letter writing did not yield greater understanding and became a dreaded task. -- Becky Trieger Vachel Lindsay Elementary Springfield, IL Working Together to Achieve Outstanding Results! ___ 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] community book
Kim this sounds like an awesome idea. Do you have a link to your school to show some of what you all did? I love this idea. susan On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:44 PM, kim lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last year our second - fifth grade school did a book for all families to read. It was the Mystery on Mackinac Island. We had many activites including a film and fudge night with a sing along. We did this in part to encourage all our families to read at home. March is reading month in the state of Michigan so we culminated this project with an open house. Familes came to school again to see our writing displays, art displays and to enjoy an ice cream social. We are looking for a title for our next book. Someone suggested the Zack File books since they are exciting and easy to read. Does anyone know these books or have a different suggestion? Thanks for your thoughts. Kim ___ 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] poetry and strategies
The book Reading Power has poems for all of the strategies. On Oct 22, 2008, at 10:01 AM, Carrie Cahill wrote: Does anyone have a list of great poems to use when teaching the comprehension strategies? ___ 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.
