Re: [MOSAIC] Opening minds
please include me as well! - Original Message - From: Victoria Serecin victoria.sere...@me.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 4:52:33 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Opening minds Great idea! Include me in your Opening Minds book club! ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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
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
Re: [MOSAIC] Explanation for delays in posting messages
Thank you for posting that for the millionth time!! Some of the people who have been replying with the short messages are regulars. They should know better! It really clogs up one's e-mail. Happy New Year! - Original Message - From: Keith Mack km...@literacyworkshop.org To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:22:58 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Explanation for delays in posting messages Just to let everyone know that there is a 10,000 messages per hour throttle on the Mosaic list. Without this sort of limit, organizations and email providers can target our messages as spam. When list is very active it is common for messages to be help up for several hours. Please accept this delay as part of keeping a delicate balance so that our messages stay under the radar for spam detection. That said, everyone can help out by not re-posting a message if you don't see it right away. Members can also help by not posting thank-you's, I agree, or other terse messages that don't forward a conversation. 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
Re: [MOSAIC] poems for comprehension strategies
- Original Message - From: Judith Cartwright judysp...@aol.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Cc: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:47:54 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] poems for comprehension strategies Me, too! Judy from iPhone Please excuse errors and brevity. On Dec 30, 2011, at 11:49 AM, rascal...@aol.com wrote: I'm in !!! Yeah! Ali In a message dated 12/30/2011 1:38:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sally.thom...@verizon.net writes: 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
Re: [MOSAIC] boys and literacy
I have run my class for 25 years with a hands-on meaningful curriculum. I am now told I have to read page to page from a textbook. So, now what? - Original Message - From: Jennifer Palmer jennifer.pal...@hcps.org To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 4:34:34 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] boys and literacy Many boys learn by doing... Handling things... Too many classrooms require boys to sit and be quiet. That's not how they learn. They associate reading with school, sitting still... In addition, we often don't value the kinds of reading they like. Finally, it is cultural ... What does our culture expect from our boys? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2011, at 5:59 PM, Jessica Lee Flynn jflyn...@fau.edu wrote: My question is: Boys and literacy--what do you think the real issue is? Jessica ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Chapter 1 (Book Whisperer)
Great question, Eliza! Als0, what if the basals reading level is too high or too low for a child? Is the basal going to instruct the teacher on how to assess and adjust to that child's individual needs? - Original Message - From: Elisa Waingort elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 7:23:55 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Chapter 1 (Book Whisperer) So, then how do you wean them off the basal? And how do teachers become independent and knowledgeable enough to fend off all the ridiculous mandates if they are not prepared to do so? Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Teacher Spanish Learning Leader 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 The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. -Former US Cabinet member John W. Gardner Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ What often happens is they use the basal as a crutch and don't feel the need to deepen their knowledge base because the script gives them the plans. Laura ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Chapter 1 (Book Whisperer)
Wouldn't it be great if we could post some of the assessments we use with kiddos during independent reading? I have a fantastic anedotal assessment I could share. My student teacher focused on Independent reading of self -selected literature in my third grade class this past semester. Our whole district is adopting the same textbook to teach reading this fall. This is appauling and scary. I manage our school bookroom which there is never any money for. How can the district justify and waste so much money on these texts? How can we as experienced professionals argue this gracefully? This cannot be considered best practice. But, the powers that be say this is the way it is and the administrators follow along. One concern I have always had and have pushed for is classroom libraries. How can we get our children engaged in reading when there is no money for quality literature. Sure, we can write grants and spend our own money on books but wouldn't it be lovely if our districts supported class libraries? Any ideas out there? Eileen - Original Message - From: hccarl...@comcast.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 10:54:30 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Chapter 1 (Book Whisperer) I so agree with you. In my last district, we just about had a balanced literacy in place with a large place for independent reading. We were in the process of trying to get students to read challenging, rather than easy, text for independent reading. I had written lessons for the strategies for grades 3 through 5. Then, along came a new superintendent with his own personal curriculum director. Out went our balanced literacy and in came the basal. Teachers were told they had to use the basal exclusively and not use anything else! No time for lit circles! No time for independent reading! How sad! In my experience, independent reading is questioned because parents and administrators don't think teachers are teaching. Unfortunately, the National Panel could not recommend independent reading as an effective practice because there is no scientific research to support. (Don't get me started on that.) When a colleague and I wanted to use Nancie Atwell's reading workshop approach in junior high in the early 1990's, our ass't superintendent told us no. He thought others in our building would jump on the bandwagon, and then how would we provide all the books! Luckily, we convinced our principal, and she told us to go ahead. Of course, no one else wanted to follow us because it is a lot more work than using a basal or other canned programs. Our kids read more that year than others. Our scores kept even with the other teachers'. If we had mapped out skills, I think they would have improved more. We were kind of following Nancie. With all the other support now with Keene and Strategies that Work, we would have even more effective. I love independent reading! I just wish we could somehow measure how much students enjoy reading with this approach. Those students who are most at risk for turning off to reading, are the ones who need this the most but who most often don't get time for independent reading. Carol - Original Message - From: Rhonda Brinkman rhonda.brink...@sendit.nodak.edu To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:16:00 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Chapter 1 (Book Whisperer) Suzanne, Laura and list, I can’t fathom the reason people question independent reading. Reading must be practiced and absorbed. I tell my students reading is just like practicing anything else. . . piano, basketball, soccer, painting etc. It seems in education we must always prove why something is working --- really??? BUT to say independent reading is not beneficial is just crazy! How else can students read if they don’t read?? I agree with Laura we must work to find the right book for the each student. Rhonda Suzanne, You bring up an important point. The reason many of us fall into the trap of making activities to go with the book is to have something to show the kids got it. We also want a product to put in a portfolio to demonstrate to administrators that the children did indeed do the work. There isn't a trust in the fact that given the opportunity to do so, kids will read. I know that several teachers I have worked with have said the kids are not really reading during independent reading. I feel it is because they are not engaged, or invested in the text they are reading. We as teachers have to trust that if we get the right books into kids hands they will be engaged and reading. It is a great leap of faith. Laura ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
[MOSAIC] ***SPAM*** Re: Professional Book Discussions
I am interested. - Original Message - From: Francine Stockton fstock...@trenton.k12.nj.us To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:31:06 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Book Discussions I am interested. Francine Stockton Ed.M Literacy Coach Teachers affect eternity. They can never tell where their influence stops. From: mosaic-bounces+fstockton=trenton.k12.nj...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Racine Stefancic Sent: Thu 6/24/2010 7:26 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Book Discussions I am interested. Just bought that book - Original Message - From: Deborah Lawson To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Book Discussions I would like to do one on Book Whisperer. Any takers? Deb Lawson On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Teresa Terry wrote: I was wondering are any of your doing an online professional book discussion? If so... Teresa ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Listen to Ellin
I believe that all proponents for teaching reading comprehension strategies also MODEL a gradual release of responsibility. I have seen tremendous improvement in my students reading comprehension, enjoyment for reading and discussion amongst each other about their reading, thanks to these strategies. I sure do wish my teachers had spoken this language to me when I was learning how to read :) Eileen - Original Message - From: Heather Green heath...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 10:19:17 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Listen to Ellin Thanks for posting that link. I am listening now. I am not sure how I feel about what she is saying. First of all, she asks that we do reading on our own and deeply reflect on metacognitive strategies we use as we read. As I think of what I do when I read, it is mainly three things-- go back and re-read (when I have lost my train of thought) or sometimes break apart a word to figure out what it means (based on its parts), and sometimes wonder things. I do NOT actively seek out to do things like make connections or summarize. I don't make a point to access my schema before I start reading. These are all things my brain does automatically when I'm reading text at my level. If I were reading about something I don't know much about, say, ice fishing, it doesn't matter how much I try to access my schema, I'm not going to comprehend the text because I HAVE no schema. Here's another thought: if I had to stop reading after every page and think about making connections, etc. I would probably hate reading. On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Jan Sanders jgou...@hotmail.com wrote: You can listen to Ellin¹s thoughts on strategy instruction. Jan The mind determines what is possible. The heart surpasses it. -Pilar Coslinta Strategy Instruction for Beginners: Advice from Ellin Keene (AUDIO) Ellin Keene In this excerpt from a longer interview, Ellin Keene (co-author of Mosaic of Thought) talks about how a novice teacher might begin to understand strategy instruction...and how veterans can re-invigorate their reading program. This MP3 file requires high-speed Internet access. http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/126.cfm ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] PLEASE HELP! 4th grade poetry
Regie Routmans Poetry books - Original Message - From: Jorge Carreno nasn...@hotmail.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:31:59 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [MOSAIC] PLEASE HELP! 4th grade poetry Hello: I will be a 4th grade teacher and I know I have to teach poetry or something related to it. What books can help me with poetry? I want something fun for my kids! Thanks so much. _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] professional readings
Regie Routman-Reading Essencials -- Original message -- From: Felicia Barra fcbsm...@optonline.net Hi everyone, My district is looking towards reading workshop and I was wondering what books you would suggest for staff professional development. It is a K-5 school that up till now has used a scripted basal program with a workbook. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] graphic novels
Would you share the lists of texts you have already purchased? Many thanks! Eileen -- Original message -- From: re...@aol.com Because you are such a wonderful resource. We have really done a good job filling our bookroom/classrooms with texts for our 5th grade boys for independent reading and bookclubs (nonfiction, adventure, sports, a variety of magazines) and now we are looking to add graphic novels.? Although we have a few titles, I'm wondering if anyone has a source we can go to to order more titles at a variety of levels. Thank you all! 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Strategy Book List
Two great resources that I have used for our bookroom are: The Booksource (they have a catalog just with reading comprehension strategies) www.booksource.com Schoolwide, Inc @ www.schoolwideonline.com You can order catalogs from both. Eileen -- Original message -- From: Liza lizavick...@yahoo.com Hello All, Our school librarian will be ordering books for our library and I'm excited because I plan on giving her a list of book titles to buy! A few years back, I gave her a list with many titles for strategies based on the old Mosaic book, so many of those titles are in our library. I don't have the new edition (yet), but anticipate getting it soon. BUT--the book order will happen before that. My question is, is there a new updated book list for the strategies in the new edition? And does anybody have a copy of it handy (emailable)? TIA, Liza ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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
Our School did a whole school book read on the Tale of Despereaux. THe families and students loved it! The principal asked questions each morning over the loud speaker. Teachers addressed vocabulary in class and on the last day we had a parade where everyone dressed up as a character of choice. Eileen -- Original message -- From: Kelly Andrews-Babcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kim we did something similar last year as well. I had obtained a grant for funding the cost of the books, we read, Isabel of the Whales. We are a K-4 school, so younger children were read the story in the classrooms or at home by an adult and older kids could read on their own. We had updates weekly on our morning announcements and culminated with the author visiting the school and our very own 30 ft Isabel whale. In the evening we had several activities for families too. It was a good pick for older children - it was a bit complicated for our younger students. But I've realized, you can't please everyone! We did it in 4 weeks and that was just enough time to hold interest. Some of the suggestions were non-fiction, but it sounds like you were able to do that as well. You could always look into the more classic children's literature. My first thoughts are Pictures of Hollis Woods, Loser, Esperanza Rising, or Zachary Beaver Comes to Town. They are at a level that should be good for most kids, and allow for serious discussions as a classroom. I'm not familiar with Zack File books either. Good luck! Kelly AB On 12/6/08 5:44 PM, kim lum 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.
