Re: [MOSAIC] Daily 5 - opinions
"Over the summer I read the CAFE book and this year have added the CAFE components to the Daily 5." 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 -Original Message- From: Stacie Nickols To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sat, May 5, 2012 2:48 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Daily 5 - opinions Stacie Nickols Third Grade Teacher Cottonwood Creek From: mosaic-bounces+snickols=coppellisd@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+snickols=coppellisd@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Jennifer Quinett Joyner [jjoyn...@wcpss.net] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:02 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Daily 5 - opinions I would like to begin this program next year for upper grades. Do you see the benefit for grades 3-5? Also, any resources that you have for the upper grades would be helpful. I have heard from some teachers they feel there is no accountability for the students as they move from each station. Any thoughts? Jennifer Joyner Bugg Elementary-3rd Grade jjoyn...@wcpss.net (919)250-4750 -mosaic-bounces+jjoyner1=wcpss@literacyworkshop.org wrote: - To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" From: Beverlee paul Sent by: mosaic-bounces+jjoyner1=wcpss@literacyworkshop.org Date: 05/04/2012 01:18AM Cc: "" Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Daily 5 - opinions IMHO the Daily 5 has more potential than any other "change" today to revolutionize education in America. That said, D5 isn't solely and directly responsible for these changes, but rather provides the framework or format which allows a balanced program to succeed" Sent from my iPad On May 3, 2012, at 8:38 PM, "Kathleen Robertson" wrote: > Hello everyone > > Many primary teachers in our school are moving to the daily five. I have > read the book but have not attended any workshops or conferences on this. I > would love to hear your opinions based on your observations and experience! > > Kathleen Robertson > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] spelling.....
Hi everyone. I'm back again for input from all of you - especially those of you who are Columbia TC trained in reading/writing workshop. Our district has implemented writing workshop full tilt this past year and we were fortunate to work with a former Columbia trained professional. We are hoping to be 'adopted' by an 'official' leader/facilitator from Columbia this year, but haven't heard for sure. In the meantime, we are meeting to look at what approach to spelling to latch onto as a district. So, here's my question: does anyone have a sense of what Columbia would point us towards? Our district meeting is going to occur probably before we have a commitment from Columbia, and IF Words their Way is Columbia's preference, we would want to put that at the top of our list. If you prefer, please email me off line. Thanks -as always - for your thoughtful input. 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] Words Their Way
Hi. We are looking at a consistent district-wide approach to spelling. Words Their Way is on our list (along with Sitton and Zaner Bloser) . I found this quote on amazon.com when pricing WTW: "It gives you all the tools you need to carry out word study instruction that will motivate and engage your students, and help them to succeed in literacy learning. Ordered in a developmental format, Words Their Way™ complements the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and vocabulary curricula." So, if it's meant to "complement" an existing spelling curricula, what are some of you who use WTW using it with? Please email me offline. Thank you - so much! 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Words Their Way
My thanks to all of you who have responded to my post. We will look at the 3 programs - chosen because they are all so incredibly different, and make the recommendation to our literacy vertical team. We'll see where it goes from there. In the meantime, thanks again! Martha. -Original Message- From: norma baker To: mosaic Sent: Sun, Jun 10, 2012 9:02 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Words Their Way I echo Renee's sentiments. Just in my own family for example - I have three girls. The first one I figured out early on that we only needed to quickly review spelling words once just to ease my mind. The other two - we studied each week, got 100 and couldn't spell for beans. I've always been a speller and must admit that like Renee, I thought that it was because I read a lot. All three of my children always read a fair amount and it never changed their ability to spell. I so often see the same in school, but with my own children I know exactly how everything has carried on through I've always felt that my time is always limited so I focus more on the ability to read. I used to say when in life can't you use a dictionary, now it's spellcheck. I do think word study is important for classrooms. I do additional word study when it's warranted and I do quick little mini-phonics instruction when conferencing or meeting in a small group if others are having the same issue when reading, but I think spelling occupies a lot of time in school for no gain. Just my thoughts! 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4fd53bda54d3e21ddc6st06duc ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Book list for your ordering
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: re...@aol.com > Date: March 26, 2013, 10:29:05 PM EDT > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > > Hi. > Also try Booksource.com. It creates a list for you, with > Fountas/Pinnelll guided reading levels. > They even have book sets by grade level that they tout as being CCSS > appropriate and each grade level is organized by genres. > > Shipping is free! > > Good luck. > > Martha. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:09 PM, Stacy E wrote: > >> Sign up on titlewave.com and use the reviews/resources/lists to choose your >> books. You really want to make sure you're choosing books your kids will >> love :) >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 26, 2013, at 5:03 PM, "evelia cadet" wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> Good afternoon, I was wondering if any of you has a list of great 3rd-5th >>> grade children's books organized by genres. Or if you know a website that >>> has one. I was informed today that If I want the school to buy these books, >>> the list needs to be ready by tomorrow. 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 mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Leveling Books
Go to: http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/default.asp?UID=06BCC52418444F48B8C11EB6F2361B61&subt=0&Test=NA Enter the title where it says "Quick Find by.." near the top.? Great site. Good luck. Martha -Original Message- From: Jennifer Olimpieri To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 27 May 2009 7:26 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Leveling Books Try the book wizard on Scholatic.com --- On Wed, 5/27/09, SPINELLO, Carol wrote: From: SPINELLO, Carol Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Leveling Books To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'" Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 3:24 PM Hello, I am wondering what members use to level books. Are there particular web-sites you find helpful? I have the Fountas and Pinnell book: Matching Books to Readers but I am looking for more information especially for leveling trade books. Thanks, Carol ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] How to teach comprehension to fluent reader
I have often found that kiddos like these benefit from explicit instruction in text structure.? Focus on a particular structure, e.g., realistic fiction/narrative - identify the elements and provide a visual/graphic organizer to scaffold the understanding of the structure.? By having an understanding of the structure of the text, they have a way to organize their thinking which then permits them to make connections, summarize, etc. It takes time and focus, but it does work. Martha -Original Message- From: Emily Welch To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:07 am Subject: [MOSAIC] How to teach comprehension to fluent reader I am a third grade teacher with a class made up largely of English language learners . I have one student who has continuously challenged me this year. She is a fluent reader (latest assessment on a grade level text was 97% accuracy and 106 wcpm), but her comprehension is terrible. Even when I allow her to use a book to retell/answer questions/etc, she still struggles with even the most basic of comprehension skills. I have tried a variety of things throughout the year that my other students seem to benefit from, but I just haven't found what works for this particular student. Please let me know of any strategies you have found that work to help an already fluent reader comprehend what she is reading. Thank you!!! Emily Welch Third Grade Russell Jones Elementary ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] How to teach comprehension to fluent reader
Pat- the organizers I use are pretty standard - I like Vicki Benson's triange/square/circle for retelling, basic story maps, somebody-wanted-but-so-then, semantic feature maps, nothing particularly fancy.? I also frontoad the elements of the genre so they know what to be on the alert for.? I have visuals with "key words" - for example, in cause/effect we start simply with "because, so and since."? Then once they understand the relationships, we move to short text where the cause/effect relationships are inferred.? Lots of short text before moving to longer text.? I hope this helps. Martha -Original Message- From: Patricia Kimathi To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Thu, 28 May 2009 7:07 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] How to teach comprehension to fluent reader Martha,? Do you have certain graphic organizers that are successful with a particular structure?? Thanking you in advance? Pat K.? On May 27, 2009, at 7:05 PM, re...@aol.com wrote:? ? >? > I have often found that kiddos like these benefit from explicit > instruction > in text structure.? Focus on a particular structure, > e.g., realistic > fiction/narrative - identify the elements and > provide a visual/graphic > organizer to scaffold the understanding of > the structure.? By having an > understanding of the structure of the > text, they have a way to organize > their thinking which then permits > them to make connections, summarize, etc.? >? > It takes time and focus, but it does work.? >? > Martha? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? > -Original Message-? > From: Emily Welch ? > To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? > Sent: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:07 am? > Subject: [MOSAIC] How to teach comprehension to fluent reader? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? > I am a third grade teacher with a class made up largely of English? > language learners . I have one student who has continuously? > challenged me this year. She is a fluent reader (latest assessment? > on a grade level text was 97% accuracy and 106 wcpm), but her? > comprehension is terrible. Even when I allow her to use a book to? > retell/answer questions/etc, she still struggles with even the most? > basic of comprehension skills.? >? > I have tried a variety of things throughout the year that my other? > students seem to benefit from, but I just haven't found what works? > for this particular student.? >? > Please let me know of any strategies you have found that work to? > help an already fluent reader comprehend what she is reading.? >? > Thank you!!!? >? > Emily Welch? > Third Grade? > Russell Jones Elementary? >? > ___? > Mosaic mailing list? > mos...@literacyworkshop.org? > To unsubscribe 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? > mos...@literacyworkshop.org? > To unsubscribe 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? mos...@literacyworkshop.org? To unsubscribe 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] (no subject)
And to this wonderful note I would add... read the classic fairy tales and children's stories -- so many of our children come to school never having heard The Three Little Kittens, or Goldilocks.? How sad! -Original Message- From: Ljackson To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 7:55 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) Teach them to love to learn. Make them want it bad. Teach them to share, play nice and think deeply. Don't turn it into kindergarten--they have so little time to be children these days. Sing and dance. Explore. Read to them--lots. Play blocks, dress-up and pretend--we see so many coming to school who don't seem to know how to be fanciful and imaginative. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Mary Jo Chevalier To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:43 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood educator currently working in a pre-k classroom. My question is directed toward Kindergarten teachers however all teaching levels are welcome to respond. My question is : What can I do as a teacher in a pre-k classroom to help prepare the children for the literacy expectations that occur in kindergarten. With the push down of curriculm so much more is expected of kindergarteners and I want to do all that I can to ensure their success in kindergarten. > ? > Mary Jo > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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 Literacy Coaching Resources
Hands on Literacy Coaching by Boyles, available on Amazon -Original Message- From: Deb Gaby To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 1:34 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Suggestions for Literacy Coaching Resources Hello all, We are adding literacy coaches in our district. What would be a great Literacy Coach handbook type of read that we could use for the group? We have Jennifer Allen's coaching book. Any others? 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] Nancy Boyles
Deb - It's a great book with some great ideas, but as Kelly said, "What ends up happening though is that teachers then are only teaching to those questions and there is so much more to reading than answering open-ended responses. Kelly AB" it can also be very limiting.?? It basically takes open-ended questions that are typically asked on the CT Mastery Test, and provides two things: #1 - the reading strategy behind being able to respond to the question, and #2, ? strategies for the written response.? The danger is that folks focus on the written response BEFORE really thinking about what has to occur DURING reading in order to even answer the question. Nancy Boyles does provide great picture book titles, fiction and nonfiction, to support the thinking, which is helpful for teachers who are not yet comfortable unpacking the picture books in their own collection.? What I do like about her suggested titles is that they are well written, by a variety of authors, many are newer titles and are multicultural.?? Hope that helps. Martha On 7/25/09 11:53 AM, "debhold...@aol.com" wrote: Has anyone read and used the book:? That's a Grea Answer by Nancy Boyles?? Would you recommend this purchase?? Why or why not? Thank you. Deb Holden ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Writing club
Elisa, I had written to you off-line, too.? Not sure you received it. Thanks in advance for forwarding your notes! Martha -Original Message- From: Patricia Kimathi To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 10:12 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Writing club Elisa,? I asked for the book club information also.? PatK? On Jul 29, 2009, at 4:51 AM, Jennifer Olimpieri wrote:? ? > Elisa, I had forwarded you my email to send me notes about your book > club, > I don't think I have received them yet. Can you let me know if > you did and > I missed them? Thanks for your help! Jen? >? > --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Borwick Enid wrote:? >? >? > From: Borwick Enid ? > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Writing club? > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > >? > Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 9:49 PM? >? >? > Elisa,? > I am teaching 4th grade for the 1st time and your book club sounds > great. > I would love to have a copy of your notes and'/or lesson > plans that you > presented. sounds wonderful thanks? > Enid? >? > ? >? > From: mosaic-bounces+e_borwick=chuh@literacyworkshop.org on > behalf of > Deaneen Pashea? > Sent: Sun 7/26/2009 9:08 AM? > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group? > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Groups? >? >? >? > Joanne,? >? > I am very interested in learning more about conducting a lunch time > book > club. I also teach third grade and would be interested in what > you do.? >? > Deaneen? > ? > From: mosaic-bounces+dpashea=eastnoble@literacyworkshop.org > [mosaic-bounces+dpashea=eastnoble@literacyworkshop.org> ] On Behalf Of > Joanne Stano [jst...@wadsnet.com]? > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:01 PM? > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group? > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Groups? >? > Elisa,? >? > I was catching up and read about your writing club. I would love to? > have your notes. I teach 3rd grade and have a lunch time book club.? >? > Joanne/Ohio? > jst...@wadsnet.com? > On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa wrote:? >? >> Hi,? >> I did a writing club this past year with the grades 1 - 3 at my? >> school. I never expected to get the response I got and I didn't? >> turn anyone away. During the year a few kids dropped out (they? >> called it quitting, which for some reason the term "quitting"? >> bothers me but that's another post) but for the most part they all? >> stayed for the entire year - end of October - end of April. I had? >> to do two lunch times to accomodate the numbers. This year I'm? >> planning to just do one day (two days back-to-back was a bit too? >> much for me) and limit the numbers to 25, preferrably 20. I did a? >> presentation on writing club at my local teachers convention. If? >> you are interested I can send it to you offline and if you have any? >> specific questions, please feel free to ask. Also, this year one of? >> the 1st grade teachers is thinking of doing writing club for the? >> grade ones which means I could just focus on the upper grades.? >> 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/? >>? >>? >> 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.? >>? >> ___? >> Mosaic mailing list? >> mos...@literacyworkshop.org? >> To unsubscribe 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? > mos...@literacyworkshop.org? > To unsubscribe 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? > mos...@literacyworkshop.org? > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to?
Re: [MOSAIC] [SPAM] - Re: Reading Recovery as Intervention
How has that worked out (coaches training classroom teachers RR techniques). -Original Message- From: Hoefling, Robyn To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 2:15 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] [SPAM] - Re: Reading Recovery as Intervention Reading Recovery is done one-on -one in its intended format. Our primary literacy coaches had been trained in Reading Recovery when they were Literacy Specialists/Reading teachers. The district eliminated Reading Recovery when they made us all Literacy Coaches three years ago. It was hoped that these primary coaches could use their training to show classroom teachers the Reading Recovery techniques in order to improve Literacy instruction for all primary students. Robyn From: Hillary Marchel [march...@hawthorn73.org] Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:42 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery as Intervention Is Reading Recovery one on one? Do all the Literacy Coaches get Reading Recovery training or is it teacher trainers teaching the techniques. Thank you for your response. Hillary On Sep 13, 2009, at 8:38 PM, Hoefling, Robyn wrote: > We used to have a Reading Recovery teacher in each of our three > elementary buildings but the district eliminated them and made us > all Literacy Coaches in hopes of educating all teachres in the use > of the Reading Recovery techniques. > > Robyn > > From: Karen Williams(2141) [william...@palmbeach.k12.fl.us] > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 12:06 AM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery as Intervention > > no > > > -Original Message- > From: mosaic-bounces+williamska=palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.org > on behalf of Carrie Cahill > Sent: Fri 9/11/2009 1:48 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery as Intervention > > Does your district have Reading Recovery as an intervention program >> for >> first graders? >> Linda > > > > We Do! > Carrie, K-8, Illinois > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > . > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > -- > --Palm Beach County Schools- > > Rated "A" by the Florida Department of Education 2005-2009 > > -Home of Florida's first LEED Gold Certified School- > ---http://www.palmbeachschools.org- > > The District of Palm Beach County is an Equal Education Opportunity > Provider and Employer. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are > public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in > response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail > to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in > writing. > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] WSJ Article About Reading Strategies
Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in the middle?? Without a doubt, prior knowledge/vocabulary are key.? The question is, perhaps, how do we teach into the needs of those children who DO have vocab. and prior knowledge, and aren't putting it together.? Is that where strategy instruction has its place?? Martha -Original Message- From: Andrea Jenkins To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, Oct 4, 2009 8:59 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] WSJ Article About Reading Strategies I agree with the prior knowledge gap. But do you agree with his idea that reading comprehension skills and strategies should NOT be taught? Oh, and this was published by Washington Post, not WSJ. My mistake. Andrea - Original Message - From: "Heather Green" To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2009 6:52:44 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] WSJ Article About Reading Strategies I agree completely with what he is saying. On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Andrea Jenkins wrote: > Just wanting to get your opinions about this article that refutes explicit > instruction of reading strategies. FYI: I found this article as a direct > link on the IRA website. > > > http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/daniel-willingham/willingham-reading-is-not-a-sk.html > > > Andrea > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] Retelling
Hi colleagues. I need some help. I am working with two little munchkins in 2nd grade. They can both read like the wind, but both demonstrated lots of trouble retelling on the DRA2. We backed up and spent time with lots of pretelling activites, cohesive ties. We read easy books with clear story elements. We sequenced pictures from the story that were photocopied. We did activities to visualize the setting, etc. So far, so good. Then we began working with Vicki Benson's retelling graphic organizer, and for one of the students, it was an Aha moment and his retellings have grown. He's on his way. So I am celebrating his successes. However, the other student is dead stuck in the water. When asked direct questions - who were the important characters, what was the setting, etc., she does relatively well consistently. She does an adequate job retelling with pictures with LOTS of wait time in between her thoughts, but I can't seem to move her beyond that. Any suggestions/strategies you can suggest for me to try would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Retelling
Thanks to all of you who took the time to respond to my call for help! Great ideas. The graphic organizer is Vicki Benson's: the top of the page is the 'beginning'- it has an inverted triangle (left angle is character, right angle is setting, bottom angle is the problem). The problem/kickoff is what drives the story and leads to the middle, the events. Just below that point of the triangle is a square where I have put 1. 2. 3. 4. down the left side to remind them that the events are in sequence, and at the bottom of the box are the cohesive ties). Just below the box is a circle, the end/solution. The kids suggested I put a smiley face in the circle because the character is happy that the problem was solved. Make sense? m. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Retelling
Stacey - thanks for the idea. It's like an easy version of Braidy! Thanks to all of you have posted ideas. Greatly appreciated. I began with "what were you thinking/seeing in your movie as you read (this page, this section, etc.). Really helped me to see where the gaps were. Things are looking up for this little one! m. -Original Message- From: STACEY LUND To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Fri, Apr 2, 2010 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Retelling Several of our teachers have made retell beads with their class, which is a set of colored pony beads on a ribbon, then used as a bookmark. The beads are strung on so they slide, much like a golf counter. Kids can then keep it in their independent reading book and practice the skill on their own after the teacher has modeled how to use it. Each bead is a different color, representing a part of a retell: Purple-Character(s) Green-Setting Yellow-Problem Blue (three different colors of blue)-3 main events Orange-Solution White-Connection/Reflection/Observation We made an anchor chart for students to refer to as they are learning what each color means. You could also add a picture cue next to the color and story element, especially to support ELL students. Sounds like this student would need LOTS of modeling and help with the blue beads, picking out which events are most important. Depending on the level of student, the white bead can start out as an observation, and build to a connection and reflection. Hope that is helpful! Stacey >>> Susanne Lee 4/1/2010 3:00 PM >>> I would love to know what that organizer was also. --- On Wed, 3/24/10, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa wrote: From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Retelling To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 8:41 AM Hi Martha, Can you share the retelling graphic organizer you used? I wonder if that will offer some clues as to why it didn't work for the other child and what to do next? Thanks, 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 Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ Hi colleagues. I need some help. I am working with two little munchkins in 2nd grade. They can both read like the wind, but both demonstrated lots of trouble retelling on the DRA2. We backed up and spent time with lots of pretelling activites, cohesive ties. We read easy books with clear story elements. We sequenced pictures from the story that were photocopied. We did activities to visualize the setting, etc. So far, so good. Then we began working with Vicki Benson's retelling graphic organizer, and for one of the students, it was an Aha moment and his retellings have grown. He's on his way. So I am celebrating his successes. However, the other student is dead stuck in the water. When asked direct questions - who were the important characters, what was the setting, etc., she does relatively well consistently. She does an adequate job retelling with pictures with LOTS of wait time in between her thoughts, but I can't seem to move her beyond that. Any suggestions/strategies you can suggest for me to try would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 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. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Book List Recommendation
for 2nd grade, Tanny McGregor's Comprehension Connections. The best of the bunch! http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=comprehension+connections&x=0&y=0 Martha -Original Message- From: Sharon To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 11:23 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Book List Recommendation Growing Readers (Kathy Collins) Comprehension Toolkit (K-2) -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+sharon.ann=charter@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+sharon.ann=charter@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Tina Huber Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Book List Recommendation Hello all, I am moving to teach second grade next school year. I am trying to compile a list of books that support the reading comprehension strategies in "mosaic of thought" , "Strategies that Work", as well as "Comprehension Connections", and "Reading with Meaning". I was hoping some of you here could give me a really good list that would work well with second graders. I have a deadline of Monday to get this list in IF I want them to spend the money on these books. I sure do appreciate your help. Tina ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Professional Book Discussions
Hi. Do you mean Catch a Falling Reader by Connie Hebert? -Original Message- From: Melissa Kile To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:43 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Book Discussions A discussion is starting July 1 about Catching Readers Before They Fall and/or No More "I'm Done" (writing book). Both discussions are on the same group--you just put CR or NM in your subject line. Go to Yahoo groups and search "catchingreaders". Melissa/VA/2nd On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:24 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Writing Textbook -- suggestion
I'm a big fan of "show don't tell" when it comes to guiding teachers into new ideas. How about a book with a video and discussion guide? Here's one example - Stenhouse has many more. http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=9049&idcategory=109 Good luck! Martha > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:34:41 -0500 > From: dmoriart...@verizon.net > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] Writing Textbook -- suggestion > > Hi, > I teach reading and writing courses in elementary ed. at a university in MA. > I am looking for suggestions for a writing textbook (or teacher professional book) to use in my literacy course (includes undergrad and grad students). Nothing too overwhelming--(Calkins' The Art of Teaching Writing would be too much...). Looking for something short, to the point yet gives a good overview of writing in the elementary classroom. Any ideas? > Thanks so much, > Deborah > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] Fw: Comprehension in Content Areas
My two biggest thrusts in working with students in the content area, especially those who are challenged by the denseness of so many content area texts, is understanding text structure and, as Carol said, really front loading vocabulary and background knowledge. I find so often that we want them to determine importance or understand main ideas or author's bias, when the foundational understanding of text structure is missing. Without that understanding, they're lost. Martha -Original Message- From: soozq55...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 11:43 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fw: Comprehension in Content Areas Recently I had a conversation with some colleagues about determing importance and finding the main idea. Many struggling kids give equal weight to all info contained in text no matter what genre. If kids can't find what important, how can they solve a math word problem, take notes, maintain a focus idea in their writing, or even study for a test? Many can't so they struggle in every content area. I'm not saying this is the only reason they might struggle but it can answer a lot of questions. Sue -Original Message- From: C McLoughlin To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 1:25 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Fw: Comprehension in Content Areas My favorite approach to reading in the content areas is SQ3R. It incorporates previewing, questioning, monitoring for comprehension, and summarizing. It gives students a method with which to break down difficult texts. It does need to be directly and explicitly taught and reviewed a few times before students can apply it independently, but that is true for all strategies. It can be very effective for expository text, and I've used it successfully in teaching social studies and science. A graphic organizer that leads them through the steps can be helpful for students who find it difficult to assimilate the process. Also very important - and this is more a teaching strategy than a reading strategy per se - is explicitly teaching key vocabulary upfront, with pictorial support where possible, so that the students have the best opportunity to comprehend the major concepts, which are assumedly associated with the vocabulary. Carol Mc Reading Specialist/ESL Teacher - Forwarded Message From: Lascelia Cadienne Dacres To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 10:30:12 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Comprehension in Content Areas Hello Everyone, I am a Learning Team Facilitator (curriculum specialist) and I work with other teachers in the various content areas such as social studies, math, and science etc. At my middle school, we want our students to use the same strategies in their different classes.We believe it will be easier for students to see how reading strategies are relevant outside of their reading class. As Reading Specialists, teachers with a reading background, your suggestions are very important. What are some comprehension strategies that you think will work well in the content areas described above? and why? Thank you in Advance for your Responses, Lascelia Dacres ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Fw: Comprehension in Content Areas
I used textmapping this year for the first time with a group of 2nd graders who "knew" about text features, but really didn't know! By using a scroll, color coding, etc., there was this incredible AHA moment for each of them. Suddenly, questions about the content came pouring out (after reading the bold headings), connections across the text were made. It was a powerful learning experience. It is definitely a strategy I will continue to use through the grades next year. Martha -Original Message- From: kuko...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 6:23 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fw: Comprehension in Content Areas I agree that text structure is key and I have found one of the most powerful skills a reader can use in accessing content area material is textmapping (google it) Essentially the material is presented as a scroll and then color coded by text feature as well as by reading strategies I teach first grade and the kids benefit so much from these kind of concrete experiences because they are literally acting on the text the scroll allows them to see the piece as a whole and the color coding visually presents a topographic map of the content and the text features continual use allows kids to see the predictability of how content material is presented not only that using scrolls sets up many easy collaborative jobsand then of course follows shares and discussion. I do admit it is time consuming as page media and digital media are the mainstay of readers but scrolls (often teacher made in primary; but certainly easy enough to prepare by older students) are a very explicit way to connect with and understand text the creator, David Middlebrook, intended it use for readers... but I have also found that it is a boon for writers, too. if kids lay text features out accordingly then they plug in the information they want to share... this works for nonfiction and small moment type stories. David Middlebrook was a very active responder on the Mosaic listserv in years past and occasionally I still see responses from him... he is an articulate investigator and knows first hand the struggles of a learning disabled student... check out his website because you will learn so much! In a message dated 7/22/2010 12:24:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, re...@aol.com writes: My two biggest thrusts in working with students in the content area, especially those who are challenged by the denseness of so many content area texts, is understanding text structure and, as Carol said, really front loading vocabulary and background knowledge. I find so often that we want them to determine importance or understand main ideas or author's bias, when the foundational understanding of text structure is missing. Without that understanding, they're lost. Martha -Original Message- From: soozq55...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 11:43 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fw: Comprehension in Content Areas Recently I had a conversation with some colleagues about determing importance and finding the main idea. Many struggling kids give equal weight to all info contained in text no matter what genre. If kids can't find what important, how can they solve a math word problem, take notes, maintain a focus idea in their writing, or even study for a test? Many can't so they struggle in every content area. I'm not saying this is the only reason they might struggle but it can answer a lot of questions. Sue -Original Message- From: C McLoughlin To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 1:25 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Fw: Comprehension in Content Areas My favorite approach to reading in the content areas is SQ3R. It incorporates previewing, questioning, monitoring for comprehension, and summarizing. It gives students a method with which to break down difficult texts. It does need to be directly and explicitly taught and reviewed a few times before students can apply it independently, but that is true for all strategies. It can be very effective for expository text, and I've used it successfully in teaching social studies and science. A graphic organizer that leads them through the steps can be helpful for students who find it difficult to assimilate the process. Also very important - and this is more a teaching strategy than a reading strategy per se - is explicitly teaching key vocabulary upfront, with pictorial support where possible, so that the students have the best opportunity to comprehend the major concepts, which are assumedly associated with the vocabulary. Carol Mc Reading Specialist/ESL Teacher - Forwarded Message From: Lascelia Cadienne Dacres To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 10:30:12 AM Subject: [MO
Re: [MOSAIC] phonics screening
I think it's published by Read Naturally. -Original Message- From: Mary Ann Walker To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, Oct 17, 2010 9:54 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] phonics screening I have used the QPS for several years. The "old" version has all real words both in isolation and in sentences. The kids do best on this one. It shows you exactly what the student knows, what they need to work on, and what they still need to learn. The "new" version has nonsense words in isolation and real words in sentences. (The sentences are the same for each version.) This gives a truer picture of what the students know, but most don't do very well on the nonsense part. The idea is that if the student can't apply the phonics they know to nonsense words then the don't really know their phonics. This is also a concept that is used with out dyslexia students. If the student doesn't know a word and they don't know how to apply phonics rules, then that new word is the same as a nonsense word. Unfortunately we constantly tell our students to "sound out the words" when about 45% of the words in the English language are ones that we can sound out. The rest don't follow phonics rules. I love the QPS and I really like the "new" version which has 3 versions. I plan on using version A for BOY (which I have already done), version B for MOY, and version C for EOY. I believe that it is published by Scholastic. You can find different QPS versions on the internet, one of which included real words and nonsense words. Mary Ann - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:21 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] phonics screening > Greetings, > > I was wondering if anyone has used the Quick Phonics Screener and your > thoughts. > > I currently have a 3rd grader in my class with very poor fluency. She > has > weak phonics skills. > > jen > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] DRA v Benchmark Assessment
Hello colleagues. For the past few years, we have been using the DRA2 in Grades K-5. This year, we chose to not give the DRA2 basically above Level 28, because of our concern with using the written portion as a test of comprehension. Anyway, now we are considering moving to the Fountas/Pinnell Benchmark Assessments K-5 for a variety of reasons (written response being one of them). One big question I have is about the time per student: both tests are administered 1:1, but how about the overall time it takes to test one child if you're looking for both an independent and an instructional levelis the Benchmark longer? shorter? about the same? If you could email me OFF LINE and directly to my email address, that would be greatly appreciated. Great to have you all out there! 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] I'm excited!!
FYI - Heinemann has a special right now - 30% off and free shipping.thought you might all want to know! Martha -Original Message- From: Beverlee Paul To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thu, Dec 2, 2010 9:27 am Subject: [MOSAIC] I'm excited!! Hello all - I've been waiting for a book to be published for so long and it's finally here! I've just started reading a book that seems to be perfect for EVERYONE who uses readers' workshop and teaches comprehension in primary grades. This was written for us, I'm sure! :-) The book is Sharon Taberski's (On Solid Ground) *Comprehension from the Ground Up: Simplified, Sensible Instruction for the K-3 Reading Workshop*. Wow! I'm usually uncomfortable with what seems to me to be overuse of the word awesome - but this book is awesome! It's from Heinemann and Sharon's re-visioning of the pillars of reading is amazing! I can't really describe it, but I'll awkwardly try. Picture a building that looks a bit like the Supreme Court, with pillars in the front. The roof is Comprehension. The foundations are Time to Talk, Time to Write, and Time to Read. The new pillars (a take off on the NRP, I'm sure) are: accurate fluent reading, background knowledge, oral language and vocabulary, reading-writing connections, repertoire of strategies. WOW! Here's a quote from Nell Duke:" In many classrooms today instruction feels frenzied, superficial, and choppy. Sharon describes teaching that is focused, meaningful, and cohesive and reminds us that teaching is not about "covering" material, it's about *learning* the material. I wish every child could have Sharon Taberski for their teacher." I'd love to do a study group for this book in the summer, but on the other hand, my wish for each of us is that we could read this book while we're teaching, so that we can "try out" our ideas/adjustments/improvements on our kids as we read. I LOVE THIS BOOK - well, so far, I mean. Hope your little elves are enjoying the December excitement. Bev, Nebraska ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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 message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] vocabulary
Hi everyone. Vocabulary help, please! InCT, as part of our state mastery test, our gr. 3-5 students take aDRP (Degrees of Reading Power)/cloze assessment. They also have a 2part rdg. comp. test with multiple choice and open -ended responses. Students have made gains on the comp. tests, but the DRP resultsare disheartening, even for those who hit 'mastery' on the comp.portion of the test --- and as we dug deeper it became clearer thatperhaps thebiggest challenge was vocabulary. We have a 90 minute language arts block, folks areusing good literature in book clubs, guided reading and independentreading. For the most part, our students enjoy reading and lookforward to independent reading. But still that vocabulary is notgrowing -- even words like "seek" we found students weren't connectingto "hide and seek" - not using context clues, or experience clues. How do we raise the children's awareness ofattending to vocabulary? We do use Isabel Beck's strategies Bringing Words to Life (which Ilove) . We do read aloud'sfrom quality literature and cull Tier 2 vocabulary for discussion andfocus. But it's not enough, and some folks feel it's too "hit andmiss." I hesitate to consider Wordly Wise type vocabulary lists, andlean more towards perhaps enticing the students with the idea of Greekor Latin morphology. As you can see, I could really use your thoughts. We are a K-5 school, very small ELL population, about 600 students. Suggestions, please! Thanks so much. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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 and Writing Continuums
Check out the Fountas/Pinnell Continuum of Literacy Learning K-12. It has everything you're looking for. http://www.amazon.com/Continuum-Literacy-Learning-Grades-K-8/dp/0325012393/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306034534&sr=1-10 They also have one for K-2 and 3-8 Martha -Original Message- From: Conner-Righter, Mary To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 10:15 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading and Writing Continuums Hi, I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource that has a reading development continuum and/or a writing development continuum. These would be continuums that define stages of reading/writing development and provide specifc descriptors of what a child can do at these stages. Thank you, Mary ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] adding instruction for remedial...
I fought hard for a push in model and it works really well. Hi Ali. I'm wondering what grade you teach, and if you could share more about the actual management of the push in -- who does what when? small group? individual? how many days/week? conferring time? etc. With only so many minutes in a day, it's a challenge to find out when the best 'pull out' times are. For sure we need to be spot on that our pull out support is in addition to not in place of literacy time in the classroom, but sometimes that just doesn't work. But I do agree with the other folks that missing specials is out of the question. In some cases, there are times when the first 30 minutes of the day work best, and I have found that a phone call home to parents ensures the child is there right when the doors open in the morning. The student checks in with the classroom teacher, makes a lunch choice and then scurries down to my room. It's prime teaching time. It sometimes means missing 'morning work' and a bit of morning meeting, but the classroom teachers greatly appreciate that once their little one is back in the room, he/she's there for the rest of the day. The last half hour of the day often works, too, or the 1/2 hour between recess and a special. Good communication with the classroom teacher and creative scheduling can help, but not always. Looking forward to hearing more about the push-in model. Thanks. 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
Re: [MOSAIC] reading logs
this lets students experience the joy of reading and then the joy of sharing. perfect! Margy - I love that it fosters a reading community and builds oral language - something our students desperately need! Thanks for the idea. Martha -Original Message- From: Margy Hillman ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] FW: care and advice for sending to list
Keith - thank you again for this posting! The other thing that drives many of us crazy are those "I agree" type responses. They may be brief, but they are a waste of all of our precious time. Many thanks to you for undertaking this enormous task. Wishing you a good year, too! Martha -Original Message- From: Keith Mack To: mosaic Sent: Sat, Aug 20, 2011 3:32 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] FW: care and advice for sending to list I'd like to post a couple reminders as the list gears up for more action during the school year. ONLY SEND TO LIST Mosaic list will not accept messages that include any other recipients. This is done to avoid spurious messages from hacked email account. So do NOT send message that have additional people or groups in "To" or "Cc" fields. Messages with additional recipients are held by the server and will be rejected . Rejected messages will say something like: "Please trim the recipient list..". Please remember send list messages *only* to the Mosaic list. There cannot be another person included anywhere. DELAYS DUE TO THROTTLING In order to stay under the radar from ISP spam watchers, I have imposed a 10,000 messages per hour limit on this list (3-4 posts per hour). In really active times messages may take several hours to post. Please *do not ever resend messages* as this will only add to the wait time. USE PLAIN TEXT The list is set up to only allow plain text. Emails sent in HTML will be stripped of all formatting and posted as "text only". Quite often member messages are rejected by our sever due to excessive HTML. If you want your voice to be heard use TEXT. Most email clients have a pull down menu that allows you to change between text and HTML format. TRIM MESSAGES A constant problem for our list is quoted material on messages. As a matter of professional courtesy, please trim your replies to include only essential information from previous posts. Usually this can be just a few words. This saves valuable server resources and also is of extreme help to our hundreds of member professionals getting the digest version. PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE FOR REPLYING TO LIST MESSAGES See: http://www.mail-archive.com/mosaic@literacyworkshop.org/msg01817.html LIST FOCUS The Mosaic List was founded with an emphasis on reading and literacy instruction (see: http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic). This is not something that we take lightly. From time to time you will see temporary bird walks into other educational areas. These are allowed as long as they are brief. Any time posts and threads delve into politics, religion, personal affronts, or other personal areas, they will be asked to cease or move to another forum. This list is *not* moderated unless there's a need. PRIVACY The Mosaic List archive is public. Things posted on the list can be accessed by the public including your school staff and your parents. So please keep this in mind. Once a message is posted it cannot be recalled. The Mosaic membership list is always confidential and is not shared to sold to anyone. I'd like to wish everyone a successful and fulfilling school year. If you need help with your membership or have questions, please direct them to me and not the entire list. 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] 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. The AndrewClements books are F&P levels M and O, which quite possibly mightbe more at a frustration level than instructional level for students reading at "late grade one/early grade two" (F&P K or L). Is "late grade one/early grade two" their independent or instructional level? When checking on books/levels to match students, I often rely on the Scholastic website, which is good place to start. http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/default.asp?UID=27977FCAA4BB42B1B03994831F43B4CB&subt=0&Test=NA Point to ponder: why do teachers often move students so early into 'chapter books' as a steady diet? There are so many wonderful picture books. Why not a balance? And for atrisk readers, the chapter books, although enticing because 'everyoneelse is reading them,' are often lengthy and require the stamina thatthese children don't yet have. Just a thought Martha -Original Message- From: Susan Cronk ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] kindergarten MOT resource
Kathy - I'm not sure which title you're referring to (I do remember some conversation earlier in the week about the source you're looking for).? One of our elementary schools piloted the materials "Making Meaning" which you can read about at the following website.? The teachers loved it - the kids loved it.? It supports strategy instruction as well as building community/environment that supports conversation.?? http://www.devstu.org/making_meaning/videos/index.shtml I hope this helps. -Martha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 9:19 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] kindergarten MOT resource I need some help... My literacy coach will be working with the kindergarten and primary team to implement MOT strategy instruction this year. I remember from a previous post that there is a resource written specifically for Kindergarten (or at least primary). Does anyone remember the title so I can refer her to it? Thank you! Kathy ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] new Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment?
We called Pearson directly and they faxed a sheet with the correlations between DRA2 and F & P guided reading levels. I looked at the link below and it doesn't align with the new DRA2 levels. Good luck! -Original Message- From: Pat Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 6:05 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] new Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment? http://www.suu.edu/faculty/lundd/ReadingSite/readingresources/bookleveling.htm "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" writes: >Does anyone know where I can locate a correlation sheet that correlates >DRA >levels with Rigby PM numbers and letters with Fountas and Pinnell letters. >HELP! >Thanks in advance. > >- Original Message - >From: "Kerry Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > >Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:04 PM >Subject: [MOSAIC] new Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment? > > ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] reading salad lesson?
Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading, published by Heinemann. Great book! m. -Original Message- From: Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 5:30 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading salad lesson? I think it is called Comprehension Connections... - Original Message - From: "Tracy Gaestel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading salad lesson? > It is in Tanny's new book which is at school and it is GREAT! If someone > doesn't post the title, I'll send it later. > > Tracy > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:15:57 -0700, MELISSA WALKER BROWN > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This sounds interesting but I missed the initial posting of the lesson. I >> looked in the archives but couldn't find anything. Would someone point >> me in the right direction please? Thanks >> melissa >> >> >> ___ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe 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. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] question about a student
If he has a 504 plan, didn't it have accomodations as part of that? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:41 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] question about a student I was thinking the same thing...peer scribing and/or copying any major note taking. But, you say that he can't copy from the overhead. Has anyone looked into the fact that he may have a perceptual problem. Sometimes a students "tracking" can cause major problems when it comes to recording notes and reading and writing. Just a thought. Good Luck Michele ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] question about a student
If he's on a 504, he very likely has been tested for SPED. Not necessarily.? Often just rating scales are done for ADHD without other testing. Is his reading level up to grade level?? We find that these kiddos often are able to write more if they have access to a laptop/computer/or voice activated software.? Are any of these available? I think the 'coding' idea that was shared in an earlier reply is a wonderful idea! m. -Original Message- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 7:19 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] question about a student If he's on a 504, he very likely has been tested for SPED. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] question about a student
No.? Special Ed is under IDEA.? 504 is under ADA.? ADHD is a medical diagnosis, not a learning disability. If the student has a 504, my understanding is that there are written accomodations (e.g., untimed tests, use of assistive technology, etc.).? You mentioned the student had a 504 plan - what are the accomodations?? My experience is that when there is a concern about attentional issues, rating scales are done by the school and the family, and then the information is shared with the pediatrician/medical person because ADHD is a medical diagnosis. m. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:09 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] question about a student The mom said he had not been tested for spec ed. I have never had a student on a 504 who had been tested for spec ed. Is there something in spec ed law that would indicate that a 504 student should have been tested for spec ed? Jan -- Original message -- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If he's on a 504, he very likely has been tested for SPED. > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Wed, 12 Sep > > 2007 > 01:27:08 +> Subject: [MOSAIC] question about a student> > I have just > finished my first week of school. By that I mean to let you know that I don't > know my students well yet. I teach 8th grade, and by that I mean to let you know > that I don't have the same students in my room most of the day.> > I have a > student with a 504 plan for ADHD. The plan does not say much. I talked to the > student's mom yesterday. The mom said that the student cannot write. He *can* > write, but not well, and he does not write much. He cannot copy from the > overhead. He cannot read a page in a text and write about what he read.> > I > want to use sticky notes and reading response for fiction and nonfiction, but > according to what the mom told me yesterday, her son cannot do that. Students in > 8th grade also have to write a major research paper, but I don't think this > student can take notes from sources to put together to write a paper.> > The mom > told me that over the summer she paid thousands of dollars to have her son > tested by a private agency. (I do not know why the school did not test him > for > special ed.) She does not have the results of the tests yet.> > In the meantime, > I need some ideas about what to do. I have already arranged to meet with the > student one day a week after school to talk about what he understands, but > one > day will not be enough to help him with everything. I cannot work with this > student every day -- I don't have the time.> > Suggestions? Thoughts? Comments?> > 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. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] San Diego quick test
We are about to launch our very first round of DRA testing.? Would you be able to share that list, perhaps as an attachment?? I'm guessing I'm one of many who will thank you! -Martha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 8:08 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] San Diego quick test Jennifer I have a word list that has correlated dra levels on it. When first graders come to their very first DRA test ever we usually pick about five benchmark books. Then we work up or down from the initial reading if that text is not the just right text. But this is time consuming so if I administer the word test (which is just lists correlated to Dra levels it almost always chooses a text better than the five finger rule and student and teacher discussion i just started using the word list and am actually Narrowing the benchmarks used for initial DRA assessment and am able to place students in appropriate levels earlier . ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] mastery of stragies
---Am I right that the STW 2 doesn't focus on connecting? I am about to rethink it myself. I just spent 2 weeks on it. Forcing a connection, and then forcing a So What? meaningful use of the connection isn't flowing well.--- I know what you mean about the 'connections' feeling forced.? Two points 1) I heard some time ago, before STW#2 came out, that Ellin Keene had said at a conference that had she to do it all over again, she wouldn't have broken it down into T-S, etc.? 2) yes, the 'so what' asked 3 times does help bring the students closer to the importance of making connections, but even better, when we model, we start with, "did you ever feel like so-and-so?" which leads us to a list of feeling words, which leads to some GREAT vocab development.? Which is followed up with, "and when did you feel that way?"? Then the? connection is to the character's feelings which? helps kids dig deeper into understanding WHY a character did what he/she did, etc.? It's also great to connect to a character trait. We have found that starting out this way, way down into kindergarten, eliminates that "oh yeah, I have a red wagon, too" syndrome and moves the learners much more quickly to those meaty connections.? Even in a great story like Smoky Night, students have felt loss, fear, closeness of family etc. and can make connections to the child in the story without having had to experience the awful riots and fires. -Martha -Original Message- From: gina nunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 2:47 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] mastery of stragies Boo!?Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/[EMAIL PROTECTED]://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at ___ Mosaic mailing list To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] San Diego quick test
If so, perhaps you could share the source.? We purchased the DRA2 - big 's - is it something that you got when your district bought from Pearson? Thanks. -Martha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 5:10 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] San Diego quick test I am pretty sure this is copyright infringement...??? Jennifer In a message dated 10/6/2007 4:31:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can you post the word list that correlates with the DRA levels? ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Making Meaning
Last year kindergarten teachers piloted it - and loved it. It's great literature, builds in developing a reading community along with direct instruction in comp. strategies. Teachers new to the concept of comp. strategy instruction found it teacher friendly and were positive about the students' active engagement, the development of oral language, vocab., etc. This year we added grades 1-3. We only bought the teacher manuals and the books - we did not buy any student books or other peripheral materials. Go for it! m. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 7:37 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Making Meaning As NCLB hovers over my district and many more schools (including mine) were placed on AYP we are looking for solutions. Some people are recommending that we look at a program called Making Meaning. I skimmed a lesson and thought it basalized comprehension instruction. Someone also said that Keene and Zimmermann were consulted. This is what I copied from the website: The Making Meaning® program is based on current research findings including those of Michael Pressley, P. David Pearson, Nell Duke, and Isabel Beck. It also draws on portraits of successful teachers and classrooms, including those described by Lucy McCormick Calkins, Ellin Oliver Keene, and Susan Zimmermann. Making Meaning® is highly congruent with the findings of the National Reading Panel. This is not the same as created by Zimmerman and Keene. Does anyone know more about this program? (Embedded image moved to file: pic17906.gif) = ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Reading is Thinking
You have to get him, The CAT on the MAT IS FLAT, then! All the readers in my class who loved "Wimpy" also loved this much quicker read by Andy Griffiths. It's nine stories, and one of my favorites is "BILL and PHIL AND THE VERY BIG HILL." John - what grade level student fell in love with these books? thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org; mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:19 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading is Thinking risk of losing someone. My son is in third grade and his recent DRA >is a 24. BUT...he just discovered A Diary of a Wimpy Kid. .God bless Wimpy Kids! >Michele You have to get him, The CAT on the MAT IS FLAT, then! All the readers in my class who loved "Wimpy" also loved this much quicker read by Andy Griffiths. It's nine stories, and one of my favorites is "BILL and PHIL AND THE VERY BIG HILL." There are students choosing to be non-readers up and down the spectrum that just need the right books put in their hands. Over the last two years there are 3 sets of series books that have really done that for my upper primary readers: The SISTERS GRIMM series by Michael Buckley. (There are 4 so far. Book 5 is coming in December. There will be 9. He's signed a movie deal.) We have about 200 kids, bridging two teaching levels, who can't wait until December. Read Book One alous (The Fairy Tale Detectives) and you will hook many readers. Author P.W. Catanese has a series of 4 books that extend fairy taleslike when Jack of Jack and the beanstalk became an old man living back down on earth. ( new little thief gets quite an adventure.) This series motivated 3 of my most reluctant boy readers. Catanese will respond (answer questions) to any class & teacher reading one of his books aloud. The MAYBIRD series (Jodi Anderson) is another that convinced one young student of mind it might be okay to be seen reading...as long as you made sure to continue to tell your teacher at least once a week that you don't like school, or reading. She came to me every day to keep me updated as she was trying to clarify what in the world (literally) was going on in this book. She got a "conference" out of me on a daily basis! (She went on to middle level, but I made sure to buy the third book in this trilogy a few weeks ago, and she's reading it now.) A long time ago Sharon Taberski wrote, and spoke, about how important it is to manage classrooms so that teachers are spending their times in book stores looking for books for their readers, instead of home grading papers! I took her advice! john ___ Sent through e-mol. E-mail, Anywhere, Anytime. http://www.e-mol.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. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Schema/Connections
-Original Message- From: Wendy Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 6:18 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Schema/Connections re: They may well be reading a book and not have a connection so what do I do then? Broaden their understanding of 'connection.'? So often the children think a T-S connection has to be to an 'event.'? Model for them connecting to the character's feelings; the character traits; the bigger idea; it deepens their understanding, drives them right to why characters do what they do, and avoids those connections that are not helpful. One of my first grade teachers did a great job with the students after reading Alexander and the No Good, Horrible, Terrible Day (I always mess up the title!).? Every child has had a bad day at some point.? Once they'd made that kind of connection, they could really understand Alexander better! Hope that helps. m. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Beyond Retelling
Lori - any chance you could share your rubric? m . -Original Message- From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 8:30 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Beyond Retelling I developed a rubric for retelling for my kiddos--a sort of simplified version the retelling elements from the DRA. I started with my reading the very sorts of books kiddos are expected to retell (not the DRA texts, but leveled books that reflected all the different levels in my classroom). Then I would retell--sometimes very poorly. My first and second graders just LOVED scoring me. One child was always designated to count the prompts--I taught the kids only one, which was tell me more. The kids would groan and shake their heads with each prompt. They quickly came to understand that it was important not to make me 'beg' for the whole story. After a week of this, we did partnered retelling work. Day one, the retelling team consisted of one listener and one rater--they actually sat there with their rubrics and scored their partner's retelling. Day two we switched. I set up the listening center for students to record their own retellings and do what I called 'retrospective retellings", they listened to themselves and scored their retellings. I had wonderful conversations with them about their ratings (they were tough on themselves) and they began to have a real sense of how to 'fill in the blanks'. Two biggest results here were understanding and detailing of character and a tremendous drop in the number of required prompts--as in, almost NEVER. Lori On 11/29/07 11:44 PM, "Debbie Goodis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read about 2 stories a day to my students. Would it be helpful if I did one > or two a week as a lesson on retelling? For example, every "event" stop and > ask the students to tell me what I just read to them in their own words. It's > something I can do tomorrow so I thought I might try it. It seem that when you > want to teach a skill its helpful to use a concept that is easy for them. Two > or three pages at a time. Just to get them "in the habit" of thinking in terms > of the story in their own words. It's late, and I hope I'm being clear. > Thanks for any thoughts. > Debbie > > > - > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp000503 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] authentic texts for struggling readers/anyone for comprehension ...
I missed the original post - what kits are you referring to?? Thanks. We just received a 5-pk of the 2008 Gr. 3 Daybook - much improved!? It's organized by comprehension strategies - making connections, asking questions, etc.? There's a nice balance of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.? Ellin's touch is evident! m. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 9:01 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] authentic texts for struggling readers/anyone for comprehension ... Bev, We have the kits both levels in both fiction and non-fiction. The kids and teachers really like them. Whole group lessons, guided practice, three leveled guided reading for small group and independent practice. Very well organized in themes. They are well worth the price. Did you know that Ellin is one of the authors of the new Daybooks by GreatSource? I have always liked their materials and now they are even better. Marsha **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000301) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp000503 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] How About Time for Kids?
We have both at our school (K-5 elementary) and the teachers and children love them.? m. -Original Message- From: A.Michele Paci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Cc: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 6:46 am Subject: [MOSAIC] How About Time for Kids? Hi All: I was in the process of ordering these today, but I thought I should get some feedback. From my understanding, similar to the Nat. Geo. these have the different reading levels of the same topic, which we thought would be great. Any thoughts? Thanks, Michele ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading, All Levels, Any Text
http://www.seedlingpub.com/ -Original Message- From: Shirley Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Sent: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 4:54 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading, All Levels, Any Text I tried to google Seedlings Publisher and only got two title from Amazon. Does Seedlings, the publisher, have a site on the internet? If so, could you send the url? Shirley Miller Hyde Middle School Cupertino, CA "You don't have to read every day, just on the days that you eat!" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:19 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading, All Levels, Any Text I would add one small company called Seedlings. They have fiction and nonfiction and the kids LOVE the titles...very high interest. Jennifer Maryland In a message dated 12/29/2007 2:34:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Crabtree, National Geographic, Newbridge, Wright, Rigby, Benchmark, Sundance, many companies from Follett as a jobber (GREAT prices), Scholastic, Red Brick and Yellow Umbrella (imprints of Coughlin), Rosen, Mondo So many companies, so little $$s. . . . **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] what good readers do
? Re: I'm going to have a large picture of the ocean, with a person swimming or snorkling on top (skimming) and the What a wonderful way to get the message across without sending the 'bad reader' message!? What grade do you teach??? At our K/1 we use that phrase: Good Readers ask themselves does it sound right? look right? make sense?? I'm wondering how, at that very basic level, we might rephrase "good readers."? Any thoughts? Thanks. -Martha -Original Message- From: sheila eisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 7:14 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] what good readers do More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Making Meaning
We also have the Comprehension Toolkit, but ordered the Toolkit Texts (one set for Gr. 2/3, one set for Gr. 4/5).?? http://books.heinemann.com/series/78.aspx? The shorter texts work really well for small groups as well as whole class. As for Making Meaning.? It's new for us this year, and teachers are happy having just the Tchr. Ed. and the books.? (We have it K-3, another school in our district has it K-4)? They found the student books limiting - both in types of responses and space to respond.? We're also liking that there are different titles at each grade, which avoids that overlap and "I read that last year with Mr. So-and-So!"? The kit is a great place to start, esp. if you're just getting up and running with comp. strategy instruction.? Another positive - if you don't like the book they've chosen, they suggest several others that would work just as well.? And over time, teachers have found other texts they love - so they use them during the unit instead. Good luck! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 7:42 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Making Meaning My school uses the toolkit, strategies that work and making meaning. I think the making meaning is a watered down version of the toolkit. I will sometimes introduce the strategy using making meaning and then reinforce using the toolkit. I teach third grade and we have discovered that some of the texts used in the toolkit are above our students so we use alternate texts. Since the toolkit covers grades 3-5 we have passed on some of the texts to the upper grades and we are always searching for titles we can use for the lessons. We are currently trying to compile a list for each grade. The toolkit lessons can also be a bit lengthy. The second grade classes have the student notebooks for making meaning but for some reason they were not ordered for third grade. I will just make my own worksheets if needed. **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic)Making Meaning
Linda - it's not Debbie Miller's book that's Reading With Meaning.? Too many titles that are close!? Here's the link - http://www.devstu.org/making_meaning/comprehension_strategies.html martha -Original Message- From: Linda Buice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 6:20 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic)Making Meaning Hi, I have been watching the discussions and thought I knew what you were talking about, but I guess I don't. Is Making Meaning K-8 a writing program or are you talking about Debbie Miller's Making Meaning book? I guess I haven't been watching closely. Thanks, Linda B ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds
Boy, it is hard.? I also have kiddos use a mirror to look at their mouth, but that's often too hard. We use Cast-A-Spell - each short vowel sound has a hand/body motion associated with it.? My favorite is short e - echo.? There's a picture of a little girl, with her hand up to her ear as if listening to an echo, and we chant /echo/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /echo/.? Works like a charm!? For a medial sound, try 'red bed' - that's worked well for me, too. Hope that helps! m. -Original Message- From: Deidra & Jim Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:16 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds You might also try using a whisper phone. I have used one with my tutored students before when helping with vowel sounds. They practice making the short vowel sound into the phone. It makes them more attentive to the sound they are producing and are more likely to produce an accurate sound. Also make sure the child has something to connect the sound to like an object (i.e.. short e is the beginning sound of egg, elephant,). Also, model a distinct difference in facial and tongue position when making the short e sound versus the short i sound. I have mine smile for the short i and have a more open mouth for the short e sound. Word sorts will also help with the distinguishing of short vowel sounds. But most importantly, make sure they make the mouth position correctly to help encourage the correct sound production. Deidra Chandler, NC MA Early Childhood Ed MA Reading - Original Message - From: "Isabella Lucia Scivetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:59 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds >I am currently tutoring a first grade student who is having difficulty > with her vowel sounds, especially /e/. She sometimes confuses the /e/ > sound with /a/ or /i/. When I ask her to spell a word like ?met? she > would spell ?mat?, and when I asked her to sound it out she would > sound out met. I know ?e? is one of the most difficult vowels because > it sounds so similar to the ?a? and ?i?. Does anyone have any > activities or suggestions of how I could help her with this? I noticed > people have been talking about ?Words Their Way? and I think I?ll try > out a sorting activity. > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] vowel sounds
I'll duck with you MOST kiddos just need that association conversation like the one you mentioned.? The few who need more, give THEM what THEY need.? Martha -Original Message- From: Ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 9:38 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds I am going to say this and run for cover. I never, in thirteen years in the primary classroom, taught long and short vowel sounds. I would say things like, "Sometimes when we see an e at the end of a work like this (like) it sounds like the i we hear in vine." My kids read extremely well. This ability to identify sounds as long and short seems to me to oversimplify thngs liguistically speaking and though this requirement has resurcased in our state standards, I guess I don't get it. Ducking, Lori - Original message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: 2008, 27, Quarta Of Fevereiro 15:56 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds > > Boy, it is hard.? I also have kiddos use a mirror to look at their mouth, > but that's often too hard. > > We use Cast-A-Spell - each short vowel sound has a hand/body motion > associated with it.? My favorite is short e - echo.? There's a picture of a little girl, with her hand up to her ear as if listening to an echo, and we chant /echo/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /echo/.? Works like a charm!? For a medial sound, try 'red bed' - that's worked well for me, too. > > Hope that helps! > > m. > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Deidra & Jim Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Sent: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:16 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds > > > > > > > > > > > You might also try using a whisper phone. I have used one with my tutored > students before when helping with vowel sounds. They practice making the > short vowel sound into the phone. It makes them more attentive to the sound > they are producing and are more likely to produce an accurate sound. Also > make sure the child has something to connect the sound to like an object > (i.e.. short e is the beginning sound of egg, elephant,). Also, model a > distinct difference in facial and tongue position when making the short e > sound versus the short i sound. I have mine smile for the short i and have a > more open mouth for the short e sound. Word sorts will also help with the > distinguishing of short vowel sounds. But most importantly, make sure they > make the mouth position correctly to help encourage the correct sound > production. > > Deidra Chandler, NC > MA Early Childhood Ed > MA Reading > > > - Original Message - > From: "Isabella Lucia Scivetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:59 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds > > > >I am currently tutoring a first grade student who is having difficulty > > with her vowel sounds, especially /e/. She sometimes confuses the /e/ > > sound with /a/ or /i/. When I ask her to spell a word like ?met? she > > would spell ?mat?, and when I asked her to sound it out she would > > sound out met. I know ?e? is one of the most difficult vowels because > > it sounds so similar to the ?a? and ?i?. Does anyone have any > > activities or suggestions of how I could help her with this? I noticed > > people have been talking about ?Words Their Way? and I think I?ll try > > out a sorting activity. > > > > > > ___ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe 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_lit
Re: [MOSAIC] Leveled books
When we began filling in holes in classroom libraries, we contacted Booksource and asked them for their Leveled Reading Catalog (they have on with F & P levels, as well as a one with Reading Recovery levels).?? http://www.booksource.com/ Give them a call and ask them to send you the catalog you need.? Good luck! -martha -Original Message- From: HERBERT Suzanne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 9:55 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Leveled books Our school is in the process of creating classroom libraries of leveled books and we have been asked to come up with books that fit the Fountas and Pinnell's P. Q and R.levels for fourth grade. Has anyone a source or place one can go with an abundance of good tiles but with the reading level determined? To just start picking books out of the air seems a difficult task. We are going to have classroom libraries of over 300 titles each..so where do we start? I am also concerned that we are heading into an emphasis on 'leveled books' even for transitional readers. Comments please. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Leveled books
One of the tricky things we've found is that so many people have their own leveling systems: F & P, Reading Recover, DRA, Wright Group, Calkins, so you have to be on the alert!? I guess the key is being sure the children understand about that 'just right book' and that what's 'just right' in one genre, might not be the same in another.? -martha -Original Message- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 2:04 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Leveled books A Field Guide to the Classroom Library (sold by level) is a new Lucy Calkins resource sold by Heinemann that I hope to order in my requisition. That should fit the bill quite nicely if it's all it seems to be. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Looking for 3rd Grade Reading Workshop Units of Study
Hi. After reading your post, I went to the Mosaic listserve website looking for the 3 topics you referenced in your email -- Year Comp. Emphasis Chart from Cathy, Inferring and Questioning Units of Study by Sandi. I couldn't find them.? I guess I'm not quite sure how to navigate the site, and was hoping you might be able to guide me to the place where you found the 3 topics.? ? Many thanks for your time. Martha -Original Message- From: Kurtt,Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:38 am Subject: [MOSAIC] Looking for 3rd Grade Reading Workshop Units of Study I'm finishing up my second year as a 3rd grade teacher in a district that is trying to implement balanced literacy, but we are lacking a lot of resources. I've done a lot of my own research on the topic and discovered some really great resources from this website. The first resource that I found really helpful was entitled "Year Comprehension Emphasis Chart from Cathy". I think this would be a great model for my district to follow, but unfortunately we don't have a reading curriculum that follows this model. The other two resources that were very useful were entitled "Inferring Unit of Study by Sandi" and "Questioning Unit of Study by Sandi". I really like the way she has a focus each week and then detailed mini-lessons for each day. I would love to have similar resources for teaching units of study on Metacognition, Connections, Visualizing, Determining Importance, and Synthesis. I was wondering if anyone has an email address for the Sandi who created these units of study so I could contact her to see if she has other ones. If not, does anyone know of any other resources that have units of study for these comprehension strategies? I would really appreciate your help with this. Thanks so much!!! Casey ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Looking for 3rd Grade Reading Workshop Units of Study
Found 'em!? Thanks! -Original Message- From: Kurtt,Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:57 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Looking for 3rd Grade Reading Workshop Units of Study Visit this website and the 3 topics I mentioned are under the lesson plans section. If you can't find them let me know. http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm#2 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 4/25/2008 7:45 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Looking for 3rd Grade Reading Workshop Units of Study Hi. After reading your post, I went to the Mosaic listserve website looking for the 3 topics you referenced in your email -- Year Comp. Emphasis Chart from Cathy, Inferring and Questioning Units of Study by Sandi. I couldn't find them.? I guess I'm not quite sure how to navigate the site, and was hoping you might be able to guide me to the place where you found the 3 topics.? ? Many thanks for your time. Martha -Original Message- From: Kurtt,Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:38 am Subject: [MOSAIC] Looking for 3rd Grade Reading Workshop Units of Study I'm finishing up my second year as a 3rd grade teacher in a district that is trying to implement balanced literacy, but we are lacking a lot of resources. I've done a lot of my own research on the topic and discovered some really great resources from this website. The first resource that I found really helpful was entitled "Year Comprehension Emphasis Chart from Cathy". I think this would be a great model for my district to follow, but unfortunately we don't have a reading curriculum that follows this model. The other two resources that were very useful were entitled "Inferring Unit of Study by Sandi" and "Questioning Unit of Study by Sandi". I really like the way she has a focus each week and then detailed mini-lessons for each day. I would love to have similar resources for teaching units of study on Metacognition, Connections, Visualizing, Determining Importance, and Synthesis. I was wondering if anyone has an email address for the Sandi who created these units of study so I could contact her to see if she has other ones. If not, does anyone know of any other resources that have units of study for these comprehension strategies? I would really appreciate your help with this. Thanks so much!!! Casey ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] RTI
Thank you for sharing the information about your school's journey with RtI. We have a student assistance team similar to yours.? We? identify a measurable goal and then meet with the teacher again in 6 weeks to review the child's growth related to the goal.? From there we refine, create a new goal, etc.? I was wondering if you might be able to share a sample SIP or a blank form.? Does the classroom teacher write the SIP with the support of the caseworker?? What staff members are typically paired with the teacher as a caseworkercolleague? someone from special ed?? reading staff?? I'm sure I'll have more questions, but this is a start! Perhaps you could email me off line. Thanks again. m. -Original Message- From: jkyingling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 8:30 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RTI We just completed our 4th year with RTI implementation. Your last sentence says it all - It seems that we'd need to be very creative in finding the time and personnel to implement this plan. Everyone in our building is actively involved with helping the students. We also have a lot of paperwork that needs to be completed for each student. Our first step is to refer a student to our Student Assistance Team (SAT). Then a caseworker from the SAT meets with the teachers involved to discuss the student before the whole SAT gets involved. After that we try several interventions for each student depending on his/her needs. Our universal screening tool was the DIBELS test (next year we'll be using AIMSWeb). For any student scoring below benchmark on DIBELS the classroom teacher had to write a Student Improvement Plan. These plans are very involved. The classroom teacher writes goals for each student and then monitors the student's progress. The SIP are looked at and modified as the student meets the goals. I'm sure there is a lot of our RTI plan that I've forgotten to write about, so if you have any specific questions please just ask. I'll answer them as completely as I can. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] kindergarten
We piloted Making Meaning (Ctr. for Developmental Studies) in our kindergarten's last year - and it was wonderful.? It dovetailed so perfectly with our focus on language development and has built into it creating a focus on social interaction and discussion and building a literate community.? We didn't buy the 'extras' - just the manual and the lovely tradebooks. Just a thought Martha -Original Message- From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 8:54 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten And Katie Wood Ray has a new one out for this level as well. I can't remember the title right now. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada Another excellent book for kindergarten is Starting with Comprehension Reading Strategies for the Youngest Learners by Andie Cunningham and Ruth Shagoury. It is a quick read and full of wonderful information about teaching the comprehension strategies in a kindergarten classroom. Karen ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] kindergarten
Jan Richardson's approach to Guided Reading. Could you help me out with perhaps a title for Richardson's book? thanks. Martha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:57 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten = ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] kindergarten
Hi. There's also Cunningham's Building Blocks, the kindergarten version of 4 blocks.? It uses children's names for teaching letters, sounds and beginning conventions of print. Martha -Original Message- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 2:11 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kindergarten There are some excellent resources out there for teaching letters (and other stuff) using children's names. One is Beyond the Names Chart: Using Children's Names for Word Study by Debbie Diller and I can't remember the other titles. But I'm pretty sure a couple more come from Scholastic. _ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Big Words
However, given a recent conversation on the Daily5 listserv it is more appropriate that I am responding now. Elisa - would you mind providing the link to the Daily5 listserve?? I can't seem to find it! Thanks. Martha -Original Message- From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 9:34 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Big Words ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] "Adventures in Graphica" Book Review
Jennifer, I LOVED your idea of using comics in the classroom. I am always searching for new projects that I can write a grant for, and implement the project in my classroom. I also teach 3rd grade. I would love to see your unit that was written for this project. I didn't see it on the websites you listed. Would you mind sharing the uint? I would like to see what all ideas you had on this. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:16 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] "Adventures in Graphica" Book Review I can't give out the lesson plans because I don't own them...I wrote them for this initiative and was paid for them but you can see samples on the weblink I gave. You will want to go to Diamond Comics Bookshelf. I am not sure if the units are for sale yet, but here is a contact link...mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tell them that Jennifer Palmer sent you! :-) Jennifer In a message dated 9/13/2008 8:55:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jennifer, I LOVED your idea of using comics in the classroom. I am always searching for new projects that I can write a grant for, and implement the project in my classroom. I also teach 3rd grade. I would love to see your unit that was written for this project. I didn't see it on the websites you listed. Would you mind sharing the uint? I would like to see what all ideas you had on this. Thanks Elisa Kifer **Pt...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty000514) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] "Adventures in Graphica" Book Review
Thank you, Jennifer.? The samples were wonderful - we are working on a grant for $$ to purchase books, etc. to grab our young male readers who do 'ok' in primary grades, begin to slip in upper elementary grades, and then lose interest in middle school.? Martha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:16 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] "Adventures in Graphica" Book Review I can't give out the lesson plans because I don't own them...I wrote them for this initiative and was paid for them but you can see samples on the weblink I gave. You will want to go to Diamond Comics Bookshelf. I am not sure if the units are for sale yet, but here is a contact link...mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tell them that Jennifer Palmer sent you! :-) Jennifer In a message dated 9/13/2008 8:55:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jennifer, I LOVED your idea of using comics in the classroom. I am always searching for new projects that I can write a grant for, and implement the project in my classroom. I also teach 3rd grade. I would love to see your unit that was written for this project. I didn't see it on the websites you listed. Would you mind sharing the uint? I would like to see what all ideas you had on this. Thanks Elisa Kifer **Pt...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty000514) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Guided Reading level assessment
Hi. I went http://rwproject.tc.columbia.edu, but found that I needed to be a project member.? Do you have a different link that might help us?? I'm looking to find support for developing genre units of study for 3rd grade.?? If you (or anyone) has helpful information, it would be greatl appreciated. Thanks, Andrea Martha -Original Message- From: Andrea Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Sent: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:36 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading level assessment Try the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project website. There are leveled assessments to download. Andrea ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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 level assessment
got it!? many thanks. -Original Message- From: Maureen Robins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 4:01 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading level assessment Here's the link: http://rwproject.tc.columbia.edu/#spotlight You don't need to be a member. Maureen Robins On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Kelly Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #1 > > > Hey all, > > My district used to participate in an online testing program that reported > students' lexile levels. In that way, sixth grade teachers like me had > access to an approximate reading level for students. > > Recently, we discontinued our use of that program. I would really like to > find a quick test that gives me a guided reading level for my students so > that I can find appropriate texts for them. > > Would you recommend IRI's? I have used them but find them a bit challenging > timewise. Any other suggestions? > > Kelly W > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] DRA2 Question
Hi. Somewhere in the manual it talks about the fact that at level 28+ if the student is independent in the oral reading fluency but instructional in the written response/comprehension, stop.?? Dropping down will most likely provide a similar profile - it's hard to tease out if the issue at 28+ is comprehension or WRITTEN response to text.? That's where to dig in with instruction. Yes, we noticed a drop after the summer with a number of students.? They often just need time to rebuild the stamina for reading and in higher levels, for writing, too.? It makes me wonder about the timing of the fall testing.? I don't think (in the big scheme of things) that the issue is that the spring scores of the previous year were not accurate. We continue to remind ourselves that it's so much more than 'the levels' ... it's really about what did we learn about the child, and where do we go next. Hope that helps. Martha -Original Message- From: SPINELLO, Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Sent: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 9:50 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA2 Question Hello Readers! I am hoping someone can help me with a question that keeps coming up in our school regarding the DRA2. Do you ever test down? For example, in the fall a child scored in the independent range on a level 28 but only instructional on the level 30 so the teacher stopped the assessment. During the winter assessment the teacher began assessing the child with the level 30 text and again the child did not score at the independent range so at this point does the teacher test the child down even though the child already passed the level 28 previously? I hope I made this clear enough to understand. I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Carol ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] summarizing
I used the Somebody Wanted But So Then with my 4th grade students who were having a really tough time with summarizing.? They really understood the story elements, but were having a hard time writing a concise summary.? This is a great strategy - student friendly! - and I've found wonderful carry-over into 5th grade. Thanks for the terrific website - Martha -Original Message- From: carol minkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 9:09 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] summarizing You might also try Somebody Wanted But So Then strategy and chart. I am attaching a great link I found to help you with this. http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/Somebody-Wanted-But-So.html On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Jennifer Axman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I work with 6, 7,8 graders who are still struggling with their reading and > we use the > > Someone/Something / Verb (did something) / Finish the thought... > > This is a graphic structure I use to help them create a summary sentence. > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/3/2008 10:36 AM >>> > Hi > I have a group of Title I, 4th and 5th graders who are reading on a second > grade level. We are working on summarizing and it is hard for them. We have > summarized nursery rhymes, using the 5 W's. They do fairly well on these > because > these are short and familiar. What other instruction do you give regarding > summarizing? > **Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's > Hot > 5 Travel Deals! > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav0001 > ) > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] graphic novels
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.
Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels
Tina - Thank you for your reply.? We have the Bone series, but not the others.? I'll check out your recommended resources. Have a great week. Martha -Original Message- From: Christina Dudley To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 3:52 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels The ones I got were purchased from Scholastic Graphix. There is a webpage as well. They are a little limited right now but I teach 3rd grade and these books are never on my shelf. I have: Amulet Bone series Knights of the Kitchen Table (I think this in the title) Goosebumps 3 stories in 1 book (follows the series but combines 3 different stories w/3 different kinds of graphics: color, anime, regular comic type) The Magic Pickle There is also I think 2 others but I didn't feel appropriate to my grade level. I went to Borders/Barnes and Nobles and there are more titles than that not carried by Scholastic. If you are interested in Manga there are tons of different ones. The one I saw in my class was Narotu/Naratu (not sure of spelling right now). Tina 3rd grade From: "kinder...@comcast.net" To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 9:29:13 PM Subject: 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. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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
Again, Tina, thank you! -Original Message- From: Christina Dudley To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 7:11 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels Well I went to the library at school today and she had ordered some graphic novels that were social studies non-fiction. The ones I saw were for the Transcontinental Railroad and the Pony Express. The company on the back said Graphic Planet. I did a search on this but nothing came up. I did check one out so I will look at the pub info tomorrow and email the info. The librarian at your school may have some resources as well. Tina From: "re...@aol.com" To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:14:07 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels Tina - Thank you for your reply.? We have the Bone series, but not the others.? I'll check out your recommended resources. Have a great week. Martha -Original Message- From: Christina Dudley To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 3:52 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels The ones I got were purchased from Scholastic Graphix. There is a webpage as well. They are a little limited right now but I teach 3rd grade and these books are never on my shelf. I have: Amulet Bone series Knights of the Kitchen Table (I think this in the title) Goosebumps 3 stories in 1 book (follows the series but combines 3 different stories w/3 different kinds of graphics: color, anime, regular comic type) The Magic Pickle There is also I think 2 others but I didn't feel appropriate to my grade level. I went to Borders/Barnes and Nobles and there are more titles than that not carried by Scholastic. If you are interested in Manga there are tons of different ones. The one I saw in my class was Narotu/Naratu (not sure of spelling right now). Tina 3rd grade From: "kinder...@comcast.net" To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 9:29:13 PM Subject: 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. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] graphic novels
The DRA2 Gr. 4-8 kit has some 'lower level' books called Bridge Pack books.? High interest for at risk readers.? Perhaps those would be a resource for you. -Martha -Original Message- From: Sheryl Gowan To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 9:30 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels I am looking for an assessment tool to determine (ballpark) reading levels for high school students. I have used MAP, Dominie, and Reading Recovery Observation Survey in the past with elementary students. Most of these students are reading around 3 - 4 grade,(guessing) but I would like something more concrete. Any suggestions of something that I could use? thanks >>> ljackson 1/13/2009 8:51 am >>> Were they truly novels, or did they more closely resembled an exapanded 'comic book'? Capstone Press and Redbrick share a series of wonderful graphics tied to social studies and science themes. Kids LOVE them. Capstone and Rebrick are sister companies, with the first marketing to retail and the second marketing to education. National Geographic has swallowed Redbrick up and gone are the days when I could negotiate dandy deals on the books. However, for whatever reason Capstone was not swallowed and they still share titles...I purchased a large number of these books through our local bookstore at a 20% savings and avoided shipping. Granted, we were buying LOTS... Lori On 1/12/09 5:11 PM, "Christina Dudley" wrote: > Well I went to the library at school today and she had ordered some graphic > novels that were social studies non-fiction. The ones I saw were for the > Transcontinental Railroad and the Pony Express. The company on the back said > Graphic Planet. I did a search on this but nothing came up. I did check one > out so I will look at the pub info tomorrow and email the info. The librarian > at your school may have some resources as well. > > Tina > > > > > > From: "re...@aol.com" > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:14:07 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels > > > Tina - > Thank you for your reply.? We have the Bone series, but not the others.? I'll > check out your recommended resources. > Have a great week. > Martha > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Christina Dudley > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > > Sent: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 3:52 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels > > > > > > > > > > > The ones I got were purchased from Scholastic Graphix. There is a webpage as > well. They are a little limited right now but I teach 3rd grade and these > books > are never on my shelf. > > I have: > Amulet > Bone series > Knights of the Kitchen Table (I think this in the title) > Goosebumps 3 stories in 1 book (follows the series but combines 3 different > stories w/3 different kinds of graphics: color, anime, regular comic type) > The Magic Pickle > > There is also I think 2 others but I didn't feel appropriate to my grade > level. > I went to Borders/Barnes and Nobles and there are more titles than that not > carried by Scholastic. If you are interested in Manga there are tons of > different ones. The one I saw in my class was Narotu/Naratu (not sure of > spelling right now). > > > Tina 3rd grade > > > > From: "kinder...@comcast.net" > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > > Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 9:29:13 PM > Subject: 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. > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membershi
Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions
As the time for midyear data collection rolls around, I am finding Bev, that some of these intervention programs work and work well. Thank you for your post.? My job description breaks down in a very similar way.? We have a model of reading recovery primarily implemented by IA's trained specifically for this intervention.? I was recently trained in Wilson and am finding for one of my students it's unlocked the world of print!? For the other student, the memory issues make progress slow baby steps.? We also use Read Naturally, and for some children, it's a 2nd dose of guided reading in leveled text in a small group. That pull of "my gut" and "in the box" is continuous, but I still find that "teacher decision making and quality instruction" is what makes "in the box" work. That said... Would you share with us which of your interventions programs you find work best at which grade levels?? How did you determine which program to use with particular students?? Would you also clarifydo the IA's do Wilson, etc. and you do the in class support or do you do both?? -Martha -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 8:58 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions Beverly I am struggling with this whole issue myself. About 50% of my job description as reading specialist is intervention...25% assessment and 25% staff development. District support for our homegrown intervention program (which was modeled after reading recovery) was pulled this year and programs had to be research based and approved through our district intervention committee. When I asked what research based meant, I was told..."It comes in a box." So, to make a long story short, kicking and screaming, I trained my IAs and we are now using Wilson, Wilson Fundations, SIPPS, Soar to Success and Fluency Formula. In addition to the programs, the at risk students get intervention in the classroom as I plug in and teach the regular balanced literacy curriculum side by side with regular educators and special educators. SO...the kids get an intervention program based on their reading needs and an extra teacher in the room for the regular curriculum to lower the teacher student ratio for the most at risk students. As the time for midyear data collection rolls around, I am finding Bev, that some of these intervention programs work and work well. I think if these programs are supplemental, and are added to balanced regular QUALITY, balanced classroom instruction, they can be of help to kids. This realization led to a "crisis of faith" for me. I have disliked the scripted lessons as I have always had the deepest belief that it is teacher decision making and quality instruction that makes the difference rather than a program. Yet, here I am, forced to admit that children in my SIPPS program are learning to read at a faster rate than they would have with just my intervention within the classroom. Perhaps it is how these programs are used and if they are used with the right kids at the right time and for short periods of time in conjunction with balanced literacy instruction, then they might add an extra element that will lead to student success. I still have the decision making power within the classroom and I still choose which intervention to place students inbut my job just isn't as much fun, and not as creative as it used to be. (Though I do get home a lot earlier...) Jennifer tIn a message dated 1/13/2009 4:15:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, beverleep...@gmail.com writes: I'd really like to open this thread up again and take another try at it. Those of us in balanced literacy classrooms are fighting for our professional opinions and desperately need the most up-to-date research which supports comprehensive literacy, not direct instruction. **New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom0026) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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
Just a quick note to thanks to all of you who replied to my request.? Now, let's just hope we get the grant! -Original Message- From: Christina Dudley To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 6:51 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels The one I got from the library were like stories but in a shorter format maybe late 3rd to 5th grade. Much like what you would find in non-fiction section of elementary library. The other I sent were actual novels (Bone, Amulet). Tina From: Melissa Beaudre To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:21:09 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels I have also noticed several of my boys reading "The Circle Trilogy" by Ted Dekker. These are about good vs. evil. The seem to be excited about reading the series and are not able to put them down! Just another suggestion. - Melissa On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Melissa Beaudre wrote: > I teach 5th grade and several of my boys are interested in the "Armor > Quest" series. They are even getting my low readers interested in > reading. I do know that there is some religious allegory in the books > - much like the Chronicles of Narnia. I teach at a Catholic school, so > there is not a problem with this, as there may be with your students. > Just something to think about and look into! > > -Melissa > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:51 PM,? wrote: >> >>? The DRA2 Gr. 4-8 kit has some 'lower level' books called Bridge Pack >>books.? High interest for at risk readers.? Perhaps those would be a resource for you. >> -Martha >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Sheryl Gowan >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group >> Sent: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 9:30 am >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I am looking for an assessment tool to determine (ballpark) reading >> levels for high school students.? I have used MAP,? Dominie, and Reading >> Recovery Observation Survey? in the past with elementary students.? Most >> of these students are reading around 3 - 4 grade,(guessing) but I would >> like something more concrete.? Any suggestions of something that I could >> use?? thanks >> > ljackson 1/13/2009 8:51 am >>> >> Were they truly novels, or did they more closely resembled an >> exapanded >> 'comic book'?? Capstone Press and Redbrick share a series of wonderful >> graphics tied to social studies and science themes. Kids LOVE them. >> Capstone >> and Rebrick are sister companies, with the first marketing to retail >> and the >> second marketing to education. National Geographic has swallowed >> Redbrick up >> and gone are the days when I could negotiate dandy deals on the books. >> However, for whatever reason Capstone was not swallowed and they still >> share >> titles...I purchased a large number of these books through our local >> bookstore at a 20% savings and avoided shipping.? Granted, we were >> buying >> LOTS... >> >> Lori >> >> >> On 1/12/09 5:11 PM, "Christina Dudley" >> wrote: >> >>> Well I went to the library at school today and she had ordered some >> graphic >>> novels that were social studies non-fiction. The ones I saw were for >> the >>> Transcontinental Railroad and the Pony Express. The company on the >> back said >>> Graphic Planet. I did a search on this but nothing came up. I did >> check one >>> out so I will look at the pub info tomorrow and email the info. The >> librarian >>> at your school may have some resources as well. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: "re...@aol.com" >>> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:14:07 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels >>> >>> >>> Tina - >>> Thank you for your reply.? We have the Bone series, but not the >> others.? I'll >>> check out your recommended resources. >>> Have a great week. >>> Martha >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Christina Dudley >>> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group >>> >>> Sent: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 3:52 pm >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] graphic novels >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The ones I got were purchased from Scholastic Graphix. There is a >> webpage as >>> well. They are a little limited right now but I teach 3rd grade and >> these >>> books >>> are never on my shelf. >>> >>> I have: >>> Amulet >>> Bone series >>> Knights of the Kitchen Table (I think this in the title) >>> Goosebumps 3 stories in 1 book (follows the series but combines 3 >> different >>> stories w/3 different kinds of graphics: color, anime, regular comic >> type) >>> The Magic Pickle >>> >>> There is also I think 2 others but I didn't feel appropriate to my >> grade >>> level. >>> I went to Borders/Barnes and Nobles and there are more titles than >> that not >>> carried by Scholastic. If you are inte
Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions
Thanks, Jen, for your reply.? I'll look into SIPPS.? We've been talking about Fundations for gr. 1 students who are struggling with fluency and cracking that code.? Wilson is painful, but for the 2 second grade students I have in it who are getting great instruction in comprehension and leveled text in class, it's working.? And they're so proud of themselves! Martha -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 8:39 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions Martha I do mainly the in class support and I supervise and train the staff working in the intervention programs. I do an occasional pull out group to learn the programs I must supervise. I am Wilson trained, but only two special educators are using it with a few tough cases. I cannot take teaching it. I like SIPPS the best of all of them... (SIPPS stands for Systematic Instruction in Phonics Phonemic Awareness and Sight words.) They do not pretend to teach comprehension and I don't agree with all of the philosophy behind it. I think that some of the research they quote in the rationale was misinterpreted. With some tweaking though, it has some good aspects when combined with balanced literacy instruction in the classroom. The aides can do SIPPS with some supervision. We are seeing some results in first grade...less in second and third but that makes sense since research tells us that phonics instruction is really only effective in grade K and 1. Fundations, (Wilson for primary) is working well in Kindergarten (I am coteaching this one) for 20 minutes a day...but again, the teachers in K are very strong in teaching comprehension at other times during the day. It seems to have escaped the deadly slow pace of Wilson for intermediate aged kids. The jury is out on Fluency Formula but Soar to Success seems to be keeping our kids with comprehension problems reading and interested. With a very few tweaks, it requires kids to actually think! Jennifer The effectiveness of the intervention is depending upon In a message dated 1/13/2009 10:03:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, re...@aol.com writes: That said... Would you share with us which of your interventions programs you find work best at which grade levels?? How did you determine which program to use with particular students?? Would you also clarifydo the IA's do Wilson, etc. and you do the in class support or do you do both?? -Martha **Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital. (http://news.aol.com/main/politics/inauguration?ncid=emlcntusnews0003) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Fw: link for graphic novel
-Original Message- From: Christina Dudley To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 6:57 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Fw: link for graphic novel I think this was the group that I was talking about this with. Here is the link from the pub which also has other stuff graphic novel related. Tina - Forwarded Message From: Christina Dudley To: tinadud...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 7:33:31 AM Subject: link http://www.abdopublishing.com/c/@abmuhwZ1cwepU/Pages/graphicplanet.html?noca...@2+catid@RW ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Fw: link for graphic novel
Thanks, Tina! -Martha -Original Message- From: Christina Dudley To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 6:57 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Fw: link for graphic novel I think this was the group that I was talking about this with. Here is the link from the pub which also has other stuff graphic novel related. Tina - Forwarded Message From: Christina Dudley To: tinadud...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 7:33:31 AM Subject: link http://www.abdopublishing.com/c/@abmuhwZ1cwepU/Pages/graphicplanet.html?noca...@2+catid@RW ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Interventions
We DO have interventions beyond-the-box.? Double-dose of guided reading in push-in and pull-out models, small group comp. instruction using short text, leveled text, novels, etc., again push-in and pull-out models. Buddy readers from the upper grades for the lower grades.?? More often it's cracking the code support that comes in a box I think. Others? -Original Message- From: Beverlee Paul To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:02 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions So...I'm rapidly forming a picture that I'm hoping is premature and incorrect: Do almost all of you do purchased programs for interventions? I'd love to hear from some of you who provide increased instruction within your existing literacy program, or smaller groups, or individual help...something that increases the engaged time but isn't really a "program"? On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:23 PM, wrote: > > Thanks, Jen, for your reply.? I'll look into SIPPS.? We've been talking > about Fundations for gr. 1 students who are struggling with fluency and > cracking that code.? Wilson is painful, but for the 2 second grade students > I have in it who are getting great instruction in comprehension and leveled > text in class, it's working.? And they're so proud of themselves! > Martha > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: cnjpal...@aol.com > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 8:39 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions > > > > > > > > > > > > Martha > I do mainly the in class support and I supervise and train the staff > working > in the intervention programs. I do an occasional pull out group to learn > the > programs I must supervise. I am Wilson trained, but only two special > educators are using it with a few tough cases. I cannot take teaching it. > I > like > SIPPS the best of all of them... (SIPPS stands for Systematic Instruction > in > Phonics Phonemic Awareness and Sight words.) They do not pretend to teach > comprehension and I don't agree with all of the philosophy behind it. I > think > that > some of the research they quote in the rationale was misinterpreted. With > some tweaking though, it has some good aspects when combined with balanced > literacy instruction in the classroom. The aides can do SIPPS with some > supervision. We are seeing some results in first grade...less in second > and > third but > that makes sense since research tells us that phonics instruction is > really > only effective in grade K and 1. > > Fundations, (Wilson for primary) is working well in Kindergarten (I am > coteaching this one) for 20 minutes a day...but again, the teachers in K > are > very > strong in teaching comprehension at other times during the day. It seems to > have escaped the deadly slow pace of Wilson for intermediate aged kids. > > The jury is out on Fluency Formula but Soar to Success seems to be keeping > our kids with comprehension problems reading and interested. With a very > few > tweaks, it requires kids to actually think! > Jennifer > > > The effectiveness of the intervention is depending upon In a message > dated > 1/13/2009 10:03:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, re...@aol.com writes: > > That said... > Would you share with us which of your interventions programs you find work > best at which grade levels?? > How did you determine which program to use with particular students?? > Would you also clarifydo the IA's do Wilson, etc. and you do the in > class support or do you do both?? > > -Martha > > > > > **Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's > capital. ( > http://news.aol.com/main/politics/inauguration?ncid=emlcntusnews0003) > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] professional readings
It is a K-5 >> school that up till now has used a scripted basal program with a workbook. The books folks are recommending are ALL terrific.?? If people are starting at ground zero, moving from a scripted program, I'm wondering about many other things...basic things, like... do they have classroom libraries? independent reading? do they have "schema" for leveled text, differentiated instruction and what a 90 minute/literacy block might look like? When we first started moving away from HM as a core basal, we helped folks get going by starting with independent reading and classroom libraries.? We worked on conferring, choice, getting kids to understand what a just right book felt like (since everyone was always reading the same text, this was new to them!)? For the intermediate levels, we found Fountas/Pinnell's Guiding Readers and Writers Gr. 3-6 a great place for folks to get started.? It models, for example, the 'first 20 days' for launching independent reading.? It supports getting started with reading and writing workshops.? For the little ones, we loved Debbie Miller and her videos. Don't get me wrong - I love Harvey/Goudvis, Tony Stead and the rest of the great comprehension strategy people.? But F & P helped lay the ground work we built on. ? ? ? -Original Message- From: ljackson To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 7:50 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] professional readings Our teachers have become so concentrated on the Daily Five that those newest to Balanced Literacy are neglecting guided reading. Just a thought. Lori On 1/25/09 6:13 PM, "Deb Stoner" wrote: > If you're looking for something for the whole school, I'd rec. Daily Five. > Yes, it is geared more for primary, but everyone can get something out of > it. It is an easy read and easy to follow for those new to teaching without > a basal. > Deb > - Original Message - > From: "Felicia Barra" > To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'" > > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:45 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] professional readings > > >> 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. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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 interventions
Here's the home page for the Arkansas model. Elisa http://www.arliteracymodel.com/ ?Elisa - thanks for the direct link. Our school is using DRA2, and I'm wondering if you - or others of you out there! - have found the levels in DRA and DRA2 to be comparable. Also, somewhere along the line, we understood that the Rdg. Rec. benchmark for the end of grade 1 was now 18 for meeting proficiency levels (on the Arkansas site, 18 is noted as exceeding using DRA). Is a Rdg. Rec. level 18 the same as a DRA2 level 18? Thanks - in advance - for any thoughts/input/help. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] off topic
Hi all.? Is anyone in the greater Hartford, CT area using Fundations, either in the classroom or in small support groups for students?? Please email me off linethank you! Martha mhers...@berlinschools.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] vocabulary instruction
When I can't find something, or I can't remember the details, I know there's someone on this list serve who can help! We're emphasizing noticing/attending to new vocabulary in an upcoming unit of study.? I have the great organizer where you map out a word with an antonym, synonym, quick sketch, sentence. What I'm unable to put my hands on is the vocabulary graphic organizer, I think it was in columns, with headings like:? I think I know the word...? I've heard the word, but I don't know what it means, I've never heard the word before.? Something like that!? Thank you all! ? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] vocabulary instruction
What I'm unable to put my hands on is the vocabulary graphic organizer,
I
think it was in columns, with headings like:? I think I know the
word...?
I've heard the word, but I don't know what it means, I've never heard
the
word before.? Something like that!?
Thanks to the member
who referred me to Janet Allen - I previewed her new book online at
http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9092&r=n121&REFERER=
Not only did I find the one I was looking for ("Previewing Content
Vocabulary) but I also found many other great ideas.? It's a book I'll
want to purchase once it's released.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond.
-Martha
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Re: [MOSAIC] Teaching connections and schema
What about something from Tanny M's book?? I don't have it at home right now (we're on vacation!!!) - but her lessons are so concrete! Martha -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 8:07 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Teaching connections and schema Hi everyone, Does anyone have any fresh ideas for teaching connections and schema? I do like Debbie Miller's file folder lesson... I have found that concrete models really seem to help my reading students get abstract concepts more easily, but these kids had that file folder lesson in grade one and it hasn't made enough of an impression to stick. Thoughts? Jennifer PS... The discussion of late has been interesting, but we haven't been doing as much talking about comprehension and I am missing it! What have you been doing in your classrooms lately? **Why pay full price? Check out this month's deals on the new AOL Shopping. (http://shopping.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntinstor0001) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] mentor v touch stone
I'd love a definition that explains the difference between: mentor text and touch stone text. thanks. martha AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] mentor v touch stone
AHHH! I accidentally hit 'unsubscribe' - please reinstate me! thanks. I'm new at this! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 4:13 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] mentor v touch stone I'd love a definition that explains the difference between: mentor text and touch stone text. thanks. martha AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] poster maker and chart on tools page
I accidentally deleted Michelle TG's What kind of Reader Are you Chart - could someone please send the link to me? Many thanks! m. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 5:26 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] poster maker and chart on tools page Our parent group bought our poster maker for us one year. Now we just buy the paper. Our teachers use the machine for free for classroom use but we charge for personal use or for posters made for other buildings in our district. Neither the machine nor the rolls of special paper are cheap, but we use it extensively. Here's a website with one quite similar to ours: http://www.spinitar.com/visualproducts/PosterMaker-P941C22.aspx Feel free to email me personally if you have other questions. Hope you find a way to make a poster size version of the "What kind of reader are you" chart. My 2nd graders are constantly talking about the "Racing Rabbit," "Confused Turtle," "Smart Fox," and "Wise Owl." We even talk about these kinds of readers when we work on math story problems. (Quite often they read like the turtle on those kinds of problems-"I don't get it" is no longer allowed in my classroom. If one of them slips and says it, the others respond by saying, "Don't be a turtle-go back and reread slowly!") Hope this helps! -Michelle TG ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction books
Hi. If you're looking for books for your independent reading library, National Geographic has GREAT leveled sets for each grade level. I purchased them for my classroom teachers (k-5) last year - and the children (and teachers!) love them. The text is interesting, and once you hit levels H and I, various text features begin to appear (labels, bold print vocab., etc.) I highly recommend them. m. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 6:16 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction books Does anyone have any good non-fiction titles and/or a series for 2-3rd grade readers? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] DRA, accuracy, comprehension and fluency to arrive at a reading level....
Bravo! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Fri, 18 May 2007 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA, accuracy, comprehension and fluency to arrive at a reading level I am wondering if part of the issue here is the drive to test a child until he or she drops! Here in our district we have been encouraged to do just this, resulting in a drive to higher and higher levels. I am encouraging us to consider setting some grade level benchmarks and STOPPING assessment with any child who tests one year above grade level. I had a discussion with a teacher just recently who had a 3rd grade student who did not do well on oral fluency with a level 70 (although by no means word for word reading) but scored 99% accuracy and 23 pts for comprehension. I don't think the child failed the test, but it is my opinion that there is not much point to pushing a 8 year old to this level because most of the reading at this level, at least fiction-wise, is simply not developmentally appropriate for him. He wants to read Dr. Suess, adores picture books and loves informational text. Let's celebrate our talented reader without robbing them of the world of literature at their fingertips. Perhaps my passion here is colored by my experience as a gifted reader. I was pushed hard, reading classics at 11 and when my youngest sister started brining home books like Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and I started reading them on the sly as a teenager, I felt gypped. Celebrate success, support our strugglers and somehow, honor childhood along the way. Lori On 5/18/07 5:40 AM, "kandrews-babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the DRA2, the accuracy rate has moved up to 95%. The fluency piece is > really important as well. If a student does not pass the fluency they should > not read the story, you need to "stop and drop" them. I had issues with this > myself when testing a child and went ahead and had them do the entire > test...to find that their oral reading score was in the instructional range > and the comprehension was low as well. I think it offers us a lot of > information about what we need to do to instruct that child. A lot of > fluency 'teaching' has not been stressed as much because of the much needed > strategy work being done. But let's face it as Tim Rasinski says, "If > students are putting so much energy into trying to read the words - there's > no energy left for comprehension." > So I would not pass the child at that level - that becomes their > instructional level and they are independent at the next lower level > (assuming they have been tested at that level already.) We are really > following it by the book and it has increased the instruction in fluency in > our building. > Kelly AB > > > On 5/17/07 5:12 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A question for all of you who use the DRA as part of your assessment >> practices. > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Re-replies to my fluency v. comprehension
Bingo. -Original Message- From: Renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Tue, 22 May 2007 9:53 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Re-replies to my fluency v. comprehension And I guess I have become what they call a "dinosaur" teacher. The kind that believes what we did ten years ago was better than what we are being asked to do today. Only it's true. :) Renee On May 22, 2007, at 6:48 AM, Renee wrote: > I agree with Lori's statement below. And I would go further to say that > fluency should not be something one practices, but rather something one > becomes, and that becoming happens with more reading. Real reading. Not > reading while being timed for one minute. Not reading excerpts of > stories that have no beginning and no end. Not reading test questions. > But real reading of something that is interesting to the reader. > > I've been teaching a pretty long time. It seems curious to me that in > the early 90s, nobody "practiced fluency" and nobody tested it either, > yet we managed to have children learn to read, talk about what they had > read, write book reports and essays about books they had read, etc. > etc. > > Do some children need more intervention? Well, yes. That's always the > case. But I would argue that more reading for those children would > increase their fluency as well. > > I am beginning to feel that the "old school" has become the > "revolutionary school" of thought. > My two cents. > Renee > > > On May 22, 2007, at 5:38 AM, ljackson wrote: > >> I think if children do lots and lots of reading in meaningful and >> inspiring >> situations, that for most children, fluency will not be a serious >> issue. >> You become fluent in a language by speaking it. >> >> Lori >> >> >> On 5/22/07 5:18 AM, "Nancy Hagerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I don't think that we can aford to "skip" the fluency practice. > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/21/07 10:49 PM >>> Skip the fluency and work on inference and questioning techniques... > > > " What was once educationally significant, but difficult to measure, > has been replaced by what is insignificant and easy to measure. So now > we test how well we have taught what we do not value." > — Art Costa, emeritus professor, California State University > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > "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. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] wAndering minds (addendum to my last post)
Hi, Tim.
Did the attachment 'unattach'?? Thanks.
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From: Tim Rasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
Sent: Sun, 27 May 2007 9:02 am
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] wAndering minds (addendum to my last post)
Bill: your comment below reminded me about some research that has been
done on the use of songs lyrics for reading, especially reading
fluency. Susan Homan, Marie Biggs and myself have done some interesting
work in Hillsborough County in Florida where kids were taught lyrics to
songs (actually singing the songs), 30 minutes, 3 times a week. In about
three months times the students make over a year's gain in fluency and
comprehension. Gwynned Ash at Texas State reported similar gains with her
Karaoke Club-- children learning to read by singing songs (repeated
readings/singings) of songs on a Karaoke machine.?
?
I remember singing in school all the time; but less evidence of it every
year nowadays. That's too bad. In our reading clinic we sing every
day. This summer we will doing a lot of patriotic songs - Grand Old Flag,
This Land Is Your Land, God Bless America, On the day before the 4th
of July we will gather all our students in our reading clinic outside the
building around the flagpole and have a patriotic sing-a-long for the last
30 minutes class. Great way to end the day and a lot of good reading
takes place too.?
?
I am attaching a list of websites I have found that are great repositories
for song lyrics for kids.(Remember "Polly Wolly Doodle All day!" :)?
?
Happy Memorial Day,?
tim?
?
?
At 05:04 PM 5/26/2007 -0400, you wrote:?
> >?
> > I'm reading Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? by Cris Tovani in which she?
> > says that teens would rather be lazy than stupid. I asked my students (in?
> > one class) if they think that's true. They did. More disappointment.?
> > Jan?
>?
>Here's an idea which won't make them sound stupid:?
>?
>Have them bring in lyrics to their favorite songs. Have them read them?
>aloud to practice fluency and prosody (of course, you have to make sure?
>lyrics are okay for school). Then have them explain the song. See if?
>students will agree on the interpretations. Since you probably won't be as?
>familiar with the songs, they will get to be the teachers. For example, I?
>use "So Happy Together" by the Turtles to explain it's about a stalker?
>("IMAGINE me and you, I do..."). That gets their attention. I also play?
>"Mac the Knife" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by the Beatles which are about?
>serial killers. It's reading, interpreting, schema, and more!?
>?
>Bill?
>?
>?
>?
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Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.?
Reading and Writing Center?
404 White Hall?
Kent State University?
Kent, OH 44242?
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Phone: 330-672-0649?
Cell: 330-962-6251?
Fax: 330-672-2025?
Informational website: www.timrasinski.com?
Professional Development DVD: http://www.roadtocomprehension.com/?
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Re: [MOSAIC] End of Year Reflection
The book is titled, Classroom Instruction That Works: Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by Marzano, Pickering and Pollock.? We just did a staff book talk - good stuff! The hard part is being sure to work on those Tier 2 words in addition to the important curriculum related/Tier 3 words.? Have you read Isabel Beck's book Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction?? m. -Original Message- From: Patricia Kimathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, 28 May 2007 10:44 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] End of Year Reflection Will you describe this method and tell me where I can get more information about it. Thank you. Pat K "to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." e.e. cummings On May 28, 2007, at 7:17 PM, Joy wrote: > I switched my instructional strategy to more closely align with > Marzano and Pickering's model. I still find it difficult to introduce > words without giving a "definition." ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] MOT2 book talk BEGINS!!
Ginger, Although I am relatively? new to the listserve, I am learning so much from being a 'lurker'!? I appreciate the time and effort everyone puts into their thoughtful comments. Your idea of setting up a separate web is an interesting idea, but perhaps means extra work for you - I'm thinking that if in the 'subject' people are sure to use "MOT2" for their thoughts/comments, we'll all be well served.? As always, people can pick and choose which emails/comments/subjects to open up and read without having to go back and forth between sites. Just a thought. m. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:07 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] MOT2 book talk BEGINS!! I must agree with Deb. Why can't we discuss MOT2 right here? It's getting too complicated. Kerry In a message dated 6/13/2007 11:34:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ginger, as you know, I absolutely adore YOU! This idea is NUTS! This ring was set up to discuss MOT. But we have to join a different web to discuss MOT2. What exactly are we 'allowed' to discuss here? Just wondering? I am not starting a flaming war, but I truly don't 'get' it deb ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency and Flow
His accuracy level was 99% and I ignored the admonition to discontinue the assessment due to his fluency levels. Lori Isn't 99% acceptable?? I'm confused! AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Teacher strategies
Be sure to order the 2nd edition!? Packed w/ extra lessons, etc. m. -Original Message- From: Laura Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Sent: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 10:49 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Teacher strategies I would recommend Strategies that Work by Harvey and Goudvis. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Another mosaic: The reading-writing connection
Actually, until we "caught on" how to teach taking-the-state-writing-assessment, our kids did horrifically! And the better writers they were, it seemed, the worse they did . . . because of the timed element. Hi, Beverly, At times it does indeed seem like a 'double edged' sword: we teach craft, and they become so proficient as writers, pausing to elaborate, using lovely language, etc., and then there's that 45 minute prompt.? It's hard to marry the two.? For a while, teachers taught to the test, so that more children had a shot at 'hitting goal.'? The excellent writers did well, because they had been taught the pacing and key elements, and the developing writers also did well.?? As teachers became more comfortable as teachers of writing, incorporated literature, developed a deeper understanding of craft, and took the risk of teaching units of study like poetry, memoir, keeping a writer's notebook, (Calkins, Fletcher, etc.), they found that devoting two units of study to strategies to incorporate the qualities of great writing into a 45 minute prompt - worked.? It was a leap of faith, but it worked.? And the best part (but don't tell NCLB people this!) the kids really learned to love writing because now it had depth and variety. Hope this helps. m. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Repeated Readings for Fluency - Question for Tim
Two years ago, I worked with a fourth grade class of struggling readers who where from 6 months to 3 years below grade level at the start of the year. (Let it be said here, the regular classroom teacher was also struggling and on an assistance plan. Part of my job was to help him develop more effective teaching techniques.) I modified a process that I read about in one of Tim's books. The first day, we read the text for the week to the students. Jennifer, Thank you for sharing this plan.? I'm wondering what texts you used - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.? Martha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 1:31 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Repeated Readings for Fluency - Question for Tim Alright, Tim and Elaine...I am going to be brave and post a few thoughts here. I am a fan of both of you...and I can see more than a little common ground. Somewhere, I read that a true definition of fluency INCLUDES comprehension. If we say a fluent reader must also need to comprehend, then we can take the research that seems contradictory and it makes more sense. When I am working with my struggling readers with recorded books (to build word recognition automaticity) I spend an even greater amount of time teaching them the comprehension strategies. Every classroom I walk into, every colleague that gets model lessons from me, knows that I make very clear to students that the basic skills of reading--the phonics, fluency, are the means to an end and the end is comprehension. It is all about balance and too often, I think, when we as professionals lose that sense of balance, we get into trouble. If you will permit me, I would like to share a personal story here... Two years ago, I worked with a fourth grade class of struggling readers who where from 6 months to 3 years below grade level at the start of the year. (Let it be said here, the regular classroom teacher was also struggling and on an assistance plan. Part of my job was to help him develop more effective teaching techniques.) I modified a process that I read about in one of Tim's books. The first day, we read the text for the week to the students. I modeled a comprehension strategy and we had a rather deep discussion about the author's purpose, the main ideas, vocabulary, character traits or the author's language choices.We used graphic organizers to make text structures explicit. On the second day, we read the text again...but it was an echo read. This time, I made explicit a fluency component, such as observing punctuation, phrasing, etc, and then tied it back into the comprehension strategies we worked on the day before. (i.ehow does changing the intonation of what a character says change the meaning). On the third day, the students read with a buddy and as they read, they were to keep a pack of post its by their side. If they noticed something interesting or important they were to mark it and we had a share session afterwards. Again, while they knew they wanted to improve their accuracy, the comprehension aspect was the end goal. On the fourth day,we would practice the story for a performance.The students self evaluated their oral fluency based on a rubric. On Friday, we performed the piece for an audience and I sent the piece home as a "lucky listener" project. (The kids read it to as many people as they could find who would sign the back of it. The kids goal was to read it to more people than anyone else.) After about 6 months of this, the students were given the SRI-Scholastic Reading Inventory and most of the kids made huge gains. I have been told that 100 lexiles was a year's growth on this comprehension test. These kids made an average of 400 lexiles growth. When the kids read orally at their instructional level and I checked reading rates, I was interested to find growth but it was not exactly within grade level norms. Yet on our state test here in Maryland, I had 74% of them meet proficiency in reading comprehension. What this tells me, is that by teaching fluency as a means to comprehension, and by making clear that the end goal is comprehension, not simply reading faster, we can improve comprehension over all. Jennifer Maryland In a message dated 7/8/2007 10:42:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Those quotes are correct. I think the more recent research, though, is > moving us forward. We have found correlations between .50 - .60 > between > fluency and comprehension for older students. Not huge, but not > insignificant either Tim. I'd love to see the studies you refer to. And again, as you've pointed out, correlation is not causation and therefore, it is entirely possible and maybe even likely, that comprehension is influencing fluency-- or at the very least, the relationship is reciprocal rather
Re: [MOSAIC] Repeated Readings for Fluency - Question for Tim
Kimberlee ... the wpm part of the DRA2 worries me for the same reason -Original Message- From: Renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 1:36 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Repeated Readings for Fluency - Question for Tim On Jul 8, 2007, at 10:07 AM, kimberlee hannan wrote: > I don't have all the research to back me up. I just have several > years' > experience. Experience tells me that with most kids: When a kid > understands what he/she is reading, fluency shows it. I use myself as > an > example. I see fluency as a performance... Frankly, I don't think we need "research" to back up everything we say and I'm tired of having my own classroom observations and experience tossed aside because some obscure "research" especially that research which is done by the company which wants to sell its product. says that "this" is the "best" way to do something. In the case of fluency, the problem as I see it is that for some people and that includes many administrators and curriculum directors overseeing assessment committees . fluency comes down to speed. We can talk and talk and talk on this listserv about how fluency includes "prosidy" or whatever you want to call it, but for those looking at numbers, it often comes down simply to speed. More words per minute with no mistakes = higher fluency level. I'm not buying it. As a member of a district assessment committee a few years ago, when we were deciding on what would constitute proficiency for a variety of things, I remember having to argue and argue and argue unfortunately to no avail to look at more than number of words per minute in assessing fluency. Renee (who's in kind of a mood) "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself." ~ Galileo ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension when Oral Reading vs. Silent Reading - DRA
Martha - The switch is made at level 18 for the text to be read silently first, then the retelling for comprehension assessment, and then read a few pages out loud. What we were finding was that students who had the opportunity to read out loud before the retelling, actually had better comprehension than those who retold only after silent reading. We are just about to launch into DRA2 (having never had the first version as 'district wide') so I was curious about your comment, Martha, regarding the retellings after oral reading indicating stronger comp. than retellings after silent reading. On the new DRA2, for levels 4-16, students begin with reading the entire text orally, after which they provide a retelling with the book closed.? At levels 18-24, the students also begin with reading orally, but only the first portion of the text.? The student then makes a prediction (orally) and finishes reading the text silently.? Once the silent reading is done, the student provides an oral retelling, again with the book closed, and again prompted? with "Start at the beginning and tell me what happened in this story."? So in both cases, retellings are done after oral reading of all or a portion of the text. I guess what I'm wondering is, because the initial reading of the text is done orally, will this make a difference in the retelling/comp. portion of the assessment. It will be interesting to hear from folks who have been using the DRA2. Just wondering (another!) Martha -Original Message- From: Martha Shehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension when Oral Reading vs. Silent Reading - DRA AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
