Re: [MOSAIC] I need suggestions about assessments
Hmmm. Interesting. I think we are moving in that direction as well. It is used in our elementary schools. Stay tuned. Barb On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:22 AM, paltm81...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/31/11 7:49:51 AM, betsylafont...@gmail.com writes: . By the second week of school, all students in the elementary school were tested by this team using the Fountas and Pinnel testing system. Has anyone used Fountas and Pinnel in middle school? My principal is heading in this direction. Pat www.pawsofwood.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 -- Barb Underdown Literacy Staff Developer Mannheim Middle School 2600 Hyde Park Melrose Park, IL 60164 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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 - Any info on AIMS Web?
This is our first year using AIMSWeb at the middle school. It is helping us to identify students who may need an interventionbut we use additional data to make those decisions. We have made errors with student placements into interventions, but it is a starting point. All students get the MAZE three times per year. Students who score in the bottom 25% get a CBM. Then we look at their CBMs and other data to decide further action. The jury is still out as far as whether or not it has been useful. I feel that perhaps we could be doing the same thing by more closely analyzing the data we already have. Our students are tested to death...MAPS 3 times per year, ISAT, and AIMSweb 3 times per year. TOO MUCH! Barb On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:20:36 -0600 reading readingwritingliter...@gmail.com wrote: We use it at the middle school level. I find it's not especially useful for this age group/reading development. I feel where most of our kids struggle is with critical thinking - something that the maze and fluency piece don't measure. I feel that some of our kids who are identified at first, learn how to do these probes but not necessarily how to read better. Does this make sense? Does anyone else use it at the middle school level? Or do you use something else? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Barb Underdown Literacy Staff Developer Mannheim Middle School Melrose Park, IL 60164 847-455-5020 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] MS Literacy Closets/Book Rooms
I would work to create theme/unit related bins of differentiated materials that can be checked out by content area teachers. Barb On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:00:34 -0500 Mohrhauser, Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are these titles related to any other content area curriculum or themes? (BTW, I would love the list, too) What I am looking to begin developing is a resource room that has literature that not only reading/language arts teachers can access but one that will have content for all areas. We are moving to a middle school model from a junior high model, so we'll be working extensively on interdisciplinary design in the next year. The more resources I have at various levels for teacher to access during their planning, the more likely they will be to utilize the resources! Thanks Sarah Mohrhauser Literacy Coach/NJHS Advisor Cottage Grove Junior High 9775 Indian Blvd Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651.768.6850 Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Grace Slick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:28 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] MS Literacy Closets/Book Rooms The second category is picture books in sets sized for half the class. I pair two of these sets around a common theme and then develop a scenario question that students have to write to answer and include details from the books to support their answers. -- Nicole, Would you be willing to share the titles of this category with the list? This is exactly what I am planning on doing in my 7th grade classroom! In Michigan, our students need to write about a common theme between a fiction and nonfiction reading selection. I would also like to see some of the prompts/questions that you use. Ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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. Barb Underdown Literacy Staff Developer Mannheim Middle School Melrose Park, IL 60164 847-455-5020 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Middle School Literacy Closets
We do have a literacy closet in our middle school. We've had it for about 10 years, but it has been beefed up in the last five. I am the literacy coach and am also in charge of it. If you would like to talk to me off list or have a phone conversation, I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm in Melrose Park, Illinois, so you might want to organize a field trip! Barb On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:59:29 -0500 Nicole Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering if anyone has any experience with establishing/using a literacy closet at a secondary level - specifically middle school. If you are a middle school that uses a literacy closet I'd love to chat with you! We're in the early stages of creating one at our school. Thanks, Nikki Pierce 6-12 Literacy Assessment Coach Kaneland School District Maple Park, IL 60151 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 630-365-3005 x243 630-365-5100 x122 _ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.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. Barb Underdown Literacy Staff Developer Mannheim Middle School Melrose Park, IL 60164 847-455-5020 ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Special Education Reading Programs
Hello Everyone, I am a literacy coach working in a middle school in a district that is deeply committed to MOT strategies, but our self-contained SPED population is not making AYP, thus this requestWe are going to adopt a reading program...it is just a matter of which one. I don't necessarily agree with this idea, but it is going to happen whether I like it or not. I desperately need some suggestions for tried and true programs that are out there. Actually, my first choice is Read 180 which we already have, but I'm not sure that they will consider putting in another entire program for SPED. I work with grades 6-8 in a district with a large ELL population. Any suggestions? I feel the collective minds on this list have been excellent problem solvers in the past. My research leads me to the following programs: Language! Wilson, Slant and SRA. Does anyone use these programs? Are there others we should consider? Can anyone help?? Barb Literacy Coach Melrose Park, IL ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] your best VISUALIZING lesson
I love to use the poems of Valerie Worth (All the Small Poems). I use them in middle school. My favorites are Pumpkin and Fireworks. Give them the poems without the title. Ask them to draw based on what they visualize. It is great fun! Barb Literacy Staff Developer Melrose Park, IL ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] I need some middle school book suggestions
I have to say the hottest book right now is Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan. Although it was originally written as an adult book, the author has created an adaptation for ages 8-12. It is wonderful! I read aloud a chapter called The Things He Ate to 5th graders yesterday and they ALL wanted to check it out! It is a must have for grades 4-8. I would estimate the reading level as about 4th grade. I would also recommend adding Owen and Mzee. It is the story of the friendship that has developed between an orphaned baby hippo and a tortoise. It is heartwarming! There's a sequel as well. Have fun! Barb Underdown On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:10:25 -0600 Gerke Carol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Literacy Specialist Twin Peaks Charter School 820 Main St. Longmont, CO 80501 720-652-8201 x. 7633 I have an opportunity to add some middle school books to our library and was wondering if I could get some titles of the most popular books with your kids right now. I am especially interested in 6-8 grade interest level, but a reading level between 3-6. If they you know that they are AR books that is even greater. Thanks for all your postings this school year, I have benefited! ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] synthesizing
I love the book Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson. It is a story in poems and meaning changes as the reader gets information about the main character's life. I've used it to model synthesis for 7th graders. Barb On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:48:59 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Does anyone have any lesson ideas for teaching synthesizing to 5th graders? This is the strategy I struggle with the most. Any ideas at all would be appreciated. Thanks, Kerry/5th ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Lexiles
I have a question about lexiles and libraries. We are considering leveling the books in our library. Has anyone out there done that? If so, is each book leveled or are the books in leveled sections? What do you guys think about this idea? Part of me thinks kids will feel limited by their lexile level, but I feel that if our teachers do a good job of explaining what a lexile level is to kids, they will be more informed when they choose books...what do you think? Just looking for some feedback on a new idea in my district. barb ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
