Re: [MOSAIC] Building comprehension ofquestions-washeartbreak/response to R...
OK, Lori. Now, please do tell us more about No More Letter of the Week. Thanks, 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/ We have seen some amazing results this year in kindergarten classrooms using No More Letter of The Week as a means of introducing and building letter-sound associations in combination with a guided writing approach that emphasizes shared composition and teacher modeling of invented spelling (that becomes more sophisticated across the year). ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Building comprehension ofquestions-washeartbreak/response to R...
Good comments, Nancy. I was not aware of the two teacher in the classroom requirement. Does any classroom have this for long?? It would make sense that the kids do better or respond better with two adults in the classroom than just one. And, I think doing DI in a classroom of children who have been exposed to teaching and learning that promotes questioning would be interesting. Has there been follow-up research done to the 40-year old study? 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/ Elisa, As you probably know, research with children is "messy." The outstanding mess I see with DI research is something I also observed in DI schools. In order to implement the DI program correctly, there must be two adults in the classroom. This is described in the Follow Through Research and was a huge eye opener for me. I think that is a major factor and something I am seeing with my own class this year with two teachers. What a difference I see between how my class behaves with two of us in the morning and one of us in the afternoon! I would like to see the DI research done with one teacher ( no aide) , or balanced literacy research done with two teachers or a teacher and a trained aide. Then come to me and show me the numbers. There are also some philosophy issues like compliance. How would DI work in a classroom of independent thinkers who were taught to question authority and allowed to move about the classroom? Just a couple of things that hit me in the head like a ton of bricks. Nancy **Need a job? Find an employment agency near you. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp0003) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Building comprehension ofquestions-washeartbreak/response to R...
There has been some follow up research ( some in Scotland) but nothing as large as Follow Through. Another thought that your question brought to mind, is the ability grouping that is done in DI. When I went to observe a DI school, there were four second grades in which students were placed by ability, then within those second grades the students were divided into four ability groups. How did that affect the research results? Another thing to throw into the mix is the importance of correct pronunciation of the words. If children read the words incorrectly, the sentence is reread and reread until it is read precisely ( you might want to check Precision Teaching). So, is it the phonics scripts that make the difference? The decodable text? Or is it the two grownups that affect the results? Is it the compliance? Is it the ability grouping? Is it the rereading? Is it the coloring of the worksheets that the students do that are not in the reading group at that time? ( Isn't coloring supposed to be therapeutic?) Research with little kids is messy, like I said. Nancy In a message dated 2/22/2009 12:37:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca writes: Good comments, Nancy. I was not aware of the two teacher in the classroom requirement. Does any classroom have this for long?? It would make sense that the kids do better or respond better with two adults in the classroom than just one. And, I think doing DI in a classroom of children who have been exposed to teaching and learning that promotes questioning would be interesting. Has there been follow-up research done to the 40-year old study? Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada **Need a job? Find an employment agency near you. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp 0003) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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. **Need a job? Find an employment agency near you. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp0003) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
