Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
Beautifully said Jan:) -Original Message- From: Jan Sanders To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 8:48 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Our district looked at it as the perfect differentiated "program" (I don't believe writers' and readers' workshop to be programs. I think of them as structures). The mini lessons are whole group, but in conferring you can meet each child where they are and push them forward. If children need lessons on voice, you go there. I also think of Calkins' lessons as a guide -a starting place. Just as in anything you do, you gear the lessons to what your students need. I never taught from a teacher's manual lock-step either. Jan On 6/22/09 11:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: I teach in a white middle to upper middle class community. I think the teachers feel that this program was written so general so that it could fit any school but that it does not challenge our students. I constantly have teaching say to me..."How long can you teach about small moments?" They want to teach the students how to have a voice in their writing. They wanted more concrete lessons on punctuation and grammar. The 3,4&520grades have Fletcher and they feel the same way. Needless to say I am the only teacher who still believes in whole language, who is a member of mosaic, and who is reading Tanny's book along with the Daily5, and the new academic vocabulary books A few teachers are starting to go to workshops with me but they still have a different set of beliefs. I wish our school district had done more in-services because I think the program never had a chance. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Jan Sanders Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:57 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I don't quite understand the "no meat to it" statement. When our district started using writers' workshop and Calkin's lessons the student writing improved immensely. One of the huge changes we saw and loved was that the students really wrote from the heart and from experiences. Gone were the formulistic paragraphs and boring essays. We had lots of staff development though, and each school had a literacy coach to help them muck through it all. Jan On 6/22/09 10:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect with fans. Thanks. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of drmarinac...@aol.com Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like =0 A>> born-again teachers:) -Original Message- From: thomas Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later books even. On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" wrote: Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. Taylor's Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are professional-life-changing books. You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search th
Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
Our district looked at it as the perfect differentiated "program" (I don't believe writers' and readers' workshop to be programs. I think of them as structures). The mini lessons are whole group, but in conferring you can meet each child where they are and push them forward. If children need lessons on voice, you go there. I also think of Calkins' lessons as a guide -a starting place. Just as in anything you do, you gear the lessons to what your students need. I never taught from a teacher's manual lock-step either. Jan On 6/22/09 11:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: > I teach in a white middle to upper middle class community. I think the > teachers feel that this program was written so general so that it could fit > any school but that it does not challenge our students. I constantly have > teaching say to me..."How long can you teach about small moments?" They want > to teach the students how to have a voice in their writing. They wanted more > concrete lessons on punctuation and grammar. The 3,4&5 grades have Fletcher > and they feel the same way. Needless to say I am the only teacher who still > believes in whole language, who is a member of mosaic, and who is reading > Tanny's book along with the Daily5, and the new academic vocabulary books A > few teachers are starting to go to workshops with me but they still have a > different set of beliefs. I wish our school district had done more > in-services because I think the program never had a chance. > Dee > > -Original Message- > From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Jan Sanders > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:57 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew > and exciting? > > I don't quite understand the "no meat to it" statement. When our district > started using writers' workshop and Calkin's lessons the student writing > improved immensely. One of the huge changes we saw and loved was that the > students really wrote from the heart and from experiences. Gone were the > formulistic paragraphs and boring essays. > > We had lots of staff development though, and each school had a literacy > coach to help them muck through it all. > Jan > > > On 6/22/09 10:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: > >> I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district >> decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I >> guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. >> My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is >> to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get >> her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand >> the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now >> I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect >> with fans. Thanks. >> Dee >> >> -Original Message- >> From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org >> [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of >> drmarinac...@aol.com >> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything >> elsenew and exciting? >> >> Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the >> students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to >> attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language >> Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I >> swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified >> curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill >> learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like >> born-again teachers:) >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: thomas >> Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything >> elsenew and exciting? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later >> books >> even. >> >> >> On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" >> wrote: >> >>> Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. >> Taylor's >>> Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are >> prof
Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting?
Wow this is the question of the century:) My first professor of reading pedagogy used to say that if you were in his class to learn how to teach reading you were in the wrong placeBecause there is no one right way to teach reading...I agree with a balanced or comprehensive literacy approach that has phonological awareness embedded in a literature-based,authentic approach...but it seems there is so little time in the day that it comes down to "what are your priorities" in the literacy classroom. So I agree with the balanced and comprehensive approach is best. But I would still love to have a discussion about if you had only so many hours in the day and couldn't teach a comprehensive approach...which approach would be most important...why? -Original Message- From: jflemin...@aol.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 2:23 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting? I have been teaching art of twenty years but am almost finished with course work for my intervention specialist license. Within this current program a balanced literacy approach is stressed including both whole language and the teaching of isolated skills as seen in encouraging phonemic awareness. Are many school districts still focused on the "either or approach," as opposed to incorporating many approaches in hopes of reaching more students? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Delores Gibson Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:13:58 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I teach in a white middle to upper middle class community. I think the teachers feel that this program was written so general so that it could fit any school but that it does not challenge our students. I constantly have teaching say to me..."How long can you teach about small moments?" They want to teach the students how to have a voice in their writing. They wanted more concrete lessons on punctuation and grammar. The 3,4&5 grades have Fletcher and they feel the same way. Needless to say I am the only teacher who still believes in whole language, who is a member of mosaic, and who is reading Tanny's book along with the Daily5, and the new academic vocabulary books. A few teachers are starting to go to workshops with me but they still have a different set of beliefs. I wish our school district had done more in-services because I think the program never had a chance. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behal f Of Jan Sanders Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:57 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I don't quite understand the "no meat to it" statement. When our district started using writers' workshop and Calkin's lessons the student writing improved immensely. One of the huge changes we saw and loved was that the students really wrote from the heart and from experiences. Gone were the formulistic paragraphs and boring essays. We had lots of staff development though, and each school had a literacy coach to help them muck through it all. Jan On 6/22/09 10:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect with fans. Thanks. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of drmarinac...@aol.com Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill learned (in reading and math)... After that conference
Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
So sad. -Original Message- From: Delores Gibson To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 1:13 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect with fans. Thanks. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of drmarinac...@aol.com Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like born-again teachers:) -Original Message- From: thomas Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later books even. On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" wrote: Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. Taylor's Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are professional-life-changing books. You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. * *** This e-mail message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Board of Education of Deerfield Public School District No. 109. It is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting?
I have been teaching art of twenty years but am almost finished with course work for my intervention specialist license. Within this current program a balanced literacy approach is stressed including both whole language and the teaching of isolated skills as seen in encouraging phonemic awareness. Are many school districts still focused on the "either or approach," as opposed to incorporating many approaches in hopes of reaching more students? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Delores Gibson Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:13:58 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I teach in a white middle to upper middle class community. I think the teachers feel that this program was written so general so that it could fit any school but that it does not challenge our students. I constantly have teaching say to me..."How long can you teach about small moments?" They want to teach the students how to have a voice in their writing. They wanted more concrete lessons on punctuation and grammar. The 3,4&5 grades have Fletcher and they feel the same way. Needless to say I am the only teacher who still believes in whole language, who is a member of mosaic, and who is reading Tanny's book along with the Daily5, and the new academic vocabulary books. A few teachers are starting to go to workshops with me but they still have a different set of beliefs. I wish our school district had done more in-services because I think the program never had a chance. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Jan Sanders Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:57 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I don't quite understand the "no meat to it" statement. When our district started using writers' workshop and Calkin's lessons the student writing improved immensely. One of the huge changes we saw and loved was that the students really wrote from the heart and from experiences. Gone were the formulistic paragraphs and boring essays. We had lots of staff development though, and each school had a literacy coach to help them muck through it all. Jan On 6/22/09 10:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: > I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district > decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I > guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. > My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is > to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get > her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand > the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now > I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect > with fans. Thanks. > Dee > > -Original Message- > From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of > drmarinac...@aol.com > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the > students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to > attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language > Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I > swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified > curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill > learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like > born-again teachers:) > > > -Original Message- > From: thomas > Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > > > > > > > > > > Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later > books > even. > > > On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" > wrote: > >> Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. > Taylor's >> Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are > professional-life-changing books. >> You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev > > > >___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership ple
Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
I teach in a white middle to upper middle class community. I think the teachers feel that this program was written so general so that it could fit any school but that it does not challenge our students. I constantly have teaching say to me..."How long can you teach about small moments?" They want to teach the students how to have a voice in their writing. They wanted more concrete lessons on punctuation and grammar. The 3,4&5 grades have Fletcher and they feel the same way. Needless to say I am the only teacher who still believes in whole language, who is a member of mosaic, and who is reading Tanny's book along with the Daily5, and the new academic vocabulary books. A few teachers are starting to go to workshops with me but they still have a different set of beliefs. I wish our school district had done more in-services because I think the program never had a chance. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Jan Sanders Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:57 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I don't quite understand the "no meat to it" statement. When our district started using writers' workshop and Calkin's lessons the student writing improved immensely. One of the huge changes we saw and loved was that the students really wrote from the heart and from experiences. Gone were the formulistic paragraphs and boring essays. We had lots of staff development though, and each school had a literacy coach to help them muck through it all. Jan On 6/22/09 10:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: > I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district > decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I > guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. > My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is > to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get > her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand > the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now > I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect > with fans. Thanks. > Dee > > -Original Message- > From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of > drmarinac...@aol.com > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the > students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to > attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language > Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I > swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified > curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill > learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like > born-again teachers:) > > > -Original Message- > From: thomas > Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > > > > > > > > > > Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later > books > even. > > > On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" > wrote: > >> Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. > Taylor's >> Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are > professional-life-changing books. >> You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > ** > ** > This e-mail message contains information that may be privileged or > confidential and > is the property
Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
I don't quite understand the "no meat to it" statement. When our district started using writers' workshop and Calkin's lessons the student writing improved immensely. One of the huge changes we saw and loved was that the students really wrote from the heart and from experiences. Gone were the formulistic paragraphs and boring essays. We had lots of staff development though, and each school had a literacy coach to help them muck through it all. Jan On 6/22/09 10:13 AM, "Delores Gibson" wrote: > I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district > decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I > guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. > My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is > to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get > her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand > the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now > I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect > with fans. Thanks. > Dee > > -Original Message- > From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of > drmarinac...@aol.com > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the > students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to > attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language > Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I > swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified > curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill > learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like > born-again teachers:) > > > -Original Message- > From: thomas > Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > > > > > > > > > > Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later > books > even. > > > On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" > wrote: > >> Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. > Taylor's >> Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are > professional-life-changing books. >> You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > ** > ** > This e-mail message contains information that may be privileged or > confidential and > is the property of the Board of Education of Deerfield Public School District > No. 109. > It is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not > the > intended recipient of this message, you are not authorized to read, print, > retain, > copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you > have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and > delete all > copies of this message. > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > Jan Unless we reach into our students¹ hearts, we have no entry into their minds. -Regie Routman ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
I was and still am a fan of Lucy Calkins. So when my school district decided to adopt her writing program I thought it would be great. I guess her presentations didn't translate well into a writing program. My colleagues hate the program and none of them use it. They feel it is to simple and there is no meat to it. I think that they just don't get her and the district didn't do a good job with helping them understand the program. I think everyone wants a more Six Traits approach and now I can't get anyone to even read ANY of her books. It's nice to connect with fans. Thanks. Dee -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of drmarinac...@aol.com Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:14 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like born-again teachers:) -Original Message- From: thomas Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later books even. On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" wrote: > Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. Taylor's > Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are professional-life-changing books. > You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. This e-mail message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Board of Education of Deerfield Public School District No. 109. It is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
Try to attend a presentation by Lucy ...listening to her tell the students' stories in person was really moving...I was lucky enough to attend...I think it was in early nineties ...at a Whole Language Conference at a Florida University that also featured Yetta Goodman:) I swear...FL classroom teachers at that time were ruled by a unified curriculum that required testing students after each isolated skill learned (in reading and math)... After that conference we were like born-again teachers:) -Original Message- From: thomas Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 9:34 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later books even. On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" wrote: Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. Taylor's Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are professional-life-changing books. You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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.
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I am definitely hearing from some kindred spirits out there:) -Original Message- From: beverleep...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 7:14 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? A language-rich environment--hmm-- I wonder what literacy practice right now makes that impossible? Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:10:57 To: Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? Honestly, I think thematic teaching IS the new trend from what I have been reading on this LISTSERV. I hope it is:) Your friend's classroom sounds like my Whole Language classroom "back in the day"...I hope holistic teaching comes back:) Not to change the subject but has anyone read Learning Denied by Denny Taylor..it is so well written! I heard it was a good read but I never had the chance to read itit took only about an hour to read...where WAS I ...copyright 1991. The little boy in the book would have loved thematic learning. ELLs also need deep processing of vocabulary and a language-rich environment. Everyone learns better through themes. -Original Message- From: Stewart, L To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 3:30 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? My friends who teach at private schools all teach under thematic umbrellas. Each grade level has a theme for the year and somehow they all interconnect. The theme for grade 1/2 was rivers. The teacher found ways to integrate all subjects through this theme. She even planned a dozen field trips that tied in with what the children were studying and the room was decorated around it. It was wonderful. Our state curriculum for public school is too broad, making integration under one theme difficult. I loved your ocean theme and Native Americans...Earth's Caretakers comes to mind. I am almost at the end of the year (one more day) and already planning next year. Thanks for the great idea. I do feel the more you are able to connect, the easier children are able to learn and the deeper their understanding. Education gets too caught up in trends. Leslie ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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.
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Sally, you are so funny! Thanks for sharing:) But it is true once you start..you can't stop:) -Original Message- From: thomas To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 8:39 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? I have a funny story about Learning Denied. I had heard of it and wanted to read it. Saw it in the university book store but was also in the midst of the infliction we all suffer - buying too many books all the time. So I just leaned against a shelf and started reading it as I stood there since it was quite thin. Well by the time I finished reading it, tears were streaming down my face. And I had to buy it anyway. It's one of the most important books I've ever read! Sally On 6/21/09 3:10 PM, "drmarinac...@aol.com" wrote: Not to change the subject but has anyone read Learning Denied by Denny Taylor..it is so well written! I heard it was a good read but I never had the chance to read itit took only about an hour to read...where WAS I ...copyright 1991. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting?
I love, love, love Lessons From a Child!! I found it for ten cents in a basket at a thrift store and bought it because I love Calkins. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: beverleep...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting? > Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. > Taylor's Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are > professional-life-changing books. You are never the same again after you've > read them. Bev > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel > > -Original Message- > From: thomas > > Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:39:47 > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else > new and exciting? > > > I have a funny story about Learning Denied. I had heard of it and wanted to > read it. Saw it in the university book store but was also in the midst of > the infliction we all suffer - buying too many books all the time. So I > just leaned against a shelf and started reading it as I stood there since it > was quite thin. Well by the time I finished reading it, tears were > streaming down my face. And I had to buy it anyway. It's one of the most > important books I've ever read! > > Sally > > > On 6/21/09 3:10 PM, "drmarinac...@aol.com" wrote: > > > Not to change the subject but has > > anyone read Learning Denied by Denny Taylor..it is so well written! I > > heard it was a good read but I never had the chance to read itit > > took only about an hour to read...where WAS I ...copyright 1991. > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
Lucy is one of mine too. This one more life changing than her later books even. On 6/21/09 5:22 PM, "beverleep...@gmail.com" wrote: > Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. Taylor's > Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are professional-life-changing books. > You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
Sally, I feel the same way about Lucy Calkins' Lessons from a Child. Taylor's Learning Denied and Lessons from a Child are professional-life-changing books. You are never the same again after you've read them. Bev Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: thomas Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:39:47 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? I have a funny story about Learning Denied. I had heard of it and wanted to read it. Saw it in the university book store but was also in the midst of the infliction we all suffer - buying too many books all the time. So I just leaned against a shelf and started reading it as I stood there since it was quite thin. Well by the time I finished reading it, tears were streaming down my face. And I had to buy it anyway. It's one of the most important books I've ever read! Sally On 6/21/09 3:10 PM, "drmarinac...@aol.com" wrote: > Not to change the subject but has > anyone read Learning Denied by Denny Taylor..it is so well written! I > heard it was a good read but I never had the chance to read itit > took only about an hour to read...where WAS I ...copyright 1991. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting?
I have a funny story about Learning Denied. I had heard of it and wanted to read it. Saw it in the university book store but was also in the midst of the infliction we all suffer - buying too many books all the time. So I just leaned against a shelf and started reading it as I stood there since it was quite thin. Well by the time I finished reading it, tears were streaming down my face. And I had to buy it anyway. It's one of the most important books I've ever read! Sally On 6/21/09 3:10 PM, "drmarinac...@aol.com" wrote: > Not to change the subject but has > anyone read Learning Denied by Denny Taylor..it is so well written! I > heard it was a good read but I never had the chance to read itit > took only about an hour to read...where WAS I ...copyright 1991. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting?
A language-rich environment--hmm-- I wonder what literacy practice right now makes that impossible? Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:10:57 To: Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? Honestly, I think thematic teaching IS the new trend from what I have been reading on this LISTSERV. I hope it is:) Your friend's classroom sounds like my Whole Language classroom "back in the day"...I hope holistic teaching comes back:) Not to change the subject but has anyone read Learning Denied by Denny Taylor..it is so well written! I heard it was a good read but I never had the chance to read itit took only about an hour to read...where WAS I ...copyright 1991. The little boy in the book would have loved thematic learning. ELLs also need deep processing of vocabulary and a language-rich environment. Everyone learns better through themes. -Original Message- From: Stewart, L To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 3:30 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? My friends who teach at private schools all teach under thematic umbrellas. Each grade level has a theme for the year and somehow they all interconnect. The theme for grade 1/2 was rivers. The teacher found ways to integrate all subjects through this theme. She even planned a dozen field trips that tied in with what the children were studying and the room was decorated around it. It was wonderful. Our state curriculum for public school is too broad, making integration under one theme difficult. I loved your ocean theme and Native Americans...Earth's Caretakers comes to mind. I am almost at the end of the year (one more day) and already planning next year. Thanks for the great idea. I do feel the more you are able to connect, the easier children are able to learn and the deeper their understanding. Education gets too caught up in trends. Leslie ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting?
Honestly, I think thematic teaching IS the new trend from what I have been reading on this LISTSERV. I hope it is:) Your friend's classroom sounds like my Whole Language classroom "back in the day"...I hope holistic teaching comes back:) Not to change the subject but has anyone read Learning Denied by Denny Taylor..it is so well written! I heard it was a good read but I never had the chance to read itit took only about an hour to read...where WAS I ...copyright 1991. The little boy in the book would have loved thematic learning. ELLs also need deep processing of vocabulary and a language-rich environment. Everyone learns better through themes. -Original Message- From: Stewart, L To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 3:30 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? My friends who teach at private schools all teach under thematic umbrellas. Each grade level has a theme for the year and somehow they all interconnect. The theme for grade 1/2 was rivers. The teacher found ways to integrate all subjects through this theme. She even planned a dozen field trips that tied in with what the children were studying and the room was decorated around it. It was wonderful. Our state curriculum for public school is too broad, making integration under one theme difficult. I loved your ocean theme and Native Americans...Earth's Caretakers comes to mind. I am almost at the end of the year (one more day) and already planning next year. Thanks for the great idea. I do feel the more you are able to connect, the easier children are able to learn and the deeper their understanding. Education gets too caught up in trends. Leslie ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting?
My friends who teach at private schools all teach under thematic umbrellas. Each grade level has a theme for the year and somehow they all interconnect. The theme for grade 1/2 was rivers. The teacher found ways to integrate all subjects through this theme. She even planned a dozen field trips that tied in with what the children were studying and the room was decorated around it. It was wonderful. Our state curriculum for public school is too broad, making integration under one theme difficult. I loved your ocean theme and Native Americans...Earth's Caretakers comes to mind. I am almost at the end of the year (one more day) and already planning next year. Thanks for the great idea. I do feel the more you are able to connect, the easier children are able to learn and the deeper their understanding. Education gets too caught up in trends. Leslie ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting?
Try reading Harvey Daniels work for content area reading--lots of great stuff there for nonfiction inquiry circles. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: beverleep...@gmail.com; mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting? > Thanks...Are inquiry circles like literature circles only for content > area reading? > > > -Original Message- > From: beverleep...@gmail.com > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > > Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 1:54 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know how much reading on inquiry circles, but that should be > helpful. > Jerry Harste and also the work by Heidi Hayes Jacobs > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel > > -Original Message- > From: Joy > > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:56:23 > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > else > new and exciting? > > > Sally, > I've been doing this for many years, and YES it is fun and engaging, > but I > always struggle with coming up with the overarching theme! I'm trying > to help > our third grade teacher, so if I can't understand it, I know I can't > help her! > > Joy/NC/4  How children learn is as important as what they learn: > process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org  > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, thomas wrote: > > From: thomas > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > el > se new > and exciting? > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:10 PM > > Joy, > > So just bouncing off of academic vocab and RTI and on and on, thematic > teaching is a big answer in my view. When we teach thematically, we can > involve kids in inquiry at many different levels of reading and writing > and > research and modes of communication. This allows us to differentiate > while > they have a common overarching theme - thus ALL can contribute in > authentic > ways. And vocabulary is going to be benefited in huge waysbecause > the > words are all connected and thus easier to learn because they are > meaning > based. And they are used over and over throughout the reading and > writing > and so on. > > So thematic teaching is a big overarching picture that often never gets > mentioned in all this focus on different aspects of literacy!!! AND > THANK > YOU FOR BRING US BACK TO THIS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING. > > I teach in an American Indian school as I've mentioned. This fall the > whole > school is focusing on oceans initially. So I've started playing with > all > the ideas. My social studies focus is communities...and I'm thinking > that > connects with the ocean as an interconnected community of living things. > I'm also thinking of oceans being interconnected to planet earth so > taking > care of the ocean matters. Native American conn > ections - the emphasis > "we > are all connected." and I can use a number of traditional American > Indian > stories centered on the sea. I found a book by the son of a friend > "All the > Way to the Ocean" connected to Save our Seas Foundation with tons of > activities and links and resources and that definitely brings activism > to > the front. And then the issue of salmon and dams and use of water are > critical issues to Native Americans in California (and further > north)right > now. In fact, the dams are coming down as a result of Native American > activism. And on and on and on and so exciting. > > And I can teach differences between fiction and non fiction and bring us > back to community and still focus on interconnections by using Swimmy > and > Rainbow Fish and use those to be teaching some readingin addition > to all > our non fiction. Even thinking about a contrast between NEMO AND A NEW > MOVIE COMING TURTLE: can't quite rmemeber the title but it's non > fiction > and will be out this year. > > EGAD THIS IS ALL SO MUCH FUN. Now I will need to start pinning this > down > to the actual days and shape of the unit for my second and third > graders. > > But ju
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Thanks...Are inquiry circles like literature circles only for content area reading? -Original Message- From: beverleep...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 1:54 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I don't know how much reading on inquiry circles, but that should be helpful. Jerry Harste and also the work by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Joy Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:56:23 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? Sally, I've been doing this for many years, and YES it is fun and engaging, but I always struggle with coming up with the overarching theme! I'm trying to help our third grade teacher, so if I can't understand it, I know I can't help her! Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Thu, 6/18/09, thomas wrote: From: thomas Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything el se new and exciting? To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:10 PM Joy, So just bouncing off of academic vocab and RTI and on and on, thematic teaching is a big answer in my view. When we teach thematically, we can involve kids in inquiry at many different levels of reading and writing and research and modes of communication. This allows us to differentiate while they have a common overarching theme - thus ALL can contribute in authentic ways. And vocabulary is going to be benefited in huge waysbecause the words are all connected and thus easier to learn because they are meaning based. And they are used over and over throughout the reading and writing and so on. So thematic teaching is a big overarching picture that often never gets mentioned in all this focus on different aspects of literacy!!! AND THANK YOU FOR BRING US BACK TO THIS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING. I teach in an American Indian school as I've mentioned. This fall the whole school is focusing on oceans initially. So I've started playing with all the ideas. My social studies focus is communities...and I'm thinking that connects with the ocean as an interconnected community of living things. I'm also thinking of oceans being interconnected to planet earth so taking care of the ocean matters. Native American conn ections - the emphasis "we are all connected." and I can use a number of traditional American Indian stories centered on the sea. I found a book by the son of a friend "All the Way to the Ocean" connected to Save our Seas Foundation with tons of activities and links and resources and that definitely brings activism to the front. And then the issue of salmon and dams and use of water are critical issues to Native Americans in California (and further north)right now. In fact, the dams are coming down as a result of Native American activism. And on and on and on and so exciting. And I can teach differences between fiction and non fiction and bring us back to community and still focus on interconnections by using Swimmy and Rainbow Fish and use those to be teaching some readingin addition to all our non fiction. Even thinking about a contrast between NEMO AND A NEW MOVIE COMING TURTLE: can't quite rmemeber the title but it's non fiction and will be out this year. EGAD THIS IS ALL SO MUCH FUN. Now I will need to start pinning this down to the actual days and shape of the unit for my second and third graders. But just think.this is so ideal for RTI and differentiation and building vocabulary and teaching all the language arts strategies and skills as well as social studies and science. This is why we need to go back to thematic tea ching and many of the approaches so advocated in whole language. We will not neglect the skills. We can of course do phonics and words families and fluency. But our foundation is a meaning-centered inquiry into something that matters! Sorry I am just flat out getting so excited to be back to an elementary classroom in a place that values meaning-centered learning. Good luck Joy. I know you will do the same. Of course I thought at first that oceans was just a topic. But when I then crank it up to "we are all connected" the universe is possible.. Sally On 6/18/09 4:52 PM, "Joy" wrote: I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to develop an overarching theme? Joy/NC/4 How children l
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I don't know how much reading on inquiry circles, but that should be helpful. Jerry Harste and also the work by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Joy Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:56:23 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? Sally, I've been doing this for many years, and YES it is fun and engaging, but I always struggle with coming up with the overarching theme! I'm trying to help our third grade teacher, so if I can't understand it, I know I can't help her! Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Thu, 6/18/09, thomas wrote: From: thomas Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:10 PM Joy, So just bouncing off of academic vocab and RTI and on and on, thematic teaching is a big answer in my view. When we teach thematically, we can involve kids in inquiry at many different levels of reading and writing and research and modes of communication. This allows us to differentiate while they have a common overarching theme - thus ALL can contribute in authentic ways. And vocabulary is going to be benefited in huge waysbecause the words are all connected and thus easier to learn because they are meaning based. And they are used over and over throughout the reading and writing and so on. So thematic teaching is a big overarching picture that often never gets mentioned in all this focus on different aspects of literacy!!! AND THANK YOU FOR BRING US BACK TO THIS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING. I teach in an American Indian school as I've mentioned. This fall the whole school is focusing on oceans initially. So I've started playing with all the ideas. My social studies focus is communities...and I'm thinking that connects with the ocean as an interconnected community of living things. I'm also thinking of oceans being interconnected to planet earth so taking care of the ocean matters. Native American connections - the emphasis "we are all connected." and I can use a number of traditional American Indian stories centered on the sea. I found a book by the son of a friend "All the Way to the Ocean" connected to Save our Seas Foundation with tons of activities and links and resources and that definitely brings activism to the front. And then the issue of salmon and dams and use of water are critical issues to Native Americans in California (and further north)right now. In fact, the dams are coming down as a result of Native American activism. And on and on and on and so exciting. And I can teach differences between fiction and non fiction and bring us back to community and still focus on interconnections by using Swimmy and Rainbow Fish and use those to be teaching some readingin addition to all our non fiction. Even thinking about a contrast between NEMO AND A NEW MOVIE COMING TURTLE: can't quite rmemeber the title but it's non fiction and will be out this year. EGAD THIS IS ALL SO MUCH FUN. Now I will need to start pinning this down to the actual days and shape of the unit for my second and third graders. But just think.this is so ideal for RTI and differentiation and building vocabulary and teaching all the language arts strategies and skills as well as social studies and science. This is why we need to go back to thematic teaching and many of the approaches so advocated in whole language. We will not neglect the skills. We can of course do phonics and words families and fluency. But our foundation is a meaning-centered inquiry into something that matters! Sorry I am just flat out getting so excited to be back to an elementary classroom in a place that values meaning-centered learning. Good luck Joy. I know you will do the same. Of course I thought at first that oceans was just a topic. But when I then crank it up to "we are all connected" the universe is possible.. Sally On 6/18/09 4:52 PM, "Joy" wrote: > I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I > guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to > develop an overarching theme? > > Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process > and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: > > From: drmarinac...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else > new and exciting? > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org &g
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I've heard it said that "topics" are small are ofte single words. Themes are connected and must be stated in a sentence. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: thomas Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:10:15 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? Joy, So just bouncing off of academic vocab and RTI and on and on, thematic teaching is a big answer in my view. When we teach thematically, we can involve kids in inquiry at many different levels of reading and writing and research and modes of communication. This allows us to differentiate while they have a common overarching theme - thus ALL can contribute in authentic ways. And vocabulary is going to be benefited in huge waysbecause the words are all connected and thus easier to learn because they are meaning based. And they are used over and over throughout the reading and writing and so on. So thematic teaching is a big overarching picture that often never gets mentioned in all this focus on different aspects of literacy!!! AND THANK YOU FOR BRING US BACK TO THIS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING. I teach in an American Indian school as I've mentioned. This fall the whole school is focusing on oceans initially. So I've started playing with all the ideas. My social studies focus is communities...and I'm thinking that connects with the ocean as an interconnected community of living things. I'm also thinking of oceans being interconnected to planet earth so taking care of the ocean matters. Native American connections - the emphasis "we are all connected." and I can use a number of traditional American Indian stories centered on the sea. I found a book by the son of a friend "All the Way to the Ocean" connected to Save our Seas Foundation with tons of activities and links and resources and that definitely brings activism to the front. And then the issue of salmon and dams and use of water are critical issues to Native Americans in California (and further north)right now. In fact, the dams are coming down as a result of Native American activism. And on and on and on and so exciting. And I can teach differences between fiction and non fiction and bring us back to community and still focus on interconnections by using Swimmy and Rainbow Fish and use those to be teaching some readingin addition to all our non fiction. Even thinking about a contrast between NEMO AND A NEW MOVIE COMING TURTLE: can't quite rmemeber the title but it's non fiction and will be out this year. EGAD THIS IS ALL SO MUCH FUN. Now I will need to start pinning this down to the actual days and shape of the unit for my second and third graders. But just think.this is so ideal for RTI and differentiation and building vocabulary and teaching all the language arts strategies and skills as well as social studies and science. This is why we need to go back to thematic teaching and many of the approaches so advocated in whole language. We will not neglect the skills. We can of course do phonics and words families and fluency. But our foundation is a meaning-centered inquiry into something that matters! Sorry I am just flat out getting so excited to be back to an elementary classroom in a place that values meaning-centered learning. Good luck Joy. I know you will do the same. Of course I thought at first that oceans was just a topic. But when I then crank it up to "we are all connected" the universe is possible.. Sally On 6/18/09 4:52 PM, "Joy" wrote: > I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I > guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to > develop an overarching theme? > > Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process > and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: > > From: drmarinac...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else > new and exciting? > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:44 AM > > Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and > exciting? I also like the textmapping but I learned about that two > years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) > > If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of > issues in your classroom? > > > > -Original Message- > From: Stephanie Perry > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:37 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > > > > > > > > >
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Sally, I've been doing this for many years, and YES it is fun and engaging, but I always struggle with coming up with the overarching theme! I'm trying to help our third grade teacher, so if I can't understand it, I know I can't help her! Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Thu, 6/18/09, thomas wrote: From: thomas Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:10 PM Joy, So just bouncing off of academic vocab and RTI and on and on, thematic teaching is a big answer in my view. When we teach thematically, we can involve kids in inquiry at many different levels of reading and writing and research and modes of communication. This allows us to differentiate while they have a common overarching theme - thus ALL can contribute in authentic ways. And vocabulary is going to be benefited in huge waysbecause the words are all connected and thus easier to learn because they are meaning based. And they are used over and over throughout the reading and writing and so on. So thematic teaching is a big overarching picture that often never gets mentioned in all this focus on different aspects of literacy!!! AND THANK YOU FOR BRING US BACK TO THIS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING. I teach in an American Indian school as I've mentioned. This fall the whole school is focusing on oceans initially. So I've started playing with all the ideas. My social studies focus is communities...and I'm thinking that connects with the ocean as an interconnected community of living things. I'm also thinking of oceans being interconnected to planet earth so taking care of the ocean matters. Native American connections - the emphasis "we are all connected." and I can use a number of traditional American Indian stories centered on the sea. I found a book by the son of a friend "All the Way to the Ocean" connected to Save our Seas Foundation with tons of activities and links and resources and that definitely brings activism to the front. And then the issue of salmon and dams and use of water are critical issues to Native Americans in California (and further north)right now. In fact, the dams are coming down as a result of Native American activism. And on and on and on and so exciting. And I can teach differences between fiction and non fiction and bring us back to community and still focus on interconnections by using Swimmy and Rainbow Fish and use those to be teaching some readingin addition to all our non fiction. Even thinking about a contrast between NEMO AND A NEW MOVIE COMING TURTLE: can't quite rmemeber the title but it's non fiction and will be out this year. EGAD THIS IS ALL SO MUCH FUN. Now I will need to start pinning this down to the actual days and shape of the unit for my second and third graders. But just think.this is so ideal for RTI and differentiation and building vocabulary and teaching all the language arts strategies and skills as well as social studies and science. This is why we need to go back to thematic teaching and many of the approaches so advocated in whole language. We will not neglect the skills. We can of course do phonics and words families and fluency. But our foundation is a meaning-centered inquiry into something that matters! Sorry I am just flat out getting so excited to be back to an elementary classroom in a place that values meaning-centered learning. Good luck Joy. I know you will do the same. Of course I thought at first that oceans was just a topic. But when I then crank it up to "we are all connected" the universe is possible.. Sally On 6/18/09 4:52 PM, "Joy" wrote: > I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I > guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to > develop an overarching theme? > > Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process > and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: > > From: drmarinac...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else > new and exciting? > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:44 AM > > Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and > exciting? I also like the textmapping but I learned about that two > years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) > > If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of > issues in your classroom? > > > > -----Original Message-
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Thanks! Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Kim Catano wrote: From: Kim Catano Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'" Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:13 PM Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins Understanding by Design! There is a professional book and workbook...it helps you with the enduring statements and essential questions to help you with designing a unit. McTighe's website also has resources to help you with those units. -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Joy Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:52 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to develop an overarching theme? Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Thu, 6/18/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: From: drmarinac...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:44 AM Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and exciting? I also like the textmapping but I learned about that two years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of issues in your classroom? -Original Message- From: Stephanie Perry To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:37 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your classroom immediately. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: > This is unbelievably helpful > > > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Jan Sanders > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > > > > > > > > > Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I > did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building > Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with > Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains > the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is > probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the > WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the > 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. > There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite > pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for > Supervision and Curriculum Development). > Jan > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: > > Marzano discusses this in? great detail >> >> >> Kristine >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: drmarinac...@aol.com >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >> >> >> Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can >> > read up on?? > >> ? >> -Original Message-? >> From: cnjpal...@aol.com? >> To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? >> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> Academic vocabulary.? >> Jennifer? >> In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? >> drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? >> ? >> Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? >> pedagogy? >> ? >> > > >> > > > > > >
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Joy, So just bouncing off of academic vocab and RTI and on and on, thematic teaching is a big answer in my view. When we teach thematically, we can involve kids in inquiry at many different levels of reading and writing and research and modes of communication. This allows us to differentiate while they have a common overarching theme - thus ALL can contribute in authentic ways. And vocabulary is going to be benefited in huge waysbecause the words are all connected and thus easier to learn because they are meaning based. And they are used over and over throughout the reading and writing and so on. So thematic teaching is a big overarching picture that often never gets mentioned in all this focus on different aspects of literacy!!! AND THANK YOU FOR BRING US BACK TO THIS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING. I teach in an American Indian school as I've mentioned. This fall the whole school is focusing on oceans initially. So I've started playing with all the ideas. My social studies focus is communities...and I'm thinking that connects with the ocean as an interconnected community of living things. I'm also thinking of oceans being interconnected to planet earth so taking care of the ocean matters. Native American connections - the emphasis "we are all connected." and I can use a number of traditional American Indian stories centered on the sea. I found a book by the son of a friend "All the Way to the Ocean" connected to Save our Seas Foundation with tons of activities and links and resources and that definitely brings activism to the front. And then the issue of salmon and dams and use of water are critical issues to Native Americans in California (and further north)right now. In fact, the dams are coming down as a result of Native American activism. And on and on and on and so exciting. And I can teach differences between fiction and non fiction and bring us back to community and still focus on interconnections by using Swimmy and Rainbow Fish and use those to be teaching some readingin addition to all our non fiction. Even thinking about a contrast between NEMO AND A NEW MOVIE COMING TURTLE: can't quite rmemeber the title but it's non fiction and will be out this year. EGAD THIS IS ALL SO MUCH FUN. Now I will need to start pinning this down to the actual days and shape of the unit for my second and third graders. But just think.this is so ideal for RTI and differentiation and building vocabulary and teaching all the language arts strategies and skills as well as social studies and science. This is why we need to go back to thematic teaching and many of the approaches so advocated in whole language. We will not neglect the skills. We can of course do phonics and words families and fluency. But our foundation is a meaning-centered inquiry into something that matters! Sorry I am just flat out getting so excited to be back to an elementary classroom in a place that values meaning-centered learning. Good luck Joy. I know you will do the same. Of course I thought at first that oceans was just a topic. But when I then crank it up to "we are all connected" the universe is possible.. Sally On 6/18/09 4:52 PM, "Joy" wrote: > I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I > guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to > develop an overarching theme? > > Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process > and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: > > From: drmarinac...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else > new and exciting? > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:44 AM > > Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and > exciting? I also like the textmapping but I learned about that two > years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) > > If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of > issues in your classroom? > > > > -Original Message----- > From: Stephanie Perry > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:37 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > > > > > > > > > I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book > not > only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your > classroom immediately. > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: > >> This is unbelievably helpful >> >> >> You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to > your >> grandmother. >&g
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Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins Understanding by Design! There is a professional book and workbook...it helps you with the enduring statements and essential questions to help you with designing a unit. McTighe's website also has resources to help you with those units. -Original Message- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Joy Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:52 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything elsenew and exciting? I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to develop an overarching theme? Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Thu, 6/18/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: From: drmarinac...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:44 AM Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and exciting? I also like the textmapping but I learned about that two years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of issues in your classroom? -Original Message- From: Stephanie Perry To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:37 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your classroom immediately. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: > This is unbelievably helpful > > > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Jan Sanders > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > > > > > > > > > Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I > did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building > Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with > Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains > the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is > probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the > WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the > 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. > There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite > pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for > Supervision and Curriculum Development). > Jan > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: > > Marzano discusses this in? great detail >> >> >> Kristine >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: drmarinac...@aol.com >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >> >> >> Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can >> > read up on?? > >> ? >> -Original Message-? >> From: cnjpal...@aol.com? >> To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? >> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> Academic vocabulary.? >> Jennifer? >> In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? >> drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? >> ? >> Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? >> pedagogy? >> ? >> > > >> > > > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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.o
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I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, but I guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to how to develop an overarching theme? Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Thu, 6/18/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: From: drmarinac...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything else new and exciting? To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:44 AM Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and exciting? I also like the textmapping but I learned about that two years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of issues in your classroom? -Original Message- From: Stephanie Perry To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:37 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your classroom immediately. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: > This is unbelievably helpful > > > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Jan Sanders > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > > > > > > > > > Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I > did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building > Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with > Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains > the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is > probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the > WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the > 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. > There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite > pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for > Supervision and Curriculum Development). > Jan > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: > > Marzano discusses this in? great detail >> >> >> Kristine >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: drmarinac...@aol.com >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >> >> >> Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can >> > read up on?? > >> ? >> -Original Message-? >> From: cnjpal...@aol.com? >> To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? >> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> Academic vocabulary.? >> Jennifer? >> In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? >> drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? >> ? >> Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? >> pedagogy? >> ? >> > > >> > > > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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@lite
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http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/vocab/TN.html Look at this website for information about Marzano's Academic Vocabulary Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Wed, 6/17/09, drmarinac...@aol.com wrote: From: drmarinac...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 3:09 PM This is unbelievably helpful You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Jan Sanders To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Jan You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: > Marzano discusses this in? great detail > > > Kristine > > > -Original Message- > From: drmarinac...@aol.com > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? > ? > -Original Message-? > From: cnjpal...@aol.com? > To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? > Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > Academic vocabulary.? > Jennifer? > In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? > drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? > ? > Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? > pedagogy? > ? > ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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.
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Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and exciting? I also like the textmapping but I learned about that two years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of issues in your classroom? -Original Message- From: Stephanie Perry To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:37 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your classroom immediately. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: This is unbelievably helpful You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Jan Sanders To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Jan You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: Marzano discusses this in? great detail Kristine -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? ? -Original Message-? From: cnjpal...@aol.com? To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? ? ? ? ? ? ? Academic vocabulary.? Jennifer? In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? ? Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? pedagogy? ? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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.
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This is wonderful..thank so much!!! Marzano's work is about getting kids to really understand what a word means Not just the definition of the word. In fact, he states that often the definition of a word is not helpful to a student who doesn't understand the word. You use academic vocabulary as the words sometimes go across the curriculum. Marzano has a six step method that leads towards fully understanding the word. He maps it out (and shows you in the DVD how to do this) and has a worksheet the students fill out. Example: compare/contrast I had a second grade class work on the word compare. Some things the teacher does is use the word in a sentence, read a book where the word is used or has good examples of comparing... It goes way beyond "the word compare means the same". The students come to a deep understanding of the word. They draw a visual representation and other words that are like compare, plus some other things... Anyway, through our study of the word compare, a little boy makes this statement. "Well, I know why they put it with contrast -in order to tell if something is the same, you have to know when they are different. So when you are comparing, you are also contrasting." You choose words that you use a lot in the classroom where kids are expected to understand what to do. Some other words we worked on: Explain Justify Subtraction Multiplication Infer Predict Connection Synthesize Sentence Noun Verb Contraction Community Energy Phase Estimate There are also some vocabulary games in the book that we used in the classroom. Jan On 6/17/09 1:37 PM, "Stephanie Perry" wrote: I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your classroom immediately. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: This is unbelievably helpful You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Jan Sanders To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Jan You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: Marzano discusses this in? great detail Kristine -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? ? -Original Message-? From: cnjpal...@aol.com? To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? ? ? ? ? ? ? Academic vocabulary.? Jennifer? In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? ? Can anyone thi nk of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? pedagogy? ? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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. Jan Unless we reach into our students¹ hearts, we have no entry into their minds. -Regie Routman _
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Marzano's work is about getting kids to really understand what a word means Not just the definition of the word. In fact, he states that often the definition of a word is not helpful to a student who doesn't understand the word. You use academic vocabulary as the words sometimes go across the curriculum. Marzano has a six step method that leads towards fully understanding the word. He maps it out (and shows you in the DVD how to do this) and has a worksheet the students fill out. Example: compare/contrast I had a second grade class work on the word compare. Some things the teacher does is use the word in a sentence, read a book where the word is used or has good examples of comparing... It goes way beyond "the word compare means the same". The students come to a deep understanding of the word. They draw a visual representation and other words that are like compare, plus some other things... Anyway, through our study of the word compare, a little boy makes this statement. "Well, I know why they put it with contrast -in order to tell if something is the same, you have to know when they are different. So when you are comparing, you are also contrasting." You choose words that you use a lot in the classroom where kids are expected to understand what to do. Some other words we worked on: Explain Justify Subtraction Multiplication Infer Predict Connection Synthesize Sentence Noun Verb Contraction Community Energy Phase Estimate There are also some vocabulary games in the book that we used in the classroom. Jan On 6/17/09 1:37 PM, "Stephanie Perry" wrote: > I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not > only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your > classroom immediately. > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: > >> This is unbelievably helpful >> >> >> You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your >> grandmother. >> -Albert Einstein >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Jan Sanders >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < >> mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I >> did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building >> Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with >> Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains >> the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is >> probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the >> WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the >> 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. >> There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite >> pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for >> Supervision and Curriculum Development). >> Jan >> You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your >> grandmother. >> -Albert Einstein >> >> >> On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: >> >> Marzano discusses this in? great detail >>> >>> >>> Kristine >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: drmarinac...@aol.com >>> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >>> >>> >>> Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can >>> >> read up on?? >> >>> ? >>> -Original Message-? >>> From: cnjpal...@aol.com? >>> To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? >>> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> Academic vocabulary.? >>> Jennifer? >>> In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? >>> drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? >>> ? >>> Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? >>> pedagogy? >>> ? >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> Mosaic
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I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your classroom immediately. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: > This is unbelievably helpful > > > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Jan Sanders > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > > > > > > > > > Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I > did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building > Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with > Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains > the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is > probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the > WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the > 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. > There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite > pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for > Supervision and Curriculum Development). > Jan > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > > > On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: > > Marzano discusses this in? great detail >> >> >> Kristine >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: drmarinac...@aol.com >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >> >> >> Academic vocabulary. Interesting!!!! Is there an author who I can >> > read up on?? > >> ? >> -Original Message-? >> From: cnjpal...@aol.com? >> To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? >> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> Academic vocabulary.? >> Jennifer? >> In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? >> drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? >> ? >> Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? >> pedagogy? >> ? >> > > >> > > > > > > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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.
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This is unbelievably helpful You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Jan Sanders To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Jan You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: Marzano discusses this in? great detail Kristine -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? ? -Original Message-? From: cnjpal...@aol.com? To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? ? ? ? ? ? ? Academic vocabulary.? Jennifer? In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? ? Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? pedagogy? ? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy
Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Jan You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "kjcec...@aol.com" wrote: > Marzano discusses this in? great detail > > > Kristine > > > -Original Message- > From: drmarinac...@aol.com > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? > ? > -Original Message-? > From: cnjpal...@aol.com? > To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? > Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > Academic vocabulary.? > Jennifer? > In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? > drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? > ? > Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? > pedagogy? > ? > ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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Test Talk by Amy H. Green & Glennon Doyle Melton is a great book in the area of academic vocabulary. Bringing Words to Life by Isabel Beck is also a must. Marzano's book is titled Building Academic Vocabulary. Jamee Hall, Reading Specialist Matoaca Elementary School "Worry less about losing books to children and more about losing children to literacy." "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx From: cnjpal...@aol.com Sent: Tue 6/16/2009 9:50 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Jennifer In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, drmarinac...@aol.com writes: Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading pedagogy **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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.
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And Marzano for Academic language. We have a big push on building fluency also. On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:13:25 -0700, wrote: Beck (Isabelle, I think). -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? ? -Original Message-? From: cnjpal...@aol.com? To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? ? ? ? ? ? ? Academic vocabulary.? Jennifer? In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? ? Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? pedagogy? ? ? **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy? Steps!? (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir=? http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun? eExcfooterNO62)? ___? 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. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy
Beck (Isabelle, I think). -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? ? -Original Message-? From: cnjpal...@aol.com? To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? ? ? ? ? ? ? Academic vocabulary.? Jennifer? In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? ? Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? pedagogy? ? ? **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy? Steps!? (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir=? http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun? eExcfooterNO62)? ___? 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy
Marzano discusses this in? great detail Kristine -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? ? -Original Message-? From: cnjpal...@aol.com? To: mos...@literacyworkshop.org? Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? ? ? ? ? ? ? Academic vocabulary.? Jennifer? In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? drmarinac...@aol.com writes:? ? Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? pedagogy? ? ? **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy? Steps!? (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir=? http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun? eExcfooterNO62)? ___? 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy
-Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Jennifer In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, drmarinac...@aol.com writes: Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading pedagogy **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir= http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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.
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Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on? -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Jennifer In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, drmarinac...@aol.com writes: Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading pedagogy **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir= http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy
Academic vocabulary. Jennifer In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, drmarinac...@aol.com writes: Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading pedagogy **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading pedagogy (phonics, literature-based instruction, fluency, critical literacy, adolescent literacy, comprehension, content area reading, struggling readers, writing, retention based on reading scores,ELLs, etc.) ___ 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.
