[MOSAIC] Conferencing
When it comes to conferencing, the best advice I have to give is CAFE! I was so lost before I found this book. It revolutionized how I teach and how my reading time is organized. In 30 minutes, I can accomplish what used to take me hours. I LOVE LOVE LOVE CAFE! ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] conferencing
Can I rent these videos? I'm sure they're expensive and I know my district doesn't have them. What about a library? Debbie Tami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sharon Taberski's (author of On Solid Ground) videos, from Heinemann, are excellent. - Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] conferencing
Sharon Taberski's (author of On Solid Ground) videos, from Heinemann, are excellent. - Original Message - From: "Debbie Goodis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] conferencing > Kimberlee, > I am reading On Solid Ground right now and she is very explicit on how to > do conferencing. I really think I should have read this book first, but > I'm getting so much out of it now. She's so clear that I'm "getting it." > Debbie > > > > - > Be a PS3 game guru. > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! > Games. > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe 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] conferencing
Yes, I am sorry. I was talking about On Solid Ground. Debbie The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] conferencing
Debbie, Are you talking about On Solid Ground??? Debbie G. "Harbour, Deborah " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We studied that book many years ago and it has been a solid foundation in my literacy workshop. You can gain so much that you will use throughout your teaching! I highly recommend it. Debbie The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. - Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] conferencing
We studied that book many years ago and it has been a solid foundation in my literacy workshop. You can gain so much that you will use throughout your teaching! I highly recommend it. Debbie The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] conferencing
Cool. I will put it on the top of my Amazon WIsh List...I order a professional book or two every month. I can get them used that way. Kim On 7/3/07, Debbie Goodis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kimberlee, > I am reading On Solid Ground right now and she is very explicit on how to > do conferencing. I really think I should have read this book first, but I'm > getting so much out of it now. She's so clear that I'm "getting it." > Debbie > > > > - > Be a PS3 game guru. > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! > Games. > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- Kim --- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School resno, California 93702 Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] conferencing
Kimberlee, I am reading On Solid Ground right now and she is very explicit on how to do conferencing. I really think I should have read this book first, but I'm getting so much out of it now. She's so clear that I'm "getting it." Debbie - Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] conferencing
Hi Kim. I have been there myself. Then it occurred to me, although my conferencing is individual, my mini-lesson had purpose. There is always so much you can tell or discuss with readers and writers. By going bck to my mini-lesson it gave me purpose for the day's conferences. It also made me rethink my mini-lessons so that I was meeting the reading/writing needs of my students. It sounds so simple, but it really worked for me. I needed to stay focused. This allowed my conferences to be short, yet effective. It also made the children try to adapt more of what I was saying/demonstrating during my mini-lesson to their own reading and writing. They liked when I noticed they had tried to do what I had modeled. Nancy Hagerty First Grade Y-3 Hardy Elementary 248-573-8650 ext. 3637 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/30/07 12:26 PM >>> My weakest part of both my reader's and writer's workshop is my individual conferences with children. I've read lots of books about the subject. I've watched a few. I still feel like when I sit with a child the discussion isn't natural. It's mostly a miniature test. Often I am so bored myself, I get tired sitting there. I can't imagine what the kids think. What do you folks do? Kim -- Kim --- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School resno, California 93702 Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] conferencing
On Saturday, June 30, 2007, at 09:26 AM, kimberlee hannan wrote: > My weakest part of both my reader's and writer's workshop is my > individual > conferences with children. I've read lots of books about the subject. > I've > watched a few. I still feel like when I sit with a child the > discussion > isn't natural. It's mostly a miniature test. Often I am so bored > myself, I > get tired sitting there. I can't imagine what the kids think. > > What do you folks do? > Kim Hi, Kim-- > Maybe this is really obvious, and you've probably read it elsewhere, > but I found that for writer's workshop, instead of swooping in and > addressing a teaching point that I've noted in their writing, asking > the kids to explain what they did and why they did it as in "What did > you do here. Why did you do such and such puts them in the position > where they need to think through what they've done and why they did so > the focus is on their own metacognitive processes. I would then, > interact by asking questions at appropriate points. That way, I > haven't taken control of their thinking and often they would discover > on their own. through the dialogue with me, the very point I thought > they needed to work on. It makes it less like a test taking, miniature > inquisition if as much as possible. they do the discovering and the > talking. I have some good article on that including how drawing, conversation and writing all help expand kids' thinking. I think with conferencing, it's important to make a distinction between the goal of having students fix their work (I'm talking writing here) and the greater goal of having them articulate and crystalize their own thinking and make their own discoveries. I too have a really hard time interacting naturally. As Ardie Cole says, there are times when I have to put my fingers over my lips or I'll jump in and identify the problem for them. I can't say I ever got bored in conferences. What happens to me is that I become overwhelmed, moving from student to student and continually shifting gears. One to one interactions with students are SO intense. For me they are exhausting but worth the effort. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] conferencing
I have found Debbie Miller's 2-video set on conferencing to be VERY helpful for Reader's Workshop. You see how she picks up on different purposes for conferencing and they're practical. I also teach a literacy course for teachers and use parts of this video set, and they, too, have commented on how helpful they were. They are at school, but I think it's called, "The Joy of Conferencing"; if that's not it, it's, "The Joy of Conferring." Keep in mind that she teaches in lower el., but her procedures and basic concepts could be extended to grades higher than lower el, I believe. Kim/Michigan On Jun 30, 2007, at 12:26 PM, kimberlee hannan wrote: > My weakest part of both my reader's and writer's workshop is my > individual > conferences with children. I've read lots of books about the subject. > I've > watched a few. I still feel like when I sit with a child the > discussion > isn't natural. It's mostly a miniature test. Often I am so bored > myself, I > get tired sitting there. I can't imagine what the kids think. > > What do you folks do? > Kim > > -- > Kim > --- > Kimberlee Hannan > Department Chair > Sequoia Middle School > resno, California 93702 > > > Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't > change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give > everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but > happy. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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How are you initiating the discussion? What kinds of questions are you asking? Joy/NC/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org - Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] conferencing
My weakest part of both my reader's and writer's workshop is my individual conferences with children. I've read lots of books about the subject. I've watched a few. I still feel like when I sit with a child the discussion isn't natural. It's mostly a miniature test. Often I am so bored myself, I get tired sitting there. I can't imagine what the kids think. What do you folks do? Kim -- Kim --- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School resno, California 93702 Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
