Re: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop
Evelia, I have really enjoyed using The CAFE book this year by Gail Bushey and her sister and their website. A good place to start with mini-lessons is all their behaviors around independent reading listed in their other book the Daily Five. I don't know what grade you teach, but if you teach K-6 this would be a good place to start. Check out their website the dailycafe.com to get an idea. After the reading related routine is set then teaching from the needed strategy list is a great organizer. Also, Heineman has just published this new series on mentor texts for fiction and non-fiction that looks excellent. I'm planning to look it over this summer. Betsy Kohnstamm, Columbia Falls, Montana From: evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 11:16 AM To: Mosaic Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop First, I want to truly thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions and help me become a more effective educator. I love what I do and I want to do what is best for my students. As some of you know, I am trying to fully launch reader's workshop next year. I am the only one at my school so far who believe in this method of teaching reading; hopefully I will be able to influence other teachers. I putting my reader's workshop plan together, however there are so many desicions to make. Sometimes it is overwhelming. One of the questions I have is about minilessons. There are so many minilessons to teach and I know I won't be able to teach them all. What minilessons are essential to teach at the beginning of the school year? Does anyone has a minilesson schedule that has worked for you? My next question is related to the reader's notebook. Again, there are so many options. I tried to use one last year, however it had too many forms. We could not keep up with it. Do you have any suggestion about the reader's notebook? What do think are the most important forms to include? Ok. This is it! Thank you all. Evelia ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Launching Reader's Workshop
I would do mini lessons on what the children would need as they begin writing. Mini lesson(s) on getting ideas about what to writeperhaps from experience of course but also getting an idea from a book connection and so on. I would give mini lesson(s) on rereading what I have so far and then moving forward. Mini lessons on revision and/or strategies for actually doing the changes on my paper etc. Just think about what writers actuallydo (what you actually do). And also build mini lessons on what you see the children struggling with OR successful with You'll know. Trust yourself! Sally On 6/13/11 10:09 AM, evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com wrote: First, I want to truly thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions and help me become a more effective educator. I love what I do and I want to do what is best for my students. As some of you know, I am trying to fully launch reader's workshop next year. I am the only one at my school so far who believe in this method of teaching reading; hopefully I will be able to influence other teachers. I putting my reader's workshop plan together, however there are so many desicions to make. Sometimes it is overwhelming. One of the questions I have is about minilessons. There are so many minilessons to teach and I know I won't be able to teach them all. What minilessons are essential to teach at the beginning of the school year? Does anyone has a minilesson schedule that has worked for you? My next question is related to the reader's notebook. Again, there are so many options. I tried to use one last year, however it had too many forms. We could not keep up with it. Do you have any suggestion about the reader's notebook? What do think are the most important forms to include? Ok. This is it! Thank you all. Evelia ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Launching Reader's Workshop
Whoops, I was thinking about writing mini lessons. The book I really love that has lots of ideas for mini lessons, discussions, ways to have children think about their reading is Day to Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop. By Sibberson. Know it sounds like assessment is the focus but really that's not it. It's really about children self assessing their own thinking, interests etc. It is a terrific practical book which works thru all the wonderful and challenging parts of workshop. Full of real kid examples. Sally On 6/13/11 10:27 AM, Betsy Kohnstam bkohnst...@sd6.k12.mt.us wrote: Evelia, I have really enjoyed using The CAFE book this year by Gail Bushey and her sister and their website. A good place to start with mini-lessons is all their behaviors around independent reading listed in their other book the Daily Five. I don't know what grade you teach, but if you teach K-6 this would be a good place to start. Check out their website the dailycafe.com to get an idea. After the reading related routine is set then teaching from the needed strategy list is a great organizer. Also, Heineman has just published this new series on mentor texts for fiction and non-fiction that looks excellent. I'm planning to look it over this summer. Betsy Kohnstamm, Columbia Falls, Montana From: evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 11:16 AM To: Mosaic Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop First, I want to truly thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions and help me become a more effective educator. I love what I do and I want to do what is best for my students. As some of you know, I am trying to fully launch reader's workshop next year. I am the only one at my school so far who believe in this method of teaching reading; hopefully I will be able to influence other teachers. I putting my reader's workshop plan together, however there are so many desicions to make. Sometimes it is overwhelming. One of the questions I have is about minilessons. There are so many minilessons to teach and I know I won't be able to teach them all. What minilessons are essential to teach at the beginning of the school year? Does anyone has a minilesson schedule that has worked for you? My next question is related to the reader's notebook. Again, there are so many options. I tried to use one last year, however it had too many forms. We could not keep up with it. Do you have any suggestion about the reader's notebook? What do think are the most important forms to include? Ok. This is it! Thank you all. Evelia ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Launching Reader's Workshop
This book helped me get started with Reading Workshop: http://www.lauracandler.com/empoweringreaders.php --- On Mon, 6/13/11, Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net wrote: From: Sally Thomas sally.thom...@verizon.net Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop To: bkohnst...@sd6.k12.mt.us, mosaic listserve mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 3:48 PM Whoops, I was thinking about writing mini lessons. The book I really love that has lots of ideas for mini lessons, discussions, ways to have children think about their reading is Day to Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop. By Sibberson. Know it sounds like assessment is the focus but really that's not it. It's really about children self assessing their own thinking, interests etc. It is a terrific practical book which works thru all the wonderful and challenging parts of workshop. Full of real kid examples. Sally On 6/13/11 10:27 AM, Betsy Kohnstam bkohnst...@sd6.k12.mt.us wrote: Evelia, I have really enjoyed using The CAFE book this year by Gail Bushey and her sister and their website. A good place to start with mini-lessons is all their behaviors around independent reading listed in their other book the Daily Five. I don't know what grade you teach, but if you teach K-6 this would be a good place to start. Check out their website the dailycafe.com to get an idea. After the reading related routine is set then teaching from the needed strategy list is a great organizer. Also, Heineman has just published this new series on mentor texts for fiction and non-fiction that looks excellent. I'm planning to look it over this summer. Betsy Kohnstamm, Columbia Falls, Montana From: evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 11:16 AM To: Mosaic Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop First, I want to truly thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions and help me become a more effective educator. I love what I do and I want to do what is best for my students. As some of you know, I am trying to fully launch reader's workshop next year. I am the only one at my school so far who believe in this method of teaching reading; hopefully I will be able to influence other teachers. I putting my reader's workshop plan together, however there are so many desicions to make. Sometimes it is overwhelming. One of the questions I have is about minilessons. There are so many minilessons to teach and I know I won't be able to teach them all. What minilessons are essential to teach at the beginning of the school year? Does anyone has a minilesson schedule that has worked for you? My next question is related to the reader's notebook. Again, there are so many options. I tried to use one last year, however it had too many forms. We could not keep up with it. Do you have any suggestion about the reader's notebook? What do think are the most important forms to include? Ok. This is it! Thank you all. Evelia ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
Re: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop
The title says 3 -6 but I think 2nd easily with slight changes in some places or more demonstration/support from teacher. I am a big fan of reading books from my heroes like Lucy and Nancy Atwell and Ralph and Katie Wood Ray. And I am not a fan of too practical pre done activities. This is a rare combination of thoughtful and very hands on and I love the way it supports children in taking ownership of their own learning. Franki Sibberson is often on the choice literacy website. I find this book just plain terrific and I've been doing workshop for a long long time. Sally On 6/13/11 2:08 PM, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca wrote: Hi Sally, Yes, I realized you were focusing on writing but really the same processes could be applied to writing. So, getting ideas about what to write when you're reading is perfectly connected for me although making sense of those ideas would relate it to reading workshop more directly. Making connections among books is reading and writing related. Children need to be taught that rereading for meaning is perfectly acceptable and should be encouraged. And, we revise our thinking all the time when we're reading. Does Sibberson's book have applications for grade 2? Elisa ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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] Launching Reader's Workshop
Hi Sally, Yes, I realized you were focusing on writing but really the same processes could be applied to writing. So, getting ideas about what to write when you're reading is perfectly connected for me although making sense of those ideas would relate it to reading workshop more directly. Making connections among books is reading and writing related. Children need to be taught that rereading for meaning is perfectly acceptable and should be encouraged. And, we revise our thinking all the time when we're reading. Does Sibberson's book have applications for grade 2? Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Teacher Spanish Learning Leader Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. -Former US Cabinet member John W. Gardner Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+elwaingortji=cbe.ab...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Sally Thomas Sent: Mon 13/06/2011 2:48 PM To: bkohnst...@sd6.k12.mt.us; mosaic listserve Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop Whoops, I was thinking about writing mini lessons. The book I really love that has lots of ideas for mini lessons, discussions, ways to have children think about their reading is Day to Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop. By Sibberson. Know it sounds like assessment is the focus but really that's not it. It's really about children self assessing their own thinking, interests etc. It is a terrific practical book which works thru all the wonderful and challenging parts of workshop. Full of real kid examples. Sally On 6/13/11 10:27 AM, Betsy Kohnstam bkohnst...@sd6.k12.mt.us wrote: Evelia, I have really enjoyed using The CAFE book this year by Gail Bushey and her sister and their website. A good place to start with mini-lessons is all their behaviors around independent reading listed in their other book the Daily Five. I don't know what grade you teach, but if you teach K-6 this would be a good place to start. Check out their website the dailycafe.com to get an idea. After the reading related routine is set then teaching from the needed strategy list is a great organizer. Also, Heineman has just published this new series on mentor texts for fiction and non-fiction that looks excellent. I'm planning to look it over this summer. Betsy Kohnstamm, Columbia Falls, Montana From: evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 11:16 AM To: Mosaic Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop First, I want to truly thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions and help me become a more effective educator. I love what I do and I want to do what is best for my students. As some of you know, I am trying to fully launch reader's workshop next year. I am the only one at my school so far who believe in this method of teaching reading; hopefully I will be able to influence other teachers. I putting my reader's workshop plan together, however there are so many desicions to make. Sometimes it is overwhelming. One of the questions I have is about minilessons. There are so many minilessons to teach and I know I won't be able to teach them all. What minilessons are essential to teach at the beginning of the school year? Does anyone has a minilesson schedule that has worked for you? My next question is related to the reader's notebook. Again, there are so many options. I tried to use one last year, however it had too many forms. We could not keep up with it. Do you have any suggestion about the reader's notebook? What do think are the most important forms to include? Ok. This is it! Thank you all. Evelia ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Launching Reader's Workshop
Yes, I agree but I have to watch my budget so I have to say no to something! Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Teacher Spanish Learning Leader Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. -Former US Cabinet member John W. Gardner Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ The title says 3 -6 but I think 2nd easily with slight changes in some places or more demonstration/support from teacher. I am a big fan of reading books from my heroes like Lucy and Nancy Atwell and Ralph and Katie Wood Ray. And I am not a fan of too practical pre done activities. This is a rare combination of thoughtful and very hands on and I love the way it supports children in taking ownership of their own learning. Franki Sibberson is often on the choice literacy website. I find this book just plain terrific and I've been doing workshop for a long long time. Sally On 6/13/11 2:08 PM, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca wrote: Hi Sally, Yes, I realized you were focusing on writing but really the same processes could be applied to writing. So, getting ideas about what to write when you're reading is perfectly connected for me although making sense of those ideas would relate it to reading workshop more directly. Making connections among books is reading and writing related. Children need to be taught that rereading for meaning is perfectly acceptable and should be encouraged. And, we revise our thinking all the time when we're reading. Does Sibberson's book have applications for grade 2? Elisa ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe 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
