Re: [MOSAIC] Peer Training and S/T conversations

2006-12-28 Thread Carlevarom
All you need to do is check with your district. They will have a policy, forms, etc. Our policy applies to video put on the web. Marsha ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to

[MOSAIC] Guided Reading

2006-12-28 Thread RR1981
I have never been trained in Guided Reading and having been reading up on it. My question is this-Do the students need to be reading a text that they can read independently? I teach third grade and am required to use the leveled readers that come with out basal series. Only problem is

Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading---Sight Words (for Rosie)

2006-12-28 Thread Barbara Punchak
Rosie, Are you teaching and practicing the sight words each week? When I taught 2nd grade, I made a packet of the lists for my students. One packet stayed in school in a 'special folder,' the other went home in a folder---with directions glued to the inside pocket, so parents would know how to

Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading

2006-12-28 Thread ljackson
Rosie The point of guided reading is to provide support to children with text that is just slightly beyond their ability to read independently, yet at a level which will allow them the opportunity to be successuful with guidance as they acquire new skills and strategies to generalize to their

Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading

2006-12-28 Thread Lisa Szyska
I teach third grade and am required to use the leveled readers that come with out basal series. Only problem is that for about half my class the lowest level leveled reader is too difficult. I have one child who is capable of reading 44 kindergarten sight words and that is about

Re: [MOSAIC] Passion . . .dispassionate teaching

2006-12-28 Thread Keach1
Just want you all to know how much better I feel hearing you all speak to what I have been feeling lately. It's hard for the kids to enjoy school when I find I'm not enjoying teaching (to the test) anymore. Not to get political here, but why isnt the NEA and other local teachers unions

Re: [MOSAIC] art/music/p.e. strategies

2006-12-28 Thread KerryD78
In a message dated 12/28/2006 3:40:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have any neat ideas for the art, music and p.e. teachers in their support of all the great comprehension and literacy strategies we all talk about on this listserv? Carrie I don't

Re: [MOSAIC] art/music/p.e. strategies

2006-12-28 Thread Angela Almond
Our school's P.E. teacher is trained in Brain Gym and Smart Gym. I'm not familiar with it but she teaches them how to use their bodies to make their brains reach their full potential. There are certain movements that promote scientific thinking, math, reading, handwriting, etc. They use them on

Re: [MOSAIC] art/music/p.e. strategies

2006-12-28 Thread William Roberts
The strategies apply to all the areas you mentioned so any lesson for reading would probably be adaptable to the class. Visualizing a piece of music is easy enough. Let them listen and write about what they see. Many ballets are based on fairy tales, so you could play selections and have them

Re: [MOSAIC] Passion . . .dispassionate teaching

2006-12-28 Thread Joy
I'd go too! 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 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail