It sounds like a need for character ed rather that a reading lessonmaybe
you could combine them somehow.
Christine
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From: Bill Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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In a message dated 5/28/2007 3:32:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Our end-of-year DIBELS showed that across the three first grade classrooms,
62% of the students had a drop in their Phoneme Segmentation Fluency.
Knowing these students personally, I was surprised
Two little books spring immediately to mind--both by Lawrence Yep--
the first is Angelfish. It is the story of a young Chinese-American
girl who lives for the ballet. She uncovers a shopkeepers secret and
learns about Chinese tradition in a wonderful way.
Child of the Owl is the story of a
Bill That's a great idea. Alan Katz (Take me out the bathtub) and Bruce
Lansky (Oh my darling porcupine) are good models for that sort of work.
tim
At 10:04 PM 5/28/2007 -0400, you wrote:
You know, the kids can be creative also. You could have them write lyrics
for songs they know using the
Joy: We do it all we sing the songs, then read them, then read and sing
them in various grouping, always the words are in front of the kids so that
they have to read. later we pull words out of context for word study and
the word wall. And later we might even try other verses to the same
At the risk of sounding a bit commercial, Iike to point whoever might be
interested to a website I developed for myself--
www.timrasinski.com
At this website, if you click on Presentation Materials you will find my
handouts from my recent presentations and workshops. Also, there are some
Yes, I think it does, and I think I will be on the lookout for some recordings
this summer. LOL, now I have a valid reason to get an MP3 player!!!
Being a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, I do have some songbooks I could
use. I've been looking for an academic reason to dust them off!
I used Katz' books religiously for shared reading/singing. My kids were nuts
about the Christmas one---when we caroled in the community, they were the
most requested as kids had been singing them far and wide!!
Lori
On 5/29/07 7:14 AM, Tim Rasinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill That's a
I have enjoyed the recent conversation and recommended websites regarding
music in the classroom.
Each year I try to use more music in my room but I am learning the value of
adding movement with the music.
At my school, most of our students are bussed to and from school with a 15
minute period
Hi Tim,
We met earlier this year in Maryland and you took my business card. We
talked about tape assisted readings to help with fluency. I have been
experimenting with tape-assisted readings with some of my students. Two have
made huge
gains, a third, has improved, but not nearly as
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