Re: [MOSAIC] Elaine's book!

2007-07-06 Thread Waingort Jimenez, Elisa
The title is Smart Answers to Tough Questions: What to Say When You're Asked About Fluency, Phonics, Grammar, Vocabulary, SSR, Tests, Support for ELLs, and More. Elisa Waingort Calgary, Canada What is the title of Elaine's book? Maxine ** See what's free

Re: [MOSAIC] Elaine's book!

2007-07-06 Thread Mlredcon
What is the title of Elaine's book? Maxine ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.o

Re: [MOSAIC] Handhelds in the classroom

2007-07-06 Thread Loyd or Gayla King
You said? "I have just received a Palm TE2, and I am looking for ways to use this new tool to keep records, plan, etc. If anyone out there has some effective ways they've used a handheld in their classroom, I'd be very interested. Thanks in advance for any input." Kathy Can you put music on

Re: [MOSAIC] Another mosaic: The reading-writing connection

2007-07-06 Thread Evans2429
In a message dated 7/6/2007 2:41:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > When schools spend money on test prep workbooks but can't find money > for math manipulatives and books to read, the road is very bumpy. > oh I could really go on and on about this too! Our library is s

Re: [MOSAIC] Elaine's book!

2007-07-06 Thread Beverlee Paul
Oh my gosh Elaine - what a great gift to teachers and coaches and all of us in the literacy community. But here you've done an incredible job of collecting the research, the quotes, the cites. And as in your other books, you've done it very wisely, citing a range of sources, especially the NRP

Re: [MOSAIC] songs for reading, phonemic awareness and fluency/tradtional lit

2007-07-06 Thread Joy
Plus, there are so many connections, so many similarities between cultures. Folk and Fairy Tales are fascinating glimpses into a society's culture. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "I think they are more important than you give them credit for. My husband was born in the US, but his family were all Ge

Re: [MOSAIC] Another mosaic: The reading-writing connection

2007-07-06 Thread Joy
OK, Here's what I was responding to. I was trying to make my reply short to please Keith. Sometimes cutting out the previous message makes things unclear! Renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jul 3, 2007, at 8:22 AM, kimberlee hannan wrote: > I tried something new last year. I took samp

[MOSAIC] Handhelds in the classroom

2007-07-06 Thread rkheim
I have just received a Palm TE2, and I am looking for ways to use this new tool to keep records, plan, etc. If anyone out there has some effective ways they've used a handheld in their classroom, I'd be very interested. Thanks in advance for any input. Kathy

Re: [MOSAIC] assessment AND grades - record keeping

2007-07-06 Thread Kerry Lewis
This reply is quite late, but thank you Keith for sharing. I don't have access to a PDA or laptop at work but I may be able to adapt some of these ideas to a paper and pencil format. How does everyone else collect data? Kerry/5th On 6/25/07, Keith Mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a fr

Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

2007-07-06 Thread Adam Lefstein
Anyone interested in pursuing the research on this topic might want to look at this recent English review: Andrews R, Torgerson C, Beverton S, Freeman A, Locke T, Low G, Robinson A, Zhu D (2004) The effect of grammar teaching (sentence combining) in English on 5 to 16 year olds' accuracy and qualit

Re: [MOSAIC] Elaine's book!

2007-07-06 Thread elaine garan
Oh thank you! I was so in love with writing that book. I was just stunned myself at how the federal research all came together to support what so many of us believe. And yes, I think with so many books out there, it would be easy to skip this one. But I think this is the book that the other

Re: [MOSAIC] Another mosaic: The reading-writing connection

2007-07-06 Thread Renee
Hi Joy, I'm not sure what I said that you are referring to. Renee On Jul 6, 2007, at 7:23 AM, Joy wrote: > Renee, > I agree, if you are talking about your average students. But my > experience comes out closer to Kim's. What I have observed, is some > kids (especialy those who learn differ

Re: [MOSAIC] Elaine's book!

2007-07-06 Thread Waingort Jimenez, Elisa
Hi Sally, I just got my copy yesterday. After all the wonderful reviews of Elaine´s book I decided to go ahead and order my own copy. Can´t wait to read it. And, while most of it may not be new having it all in one place is a real asset. Thanks, Elaine! Elisa Waingort Calgary, Canada I just

[MOSAIC] Elaine's book!

2007-07-06 Thread thomas
I just finished reading Elaine's book Smart Answers to Tough Questions. I was awake at 5 a.m. And couldn't put it down. Oh my gosh Elaine - what a great gift to teachers and coaches and all of us in the literacy community. It's not that I didn't know the information and practices you presented.

Re: [MOSAIC] Another mosaic: The reading-writing connection

2007-07-06 Thread Joy
Renee, I agree, if you are talking about your average students. But my experience comes out closer to Kim's. What I have observed, is some kids (especialy those who learn differently) don't understand that they can do things to help themselves, like reading the questions first so they know the