Re: [MOSAIC] No Postings

2007-08-26 Thread Beverlee Paul
does the fox guarding the henhouse come to mind? It really doesn't matter where OC came from. We have to use SOMETHING to teach these kids. I was just as furious when I heard the connection 5 years ago, but our enemy is NOT the program. It's the administrators who peer over our shoulder and

Re: [MOSAIC] readers workshop

2007-08-26 Thread ljackson
I started on day one, but slowly. Our openings and shared work took longer early on, and the time spent actually doing the work of workshop (reading!!!) that followed the mini lessons began slowly. The initial mini lessons with a new group (I looped, this was generally not needed at the top of a

[MOSAIC] FW: text mapping/Aimee

2007-08-26 Thread ljackson
Sorry, all, this is for Aimee and bounces when I send to her directly. No, not really. I honestly used it more with guided reading (leveled texts) with my little ones, although we did a book or two in the context of genre study. Lori On 8/25/07 8:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MOSAIC] readers workshop

2007-08-26 Thread ckmet
Cami, This will be the second week launching readers workshop in my 2nd grade classroom. In addition to modeling procedures to the students, it is equally as important to establish that reading is important and meaningful. Here are some ideas of mini lessons you can do . . . -Reading is. . .

[MOSAIC] Mosaic Course

2007-08-26 Thread BilsCntsa
Did everyone know the Mosaic of Thought Course is up and running? Anyone joining? It looks like I was the first to post an introduction! Terry/Fl ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Course

2007-08-26 Thread Janelle
huh? where is this at? janelle - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 8:02 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Course Did everyone know the Mosaic of Thought Course is up and running? Anyone joining? It looks like I was the

Re: [MOSAIC] questions for Dave, Joy, others on textmapping

2007-08-26 Thread Olga Reynolds
Hi all, I just revistited Dave's site and after reading and thinking about it---I have questions that probably can only be answered by trying it outthe whole concept sounds like it makes a lot of sense. I am going to try it on the first day of school with a read aloud (probably about the first

Re: [MOSAIC] questions for Dave, Joy, others on textmapping

2007-08-26 Thread Renee
Hi Olga, You don't say what grade you are teaching but as someone who has done some textmapping in the past, if you want to do this on the first day of school I would say read the story first, then do a whole group textmapping activity with the scroll up on the wall and having student

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Course

2007-08-26 Thread Hulke, Michelle
http://heinemann.com/search.aspx -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Katie Sent: Sun 8/26/2007 3:01 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Cc: Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Course

Re: [MOSAIC] questions for Dave, Joy, others on textmapping

2007-08-26 Thread Dave Middlebrook
You asked, Is it stretching it to have the kids see the entire story before listening to it How will this affect their ability to visualize?? Some of the fun of a story is in the discovery, in the feeling that something is just around the corner and not knowing what happens until you get

[MOSAIC] Fluency assessment question

2007-08-26 Thread The Simants
I just finished some testing with elementary students 1-6. My question for you experts is this- when a child looks at the first letter of a word and begins guessing several words that start with that letter, even words that do not make sense, how do I determine if they are simply not looking at

Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency assessment question

2007-08-26 Thread DeMilleReed
Christina, I would take a closer look and try to find out everything that child does know about reading to see if there are any gaps in the pieces that we put together to actually read. Do you have a child that you are concerned about in particular? Cathy Title I Reading