Re: [MOSAIC] Lucy Calkins

2007-09-01 Thread mary hassell
I don't know you personall but I am thrilled for you. Congratulations! Mary - Original Message - From: Angela Almond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC]

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 13, Issue 1

2007-09-01 Thread meg krause
Denis wrote: I'm interested in attending the Lucy Calkins Institute at Columbia Teachers College. I attended the Reading Institute two weeks ago and the Writing Institute 5 years. I thought they were both fantastic? soundly grounded in research about how best to teach kids how to read and write

Re: [MOSAIC] rationale..

2007-09-01 Thread Beverlee Paul
Dear Members - I'm hoping to locate someone with information about the public schools in Albany and/or Corvallis, Oregon. Are there any members with information? Is so, my personal address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you so much! I really hope to hear from someone!!!

[MOSAIC] How are you all starting the year?

2007-09-01 Thread CNJPALMER
Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great start to the year. I thought I might share what is new in my corner of Maryland in comprehension strategies. Some of you might remember that I have had some interest in teaching comprehension at the early childhood level. I read Tanny's book

Re: [MOSAIC] Lucy Calkins

2007-09-01 Thread baguzman
How absolutely wonderful. Enjoy! Mine are grown--and I miss them terribly! - Original Message - BTW: I also got a free trip to NYC because the county paid for it and my husband and I had been trying to conceive for 3 years and as soon as I got back, we were finally successful. I

Re: [MOSAIC] How are you all starting the year?

2007-09-01 Thread Bonita DeAmicis
Exciting news, Jennifer. My only lesson study advice is to make sure you have 2 things: a specific student learning behavior goal (like students will ask questions that reveal thinking--or students will remain engaged with text for minutes, or some such thing that you will look for) and a

Re: [MOSAIC] How are you all starting the year?

2007-09-01 Thread Kinderjane
In a message dated 9/1/2007 8:07:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What exciting plans do all of you have for comprehension lessons this year? Please share and let's get the discussion going! Jennifer Hello Jennifer! I did Tanny's reading salad lesson with my

[MOSAIC] Calkins

2007-09-01 Thread Kukonis
Hi! I teach in Short Hills, New Jersey. We are a satellite school for Teacher's College in Columbia. That means that many of our demonstration lessons are done by people who work in the reading and writing project or who are researchers who align themselves with Columbia's pedagogy.