Re: [MOSAIC] strategies

2007-10-08 Thread Judy Gray
That is the plan eventually...right now teachers are very comfortable with the basal and it's a challenge for many of them to see past the "drill and kill" worksheets... Round Rock is really growing...lots of traffic but still fun to visit...also I'm new to this newsletter...I guess I should hav

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI

2007-10-08 Thread Tracy Gaestel
In our school district, RTI cannot be a special ed function it has to be in the general ed arena. Tracy On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:18:16 -0700, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Respone to Intervention (scientific, or course). RtI is being used by > special ed departments in delivery of services to i

Re: [MOSAIC] mastery of stragies

2007-10-08 Thread Bill Roberts
>I still believe connections are important, but I don't worry too much about >labeling. Do we ever really master a comprehension strategy??? > I don't think it's possible to 'master' a strategy because there are always situations and levels of understanding that will challenge even the best r

Re: [MOSAIC] strategies

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
We are starting with Comprehension Connections this Friday at an inservice, but some of our teachers already teach strategies. Hey, I just realized that you are in Hurst-Euless-Bedford. - I used to be in Round Rock. Nice to hear from a Texan. Does your district want you to move away from the b

Re: [MOSAIC] strategies

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
Right now, we are planning to do an overview of our district comprehension strategy and word study initiatives for about 30-45 minutes with everyone. Then , we are splitting into three groups to do model lessons, to include the GRR format. I will have k-1 and I plan to do the metacognition less

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
In some of the exploring of research I have done, I can see that the DIBELS "researchers" and the?RtI "researchers" overlap quite a bit.? Cathy K-5 DE -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org; mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:16 am Su

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
I just went to my first training for RtI on October 4. We are starting this year, but it is not required until Fall 2008. I am the reading specialist and will probably have a variety of duties - advising teachers about strategies for intervention, doing interventions myself, and keeping the dat

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
I agree that we need to stop the referral to special ed as the first resort instead of the last and am hopeful that RtI will help. This is a federal mandate, not a state mandate, but if I understand, state can submit various plans for approval. Cathy K-5 DE -Original Message- Fr

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
We will probably face this same problem. However, at the state training, there was some indication that a state level universal assessment may be developed ( we were talking about math at the time). Has anyone else heard of a state level universal assessment system? Cathy K-5 DE -Original

Re: [MOSAIC] Help. .(again)

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
I totally agree with Jennifer's advice on the books. -Original Message- From: Paula Rushia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 8:29 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Help. .(again) At my school, our Reading With Meaning book clu

Re: [MOSAIC] mastery of stragies

2007-10-08 Thread cathymillr
I still believe connections are important, but I don't worry too much about labeling. Do we ever really master a comprehension strategy??? Cathy K-5 DE -Original Message- From: gina nunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 2:47 pm Subject: [MOSAI

[MOSAIC] john d of springfield

2007-10-08 Thread Plongshell
John- thanks for putting everything out there for and about RTI- Our district sent us to a one day workshop last year-presented by people who have dealings with Oregon U and Dibels, and at the end of it the 3 of us (reading specialists) still had no idea what it was. However we are being to

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI, Dibels, Tiering

2007-10-08 Thread PAltm81324
In a message dated 10/8/07 11:46:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Are there any other people  > doing RTI that can comment- and this RTI is not just New York- it is a > federal  > requirement that was inserted into a dry rehashing of the IDEA  > reauthorization-most district head didn't even

[MOSAIC] RTI, Dibels, Tiering

2007-10-08 Thread Plongshell
Cathy from NY stated very clearly the purpose of RTI-response to intervention-and it's tiering system. In response to another post about what we're using to monitor students, we haven't really gotten that far yet. I know that with DIBELS you could actually do weekly probes, but that assessme

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI

2007-10-08 Thread jdelich
Respone to Intervention (scientific, or course). RtI is being used by special ed departments in delivery of services to individual and small groups of students. mosaic@literacyworkshop.org wrote: > >what is rti? > > > >Leslie > >NY > >K-8 > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI

2007-10-08 Thread jdelich
It is important to read the IDEA wording that includes many repetitions of "scientific evidence." The three tiers are built on this assumed "scientific evidence." Tier One has been used tell teachers that "core reading" programs with "scientific research" should meet the needs of 80% of their re

Re: [MOSAIC] strategies

2007-10-08 Thread Judy Gray
We are in need of moving teachers out of the basal...we have just introduced Debbie Miller and Ellin Keene any suggestions on how to get more teachers "to come to the party"... Judy >>> "Linda Buice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/08/07 8:09 AM >>> Hi Cathy, I was interested in what you were going t

[MOSAIC] strategies

2007-10-08 Thread Linda Buice
Hi Cathy, I was interested in what you were going to do for 90 minutes to practice gradual release of responsibility with teachers. We are also in need of that in our school. Linda ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubsc