Re: [MOSAIC] Writing a Grant

2008-10-16 Thread Jennifer Olimpieri
Hi I was wondering if someone could help me. One of the second grade teachers in my building is going to school for administration. She needs to write a grant that is library based to develop a literacy based program to create a unique and innovative program that motivates and encourages

Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread Kare
Susan wrote: What should the interventions look like in the perfect world so that both teachers and students can be supported? One weakness in my school's intervention program is lack of communication between regular teacher and interventionist. We are all so busy delivering services that there

Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread stbn
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Usually my posts are not so self-absorbed... but I think when we work for the good of the kid real district problems are sometimes overlooked being in a contained classroom teachers just go with it and make it work I'm with the McGovern

[MOSAIC] guided reading books

2008-10-16 Thread SPINELLO, Carol
Hi I am a reading specialist in a K-4 elementary school and am beginning to think about my budget for next year. I am looking for titles of books for guided reading in grades 2, 3 and 4. Any suggestions you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Carol

Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread Renee
Well, you know. we have to do everything we can to get 125% of our students reading above grade level by grade two while making sure they know all the state capitals and multiplication tables through the 12s, and that they can identify the elements on the periodic table which can be

Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread stbn
Thank you...this made me smile (: -- Susan Nugent We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore. - unknown Renee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, you know. we have to do everything we can to get 125% of our students reading above grade level by

[MOSAIC] ***SPAM*** Re: overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread Chris and Teresa Casart
AMEN - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:37 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed I believe my bias will ooze out into this post ... I really mean no disrespect... I,too, am frustrated. I

[MOSAIC] early reading intervention program

2008-10-16 Thread Ron Borchert
I have been interested in the discussion on early reading interventions because I am chairing a district committee that is reviewing our early reading intervention programs. Currently our early reading intervention centers around Reading Recovery consistently throughout the district. Our

Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread Lisa Szyska
I have been reading this and the departmentalization thread with interest. The multiple perspectives have been helpful to me since, for the first time in 13 years...my reader's workshop is a wreck due to pullouts. The merry-go-round comparision is perfect. I have 5 different pullouts in my

Re: [MOSAIC] early reading intervention program

2008-10-16 Thread Beverlee Paul
I sincerely and earnestly hope you continue to share with this group as you proceed in this venture. It's fundamental questions you'll be answering that are embedded in comprehensive instruction as a model, which seems to me to be integral to what we think about when we work with comprehension

Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread Beverlee Paul
Well, here's where I feel like we are blind-sided by the everyone/noone, all/nothing, in/out frame of mind. How often do you hear of RtI being a child served by a professional who tailors an instructional plan to her needs? No; what we hear about our programs! And so we get the all or nothing.

Re: [MOSAIC] overwhelmed gen. ed

2008-10-16 Thread Waingort Jimenez, Elisa
Hi Kare, There is such a document! I got it from the Choice Literacy Site. I cannot remember the name of the document but if you do a search on the site itself you may be able to find it. If I can track mine down in the next day or two I'll send more information. The idea is that the