How are people going about setting up these posts, blogs, etc?
Amy
Original Message...
This is great idea! Can you imagine if we started communicating about
kids through an open post?? It could lead to conversations about
instruction and philosophy...Kathy wouldn't know how to handle the
I actually got her quote out of the Fountas and Pinnell book Guiding Readers
and Writers, Grades 3-6.
I just purchased her title, Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook, but I
haven't read it yet.
Melissa Zey
Third Grade Teacher
Farmington Elementary School
651-463-9032
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It's
When I am teaching using a mini-lesson I do not read the whole book -just the
portion needed for the mini-lesson.
That does not mean I do not read the whole book. I have read the whole book to
them -before I use it in a
mini-lesson. They are familiar with the book and can concentrate on
There is usually one overriding assignment which they share at the end of
readers' workshop. I leave about 10 minutes for sharing. When I send them off
for independent reading I then meet with a guided reading group for about 15
minutes. Then I roam the room and confer for the next 15
Amy,
Go to www.edublogs.org and you can set up a free blog. It is a blog site for
teachers and students. I have a blog that I use as a way to do online book
clubs with my students. I just started this year and it's really working
great. The only thing I would be very careful about is mentioning a
