Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions

2009-01-18 Thread Patricia Kimathi
Interestingly the clearinghouse also said Read Naturally was not effective, but it works for my students. Maybe because I read it as a repeated reading and questioning writing model. The children love that it increases their speed. I like it because it models reading with expression. Th

Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions - what about older kids

2009-01-18 Thread PAltm81324
I teach in a middle school and have 6th and 8th graders who are in AIS (academic intervention services) classes. For those of you that teach this age level, what are you doing in your class? I find 8th grade the most difficult due to the age. Pat www.pawsofwood.com ** A Good

Re: [MOSAIC] DIBELS attn especially Michigan teachers

2009-01-18 Thread Heather Green
I am also in MI. 1st grade. We do not do dibels, and I really don't even know what they are. Our class sizes are 23 for 1st, 24 for 2nd grade. Wow, didn't realize it differed so much even within the same state. On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:29 PM, wrote: > > > Richard Allington spoke at the Intern

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI Interventions

2009-01-18 Thread pat wilson
Do the teachers administer running records or accuracy checks on the second read of the student's small group reading book? If they students are reading on grade level, then these assessments should show they are reading the text at 95% or higher. I would also suggest using a comprehension rub

Re: [MOSAIC] workshop

2009-01-18 Thread Renee
Hello Jan, I don't think there are any hard and fast rules about readers' and writers' workshops, especially regarding when they should start or which should go first. There are so many ways to run these workshops, and so many ways to implement them, that these answers really depend on th

Re: [MOSAIC] RtI

2009-01-18 Thread gina nunley
This is more addressed to secondary teachers, and is not directly related to mosaic of thought, so I promise this will be my only discussion on this site, but it seemed appropriate with all the RtI discussion. If you want to e-mail me about this privately I am glad to talk. As you read the

Re: [MOSAIC] RTI Interventions

2009-01-18 Thread Mary Ann
We have similar situations with TPRI.? This is where teacher judgment is needed.? Mary Ann Prevatte -Original Message- From: rogers...@comcast.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:35 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RTI Int

[MOSAIC] Come join me on First Grade Teachers

2009-01-18 Thread Deb
First Grade Teachers: An online community for first grade teachers and support staff There is a new grade level forum at .ning The address is http://first-grade-teachers.ning.com to join your grade level, just put your grade where you see "first" in the example above. Deb G

Re: [MOSAIC] workshop

2009-01-18 Thread write
Thank you, Renee, for your ideas. I noticed that in writers workshop in all the classes I visited students were writing about themselves, which is all they seem to do in all three years at the middle school I visited. I'd like my students to be able to write a research paper. I guess that if

Re: [MOSAIC] workshop

2009-01-18 Thread kjcecere
I? have used writer's workshop for teaching genre and non-genre studies. I begin each year with a very quick study, "Writerly Life," in which students explore the importance of a writer's notebook (based on Ralph Fletcher) and then select a seed idea and process the work.? I put a slant on resea

Re: [MOSAIC] workshop

2009-01-18 Thread beverleepaul
Don't forget that there are building steps to any project. You can't start with the end. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: wr...@att.net Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:20:56 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies EmailGroup Subject: Re:

Re: [MOSAIC] new to intermediate

2009-01-18 Thread rkheim
Deb - Have you thought of using short story, poetry, and non-fiction text for your grade level and above readers for reading group selections, and having them form book clubs and choosing independent text for classroom reading? Book clubs are a way for students to read longer text and experien

Re: [MOSAIC] workshop

2009-01-18 Thread ljackson
While I think this is and should be true--that we teach research writing in LA classes, we cannot forget the role that research and writing ought to be playing in content area writing class. None of my children have ever written research papers INSIDE content area classes, which I think is truly ap