I would like to read what others have to say about Literacy instruction. I am a
2nd grade teacher.
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Hi Lori,
This is our second year in the "balanced literacy" mode. They push us to use a
center-based approach. The problem in our school is that the behavior is so
bad that it is hard to keep kids on task. My reading block is finally moving
more smoothly. Our school suffers from a high turno
I spend time practicing behaviors. Most of my time at the beginning of the year
was spent with the groups that weren't in my guided reading group. I give them
a simple task and then I wander around the room refocusing the rest of the
class. After doing that for several weeks, I actually can meet
I need to chime in here to say that our 1st, 2nd, ane 3rd grades followed the
5aily 5 regime religiously this year and the results are amazing!
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From: Ginger Anderson
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:00:10
To: Mosaic: A R
I think it is wonderful that our district recognized that centers will work for
some (though they never worked for me, to be honest) and that others are far
more able/comfortable with a pure workshop (that would be me). Ginger's advice
about using some tasks for kids getting used to gathering f
I've been doing Daily 5 in my classroom since last year though I call it
Reading Workshop. I like that the kids are either reading or writing in
authentic ways and that I can manage to carry on my conferences without
interruptions, most of the time. A couple of weeks ago I pulled out the
Spel
I have been feeling the same way about the Word Work choices in my room.
They all want to do the same thing...write their words on small white
boards. We already study words through Sitton Spelling activities every
day, so I'm thinking of removing that choice, too.
By the way, I teach 4th gra
