Hi,
Change is a difficult thing for everyone. It may be that the teachers you are
working with are not 100% sure of how to teach the strategies you are
discussing. They may also not see why they are important. The more rationale
you can offer them, the better. I coach teachers regularl
Hi Wendy,
I can understand your reservations about moving students across grade level(s).
This is a sensitive subject for many teachers. I taught 2nd grade in a
building that grouped by ability. Though it certainly did make creating
thematic units more challenging, the trade off was very p
"But what I see are teachers who bring "teaching" reading into social
studies and their "teaching" consists of
reading a class novel, usually historical fiction, and answering
comprehension questions. There is no strategy instruction, no independent
reading a book of choice, no reading conferenc
Andrea,
What you describe here in terms of integrating the essay unit is my idea of
integration--it happens at the cost of no curricular area when it is possible.
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach and Mentor
Todd County School District
Box 87
Mission SD 5755
- Original message --
Thank you for clarification. I love the flexibility and creativity that can
come from science and social studies units. I did weave social studies into
my essay writing unit of study as students wrote about influential
African-Americans. They wrote biographical essays as we studied the craft of
ess
I am absolutely a member of your choir!! Yes, I think that there needs to be a
writer's workshop and that sometimes children can work on projects that support
content area learning. Nonfiction writing seems an opportune time to pull in a
strand from social studies or science. The danger I think
Has anyone used Daily Five in upper elementary or middle school. Middle
school ELA tends to be an "English" class, literature based, with writing
woven in. I feel that the kids need to be reading their independent books
more and maybe a Daily Five format would address that missing element.
First, let me say that I agree that 'combatting' is not the right word.
'Responding' is really what I meant. I, too, believe that these teachers
have the absolute best intentions and their students gain a lot from these
experiences. Lori, one distinct difference you stated in your response was
that
Thank you so much for your helpful reply. I do have one question about your
last line, which I guess leads back to my original questioning of thematic
units. You stated that content areas are the right place for students to
apply reading and writing, and with that I fully agree. But my question is,
Hi,
I do think that thematic teaching does include reading and writing while
teaching social studies/science concepts as well. The reading strategies are
reflected in guided reading group or mini lesson, and the strategy is also
incorporated in their writing. For example during our butterfly u
I am sorry, I seem to be responding to myself. As I read this a second time, I
wanted to be able to say it sounds to me as if you are both right--both broups,
I mean. Integration is a key to managing it all but also to bringing
meaningful instruction to kids and I think most of us celebrate the
I teach 4th grade at a k-6 school. We have a curriculum committee which
reviews curriculum and I believe that next year the committee will either
focus on social studies or language arts. Integration will come up during
the curriculum discussions, so I would like to multiple perspectives about
it b
It is all about literacy and integration works BUT sometimes it needs to be ALL
about reading and writing, IMO. I think that we forget that in terms of
'content standards' reading and writing--Language Arts, is a core curriculum
element.
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach and Mentor
Todd
What Year do you you teach? Also what is your position?
From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org]
On Behalf Of Andrea Jenkins [jenki...@oakhillschool.org]
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 6:02 AM
To: Mosaic@literacyworksho
Hello friends. I am leading a Mosaic book study with teachers at my school.
Many, if not all, of the teachers say they "integrate reading and writing
and teach it across the curriculum". I believe this is code for not
specifically teaching reading and writing, but rather assigning reading and
writi
I think the "easier for teachers" issue is a matter of degree.
Certainly the benefit to students should be the priority that guides our
practice.
BUT teachers are dying out there with the overwhelm of all they are told they
should do for the good of the students. We're losing good teachers.
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