Renee,
I am a retired teacher and I found these same problems when I taught. I
think it comes from adults in the child's life who are controlling and do
not allow the child to learn by mistakes. I once had a child (boy) in my
first grade classroom who was held back because of failure to
Elisa
I have it also. I would be up to a discussionbut I have too much going
on to lead it this year. Anyone else?
Jennifer
In a message dated 6/13/2009 11:43:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca writes:
This book is in my to read pile. Anyone up for reading and
Sally
Can you email it to Keith and he can put it on the Tools page?
Jennifer
In a message dated 6/14/2009 1:08:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
sally.thom...@verizon.net writes:
I have Roger Farr's presentation and maybe we could post it if others want
it. I too used his presentation and I
Jennifer,
So, am I. However, I could take responsibility for leading a discussion around
a section or two of the book but not for the entire discussion. Sally, do you
have the book, yet? Maybe you'd be interested in leading the discussion since
you will be going to an institute with Harvey
For everyone, I realize this am that the Farr presentation is at my
apartment up northwhere I teach in the winter. I won't be back
Up there till August. Will do then. Sorry.
Sally
On 6/14/09 5:47 AM, cnjpal...@aol.com cnjpal...@aol.com wrote:
Sally
Can you email it to Keith and he
I would be willing after I go to the Institute. Expect to get a copy of the
Book then. So it would be the last two weeks of July into August???
Maybe we can co lead it?
Sally
On 6/14/09 5:49 AM, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca
wrote:
Jennifer,
So, am I. However, I could take
My youngest son is a brilliant thinker, a real outside the box kind of kid, but
he reads slowly (with great understanding) and struggles with handwriting and
spelling. This year, as an eight grader, we began noticing that he was
struggling to correctly copy mathematical equations. He would err
Lori
My heart goes out to you and your son. He is lucky he has such an advocate
in you. I work in an elementary school with children like your son every
day.
We as a profession need to work to help our colleagues understand that we
are teaching children, not a curriculum and that it is
Hi Deidra,
I agree with you and whoever said that it is also due to parents'
expectations. I recall two years ago when I was working in a
Kindergarten classroom and we had a certain student who was VERY bright
but who sometimes just seemed to really lack confidence. Then one day
we were
what are these abbreviations for?
From: Joy jwidm...@rocketmail.com
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:28:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided reading
And there are several who
In a message dated 6/12/2009 7:12:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
cnjpal...@aol.com writes:
My point is, I think, that we first have to recognize that strategies are
a
tool...not the goal. BUT, I wonder if we need to challenge our advanced
readers to become aware of their thinking...to
My son and I are not the ones failing to understand the issue.;-) And I love
Gentry's work.
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach and Mentor
Todd County School District
Box 87
Mission SD 5755
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Date: Sunday,
Sounds pretty midwestern to me--a gentle softening of opinion or dissent. Sort
of an older version of IMO.
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach and Mentor
Todd County School District
Box 87
Mission SD 5755
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To: Mosaic: A
Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any ideas of book titles for those first-graders who are
REALLY READING. Next year, we are implementing a Literacy Block using an RTI
model, where the kids will regroup based on needs. With those tip-top kids, we
would like to offer them some more challenging
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How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go
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To: Mosaic: A Reading
LOL, they say that here (NC) too!
Along with carry as in I'm going to carry the team to soccer practice. It
means take or transport.
Joy/NC/4
How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go
hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
My top reading group in first grade LOVES the Magic Treehouse series
(especially the one about the Titanic). They also enjoyed books from the
Horrible Harry, Cam Jansen and Marvin Redpost series. They liked reading Stone
Fox too. I think the key is to get children reading books that they
I'm just getting back into this discussion group - SO glad I didn't miss this
post! I teach a 2/3 and would so appreciate the list of mentor texts for those
grade levels. Thank you.
Judy
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to
dance in the rain.
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Wow Lori, I want to respond, but don't know what to say. It truly is our
personal experiences that lead us to understanding -in reading and life.
My oldest son (29) who has a very high IQ, can not spell correctly to save
his life, and it is difficult to read his writing. In elementary school it
And I also have an adult son, 32, a professional musician with a very
high IQ, whose spelling and handwriting are just about the most
atrocious I have ever seen. Spelling is so unimportant in the grand
scheme of things.
Renee
On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Jan Sanders wrote:
Wow Lori, I
Hi, all,
Can we be a little more conscientious when it comes to the subject? I have no
idea what book you are talking about here. Also, so many seem to be about Do
we really need to teach explicit strategies?, yet when I click on the message,
it is about a completely different topic.
omg, one of the defining moments that got me to quit my job and go back to
college and become a teacher was when camping with Girl Scouts. It was time to
prepare dinner, and being the constructivist that I am, I pretty much left it
up to the girls.(I didn't know that's what it is called) It
I would certainly be up for lurking on this one. I've overcommitted already for
the summer and we return July 27th.
Joy/NC/4
How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go
hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
Teachers Applying Whole Language
The LearningNetwork
Joy/NC/4
How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go
hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
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How can one become part of the daily 5 group?
Thanks...Leslie
In a message dated 6/13/2009 7:50:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pkima...@earthlink.net writes:
Hi Melissa,
I am on the Daily5 group. How many people on this list are part of
both groups.
PatK
On Jun 13, 2009, at 2:11 PM,
That would be 80 percent of the picture books in your library.
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From: Patty Cook coo...@verizon.net
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:31:55
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading for high first graders
I hate to be so crotchety, but why are we making decisions for ALL kids based
on an alternative way of verifying learning disabled children?
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From: Patty Cook coo...@verizon.net
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:31:55
To:
Noone can read my son's handwriting either, but he is a pediatrician, where
it's smiled at. Lucky for him, I guess.
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From: Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:55:06
To: Mosaic: A Reading
They resisted us on testing as well. But once upon a time we sued a school
district that failed to provide services...and that knowledge lingers. Also,
we were seeking a diagnosis and suggested modifications, not a an IEP
designation. We would have gotten nowhere fast, I think, has we not
A great resource to see alternatives like this is actually the catalogue -
Steps to Literacy.
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From: Jeanne Petty jag_39_1...@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:25:41
To: mosaic
Some people lack a grand scheme of anything., IMO. His old 4/5 teacher, now the
math coach and among the coolest people I know, called him to tell him he knew
all along that there was something really special about the way his brain
worked. Had lots of examples of brilliant, successful artists
Because someone out there thinks you should take an asprin if I have a
headache...
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach and Mentor
Todd County School District
Box 87
Mission SD 5755
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From: beverleep...@gmail.com
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies
Wow!
My 3rd graders often had trouble fully comprehending The Magic Tree House
books as they are based on historical fiction and they had very little
schema.
Jan
On 6/14/09 10:25 AM, Jeanne Petty jag_39_1...@hotmail.com wrote:
My top reading group in first grade LOVES the Magic Treehouse
Hey Renee-
Do you think it is in the genes? (Renee's son and mine are cousins)
Jan
On 6/14/09 11:55 AM, Renee phoenix...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
And I also have an adult son, 32, a professional musician with a very
high IQ, whose spelling and handwriting are just about the most
atrocious I
I dunno. I can spell. You can spell. Their fathers can spell. Wait
one of their fathers can spell. hahahahahaha. Our mother can mostly
spell. I don't think I've ever seen our father write anything (h. I
wonder if he can spell?)
Maybe they can't spell because they don't think it's
It's the end of first grade and my strong readers are reading magic tree
house books, aly cat takes over first grade and a really cute one called
Daisy Dawson (donated to my class from a scholastic book fair-reminds me of
Dr. Doolittle).
Felicia
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From:
Wow.
Here we are teachers discussing our own children trying to
survive school.
Think about that.
Renee
On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Ljackson wrote:
Some people lack a grand scheme of anything., IMO. His old 4/5
teacher, now the math coach and among the coolest people I know,
hahaha Joy.
The first year my son was in high school, his best friend's mom and I
were helping the dozen or so girls in the marching band color guard put
elastics in the necks of their costumes/uniforms. She and I discovered
that the ONLY students present who knew how to thread a
Does anyone read the Frog and Toad books anymore? The stories are easy
but the content can be pretty thought-provoking and conversation
facilitating and connection-making oriented. When I taught third grade
the Frog and Toad books were standard reading fare in my classroom.
Renee
On Jun
I apologize for asking such a stupid question. It's just something my school
is doing. I'm not saying it's right, it's just what we're doing and I don't
make the decisions. I remember when I scrambled to find a website for you,
Beverlee, that answered your question about results of Reading
Is there a TAWL group somewhere? I had a local TAWL group that I
attended and with the backlash against whole language all the local TAWL
groups and the publications stopped in my area and I'm trying to
reconnect.
Dee
Deerfield, Illinois
dgib...@dps109.org
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From:
You're right, and I greatly appreciated the info - it was exactly what I needed
and I couldn't have found it myself in time. Thank you.
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From: Patty Cook coo...@verizon.net
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:15:14
To:
But the trick is - how could you get YouTube past your school's firewall?
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From: Jeanne Petty
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To: mosaic listserve
ReplyTo: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading for high first
Here is where you can sign on to the TAWL listserv
_http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=tawlA=1_
(http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=tawlA=1)
Nancy
In a message dated 6/14/2009 6:19:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dgib...@dps109.org writes:
Is there a TAWL group
My oldest son is just finishing 5th grade and all through his school career,
teachers have questioned his ability to focus, his writing and organizational
skills, and that he'd get flustered when it came time to do the work after
the lesson and then he would shut down. In 4th grade, his teacher
Thank you Jeanne. I appreciate the suggestions very much. They will really
help.
Patty
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading for high first graders
To: mosaic listserve mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Message-ID:
Tammy,
How lucky you are to have colleagues who will help you with your son. When
my ADHD daughter was in fifth grade her teacher, upon looking at her psych
report and IQ ask me if I thought she was really that intelligent! I almost
went ballistic on her. My daughter's IQ was 130. But it was
And the stories do not all have a happy ending. Many of you know the story
about my son, who is now 24. He had a right temporal brain tumor, which was
successfully removed. He was second in his class, an honor student with 2 part
time jobs, manager of the football team, band member, good
I also taught kids sewing at the county extension office before becoming a
teacher. Found out a qualifier for running a sewing machine - reading.
Seriously, the kids who could read could handle using a machine the ones who
couldn't read had a much harder time with it. Maybe it was more
I'M SO SORRY!!! I totally agree with the person who wrote and told
us to stay on topic. So, please forgive me if this email is
inappropriate. I'm getting so many emails I can't keep up with who
wrote what.
It's 6:30 Sunday p.m. and I'm still packing my room for summer. I can't
find all the
I'll put in a plug for Minnie and Moo, a seriously silly and somewhat
sophisticated first chapter series. The humor appeals deeply to seven's.
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach and Mentor
Todd County School District
Box 87
Mission SD 5755
- Original message -
From: Renee
And our sarcasm is not aimed at anyone personally, but at trends that
frustrate...
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach and Mentor
Todd County School District
Box 87
Mission SD 5755
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From: Patty Cook coo...@verizon.net
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Date:
The last year I was in the classroom I had a duo that paired for tremendous
success with this series. One was a high reader with lots of background
knowledge but little interest in reading fiction. His buddy was a less
confident reader with a stronger sense of story and an ability to see the
What a great discussion this has been about strategy teaching. Your ideas will
be so useful to me to mull over and share this summer as my district tries to
figure out how reading workshop and guided reading will look in the middle
school (I teach 6th).
I agree most with the idea that
My high first grade readers enjoyed Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, Cam
Jensen, Boxcar Children and Geronimo Stilton series in addition to other
books.
Freida Hammett
Lower Elementary (1st - 3rd)
Atlanta
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I have a very gifted child that you have described to a T. Can you
tell me more about dysgraphia. Did they give you exercises to do with
him. I teach gifted students and have always been aware of gifted
students with learning disabilities. My husband and I run a tutorial
center and most
I use the link below to convert YouTube and other things so I can save to my
flash drive and take to school and show things. Maybe you will find this
helpful to you.
KK
http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php
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From: beverleep...@gmail.com
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Our school is implementing Reading Workshop (7 strategies). We have read many
books by Ellin Keene, Debbie Miller, etcbut it still feels overwhelming on
just how to get started. Did any of you feel the same way?
Darlene S. Cook KindergartenLone Oak ElementaryPaducah, Kentucky
I know you probably feel like you're on reading overload -- but a little but
mighty book on readers' workshop is by Linda Dorn and Carla Soffos and it will
really help your confidence and sense of practicality. Check out amazon--I
can't remember the book's name right now.
Sent from my
Isaac can close his eyes and spell nearly anything orally, but put a pen in his
hand and that same word turns to mush. Handwriting has a very immature feeling
to it--irregularly formed letters, awkward letter spacing and huge spaces
between words. Because he struggles with the recording of
Bev,
is the book Teaching for Deep Comprehension or Shaping Literate Minds?
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:44:40 -0700, beverleep...@gmail.com wrote:
I know you probably feel like you're on reading overload -- but a little
but mighty book on readers' workshop is by Linda Dorn and Carla Soffos
and
Lori,
I know it is very personal, but you might want to keep a journal of
your search. This might be something that can help others with
similar problems.
Pat Kimathi my prayers are with you.
On Jun 14, 2009, at 9:24 PM, Ljackson wrote:
Isaac can close his eyes and spell nearly anything
Your response made me laugh out loud. Come to think of it, I have never
seen dad write... Hmmm.
Maybe we should simply ask our students that. Is spelling important?
Maybe our boys don't think it is important.
Their minds are busy on other things. Have you ever heard them have a
Should we write a book. I once had a second grade teacher tell me my
son could not read. (Of course she did not ask her best friend across
the hall who had taught him 1st grade and knew he read above grade
level) When I pulled out a book he was reading. The low level/high
interest
Teaching for Deep Comprehension?
Joy/NC/4
How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go
hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
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Go on
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