Re: [MOSAIC] PLEASE HELP! 4th grade poetry

2009-06-17 Thread CNJPALMER
You must get "Baseball, Snakes and Summer Squash" by Donald Graves. Even some of my 'toughest' boys loved the poems in it. Jennifer In a message dated 6/16/2009 11:43:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nasn...@hotmail.com writes: I will be a 4th grade teacher and I know I have to teach poetry o

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread drmarinaccio
Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on? -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Jennifer

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread drmarinaccio
-Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Jennifer In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, drmarinac...@

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread kjcecere
Marzano discusses this in? great detail Kristine -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I ca

Re: [MOSAIC] PLEASE HELP! 4th grade poetry

2009-06-17 Thread cfoat49
I have about a hundred strong recommendations for poetry - I teach a class for teachers called "A Rhyme for Every Reason" and it's purpose is to show teachers how to integrate poetry across the curriculum while also addressing the five components of reading and the comprehension strategies.  I

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread demillereed
Beck (Isabelle, I think). -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy Academic vocabulary. Interesting Is there an author who I can read up on?? ? -Orig

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread Tracy Gaestel
And Marzano for Academic language. We have a big push on building fluency also. On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:13:25 -0700, wrote: Beck (Isabelle, I think). -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC]

Re: [MOSAIC] 4th grade read aloud

2009-06-17 Thread Ellen Mulford
I read Inkheart aloud to my high ability first graders this year. They loved it! One child had seen the movie before I started reading. I did "edit" a few words while I was reading (although I know they probably had heard them all before), I just didn't feel comfortable reading that vocabula

Re: [MOSAIC] FW: teaching reading strategies to advanced readers

2009-06-17 Thread Ellen Mulford
I AGREE TOTALLY THAT SOMETIMES WE ARE THE PROBLEM FOR THE CAPABLE READERS. WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY AND GUIDE ALONG SIDE OF THEM. LET KIDS ENJOY! AND NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO MARCH TO OUR DRUM. > From: phoenix...@sbcglobal.net > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:01:58 -0700 > To: mosaic@literacywor

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread James W Hall
Test Talk by Amy H. Green & Glennon Doyle Melton is a great book in the area of academic vocabulary. Bringing Words to Life by Isabel Beck is also a must. Marzano's book is titled Building Academic Vocabulary. Jamee Hall, Reading Specialist Matoaca Elementary School "Worry less about losing bo

Re: [MOSAIC] read alouds

2009-06-17 Thread Katduhay
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[MOSAIC] 5th grade State Pals

2009-06-17 Thread Katduhay
I'm looping to 5th grade this coming year. Any other 5th grade teachers interested in pen palling for information about their respective home states? Would even love to try Skype-ing if our tech teacher would be willing to set it up. Kathy Hawai'i ** Dell Days of Deals! June 15-24 -

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread Jan Sanders
Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explai

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread drmarinaccio
This is unbelievably helpful You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Jan Sanders To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm Subject: Re:

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread Stephanie Perry
I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your classroom immediately. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wrote: > This is unbelievably helpful > > > You do not really understand something unle

Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy

2009-06-17 Thread Jan Sanders
Marzano's work is about getting kids to really understand what a word means Not just the definition of the word. In fact, he states that often the definition of a word is not helpful to a student who doesn't understand the word. You use academic vocabulary as the words sometimes go across the cu

[MOSAIC] request for school info in Charlotte, NC area

2009-06-17 Thread Marjory Forbes
Hello All, I know that there are some wonderful teachers from North Carolina on these listservs . A neighbor is moving to the Charlotte area as soon as she and her husband, who is currently down there working, find a house. She has a daughter going into 9th grade and would love some suggestio

Re: [MOSAIC] awards for books ...also poetry

2009-06-17 Thread Domina . Natasha
Are you meaning picture books? I was going to make some recommendations for chapter books, but as I wondered why you didn't mention the Newbery awards, I realized maybe you didn't want chapter books. Just recently I saw information about a (I think) librarian who compiled a list of the top 100

[MOSAIC] poetry

2009-06-17 Thread Domina . Natasha
Are you looking for poetry to read to/with students or suggestions on teaching poetry writing? Natasha -- Message: 15 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:31:59 + From: Jorge Carreno Subject: [MOSAIC] PLEASE HELP! 4th grade poetry To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain;

[MOSAIC] Synthesizing with younger ages

2009-06-17 Thread Katherine M. Salvia
Hello, My name is Kate Salvia and I am a elementary school teacher and high school theatre teacher. I am taking a literacy course right now towards my masters. We just completed reading Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller, and the last chapter struck my interest especially, Synthesizing Infor

[MOSAIC] K-1 Multiage

2009-06-17 Thread Creecher12
My administration, because of numbers, is considering a K-1 multiage class in one of our buildings where the numbers are low. As a former 1-3 multiage teacher, I am 100 percent for it as I clearly have seen the advantages of multiage. I've never taught a K-1 however, and they are interested i