I second this (message copied below)!!!
Carrie
Moats and Shaywitz are to sane and appropriate reading instruction as
the fear mongers are to Obama's health plan. A list about reading
comprehension such as Mosaic should be questioning the "research" of
Moats and Shaywitz (I'm not as familiar wi
I will be teaching 6-8 dance and drama. The classes are based on the
ss content for each grade level, I love the idea of text mapping
I would love to usecit in my room
Suggestions please
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On Jul 31, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Susan Cronk wrote:
Hey Dave I used Text Mappi
Ginger,
I also work with parents. My area of interest is parents initiating
change and reform in a school. Parent empowerment. This information
is of great interest to me. It is what I am doing my dissertation on.
Have you read of schools that were changed when their parents were
intro
Elisa
You wanted to know how I am going to start strategy instruction this year?
Well, first things first, I am going to do a little assessment. I am only
working in grades 2 and 4 this year but for a longer period of time. We have
a new Language Arts framework and the teachers will have 45
Yes I too would like to get back to comprehension. Know some will argue
that the child has to decode words in order to comprehend. Some of us would
argue with that sequence as linear and so on. WHATEVER!!! The point of
this list is not discussing phonics. Rather we go to the "heart of the
matt
Robyn asked: "Thank you Ginger for your parent training outline. I was
wondering when you schedule these workshops and what the attendance looks
like."
I have done day and evening workshops. At one district (with three
elementary schools) I offered a day and an evening workshop at each school
For the new members to our list, I thought I would let you know that we have
a great resource. It is called the TEACHING TOOLS page located at:
www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
Take a look sometime. Just click on the red headings at the top and you
will find resources and materials t
Moats and Shaywitz are to sane and appropriate reading instruction as the fear
mongers are to Obama's health plan. A list about reading comprehension such
as Mosaic should be questioning the "research" of Moats and Shaywitz (I'm not
as familiar with Torgeson) not supporting it.
I'd like to he
Thank you so much for the link. It looks great and definitely something I'll
try in September.
Wendy
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Sent: July-31-09 9:47 PM
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Donna,
You are correct in that phonics is not as important to reading as it is to
spelling. However, there is extensive research that links knowledge of
phonics to reading for readers. Louisa Moats has been an advocate for many
years of phonics instruction and has written several books on read
Leslie,
Thanks for your honest response. I too felt that way until I was trained in
Multisensory Structure Language Instruction ( often known as the
Orton-Gillingham approach). It opened an entire new world to me of teaching.
Through my work as a tutor I have seen how responsive struggling read
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