Re: [MOSAIC] Need questions to ask fifth grade teacher candidates!

2009-08-14 Thread Michelle TeGrootenhuis
Yes! I so agree with Jennifer! What have you read lately? should DEFINITELY be one of your most important questions (maybe even asking specifically if he/she is familiar with Mosaic or any other professional books about literacy). But also don't forget, Have you WRITTEN anything lately? You

Re: [MOSAIC] reading group note taking question

2009-08-14 Thread Rdheeler
In a message dated 8/14/2009 12:10:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, expecting2...@comcast.net writes: Interesting thought though the checklist...3rd grade teachers??? What would you put on the list? Fluency, comprehension (what helps them- picture in their head, context clues, do they see

[MOSAIC] FW: On English Companion: Upcoming ECN Book Club for Daniels/Harvey Book - cross post

2009-08-14 Thread Waingort Jimenez, Elisa
Great discussion coming up. See below for a description and the link to the Ning to sign up. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.

[MOSAIC] Remediation Program

2009-08-14 Thread Angela Almond
I just got an e-mail from our principal. I will go to a presentation from an SRA rep next month who will be presenting 2 possible remediation programs for students in grades 3-8. It will be a system-wide remediation program. The two programs are Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading. I know

Re: [MOSAIC] reading group note taking question

2009-08-14 Thread Lespop4
your method sounds like a good one. one question, though. i assume your guided reading groups are flexible and therefore, always changing. would it be too difficult to be going to a section for each child individually rather than sectioning off in your notebook for each group? Les P

Re: [MOSAIC] Remediation Program

2009-08-14 Thread CNJPALMER
Angela I am going to suggest you go to the archives and look for info on corrective reading and SRA. They have been discussed exhaustively on this list in the past. I might also suggest that group members email Angela on her home account if you have anything new to add to what we have

Re: [MOSAIC] Remediation Program

2009-08-14 Thread Susan Joyce
Hi, I have used the corrective reading programs from SRA with my middle school students who are at the lowest levels. The DI approach really does work. At times it can be boring, the kids get frustrated with being corrected (they have to re-read sentences if they make mistakes when reading

Re: [MOSAIC] Remediation Program

2009-08-14 Thread Sue
I don't know a lot about either but our school started using Spell-Read last year and I had some kids that benefitted from it! I know it is designed for 3rd grade and up but can't give you exact details... -Original Message- From:

Re: [MOSAIC] reading group note taking question

2009-08-14 Thread Sue
I am thinking, it might be a good idea perhaps even using the child's section for reading and writing...maybe I would see more connections! I would make sure to write names on staggered tags to make it easy to flip to while students are reading. I don't really change them more than 2 times in

[MOSAIC] Bloom's + Multiple Intelligences

2009-08-14 Thread Patti Brooks
Sorry for the cross-posting! A friend of mine, who is an Instructional Facilitator, was asked to create a matrix of independent activities for K-1 students cross-referencing Bloom's Taxonomy with the Multiple Intelligences using generic non-fiction text. Finding activities that could be