Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 10

2009-10-13 Thread thomas
Keith does this work. On 10/13/09 5:04 PM, "Keith Mack" wrote: > I think this is not just a typical program. I have worked with these teachers > - they are real people who know the strategies, know the various elements that > make for powerful reading approaches (including strategies, iden

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 10

2009-10-13 Thread Smith, Kay
I have been working with an instructional framework called Reading Apprenticeship which is especially designed for adolescent readers. This is our district's first year working with this particular approach so the jury is still out whether it is effective or not. My own teacher sense tells me it

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 10

2009-10-13 Thread Kathy Jankins
Thank you for the website on this program.  I may be wrong but it looks as though this program is just best practice teaching with a huge price tag. As a reading specialist, I am so frustrated by administrators who throw these "programs" at us and tell us to only use "this".  These programs are