There is also a companion program to Read 180 for striving readers who have not
mastered the phonetic systems of our language--System 44, also from Scholastic.
We are using it for the first time this year with a group of students who
needed additional preparation before Read 180. It is worth
WHo is the question for???
Sue
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From: Sophia L. Whittaker sophia.whitta...@browardschools.com
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Cc: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Fri, Nov 6, 2009 11:12 pm
Subject: [MOSAIC] Essential Question
All opinions welcome to this essential
By connecting a new problem to what a child already knows, they can make new
meaning for themselves about the topic involved. Allowing children to access
their own knowledge and experiences, allows for true learning that will stay
with a child.
M. Brand
Plainview, NY
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Yes plus reading is essentially thinking and envisioning so you are deepening
their ability to read
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From: mbrand...@optonline.net
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:55:49
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
Is anyone familiar with the Lindamood Bell program Seeing Stars? I have a
student who is being tutored using this program and I am curious to see if its
concepts would conflict with what I am teaching using the Literacy Wings
program (which mostly consists of small group instuction using
Good Evening
I usually read and admire all of your wonderful responses yet, Im really going
to try over these years I have come to rely on my MOT colleagues here
so...in my opinion:
The greatest skills we teach develop our students'skills and enhance transfer
learning in the content areas
I teach both READ 180 from Scholastic and REACH (Decoding B2,Reading Success,
Spelling Through Morphographs) from SRA. I like the READ 180 because the
computers do engage the students and independent reading is built into the
program. I also like the REACH because I think students who are so
