Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework

2010-07-25 Thread Rdheeler
In a message dated 7/25/2010 4:33:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bobker...@yahoo.com writes: they have had the h.w. placed in their folders for them by the Kinder paras. I don't have a para and may have 28 students this year. I think it's too much for them to mark their own. If I start

Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework

2010-07-25 Thread Rdheeler
In a message dated 7/25/2010 7:09:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jkayhun...@hotmail.com writes: When I taught first grade, I would check the papers myself but all papers were returned on Friday in a green folder. By doing this the parents knew when to expect the papers. I had a form whe

Re: [MOSAIC] I'm new

2010-07-25 Thread Janel Atwell
I'm old!!! But new to much of this discussion. I saw The Sisters 2 years ago at the IRA meeting in Springfield, MO. I'm a Title I teacher part of the day and a literacy coach the other part. Got hooked onThe Daily Five about four years ago, and because of my principal and teacher's trust, we el

Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework

2010-07-25 Thread Kaura Webb
My first graders receive their homework folders on Monday that includes all of the homework for the week.  They are not required to turn the homework folder in until Friday.  That way, I have the weekend to check over the papers and re stuff the folders for the next week.  Hope this helps:-)

Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework

2010-07-25 Thread Jeanne Hunter
When I taught first grade, I would check the papers myself but all papers were returned on Friday in a green folder. By doing this the parents knew when to expect the papers. I had a form where I tried to write a comment about each child each week. I would try to put all my communication in

[MOSAIC] First Grade Homework

2010-07-25 Thread Robert Kolvek
I was wondering about ideas for checking homework for first grade class.  Currentlystudents place their h.w. in a h.w. folder in a h.w. basket I spend my lunch hour marking the h.w. and then putting in the following night's h.w.  It's difficult to do in the AM as I have about 15 students  in for

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 47, Issue 25

2010-07-25 Thread Dktteacher
Don't think that Lucy is coming out with Reading K-2. Last time I was at TC we were told there would only be 3-5 in reading. Checked Heinemann site-- nothing there that I could find. In a message dated 7/25/2010 1:35:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.

[MOSAIC] I read it because it's beautiful

2010-07-25 Thread Mena
I Read It Because It’s Beautiful by Karen Morrow Durica Somehow a life without poetry seems… Dismal Empty Flat— Not much. So each day in my classroom I read… Sonnets Haikus Free verse— And such. An observer sat in my room one day… Noted poem’s title Evaluated delivery Recorded “lesson” sequen

Re: [MOSAIC] Culturally Responsive Learning

2010-07-25 Thread Mena
Rohan, Your post is especially important since Assistant Secretary of Education Melendez was quoted as saying..."One in ten students in the United States is an EL, 78% of ELs are born in the U.S., and that these students speak over 400 languages. Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. Florida A

Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE

2010-07-25 Thread readinglady1
Hi. The video is called CAFE. I have not seen the video on the website so I can't say. It is an excellent resource for PD. There are snippets in the classroom of the teachers in action followed by sessions with the sisters discussing the process. Laura -Original Message- From:

Re: [MOSAIC] "Cafe" inquiry

2010-07-25 Thread readinglady1
Lucy does indeed have a unit of study kit for reading. I believe it is available in August. Check the Heinemann site. Laura -Original Message- From: kuko...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 10:01 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] "Cafe" inquiry I use the

Re: [MOSAIC] "Cafe" inquiry

2010-07-25 Thread Kukonis
I use the CAFE system with my first graders. I turned the CAFE acronym into the FACE of a reader (No brainchild of my own but something i caught on the Mosaic website) I use this as my bulletin board in conjunction with "ROBBIE READER" straight out of Adrienne Gear's book, "READING POWE

Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE

2010-07-25 Thread Kukonis
Laura, What is the name of the video and is it different than the videos on the sisters' websites? Pam In a message dated 7/23/2010 1:11:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, readingla...@aol.com writes: My entire school K - 5 will be using CAFE this year. Do you have the book and the videos