Re: [MOSAIC] Poem Central Review

2014-07-29 Thread Jeanne Canon
I understood that you believe that this book will be very helpful for your 6th graders. I teach ELLs grades 2 through 5. Do you think that I could some find some strategies/ideas to use with my age range? On Jul 29, 2014, at 3:00 PM, mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org wrote: > Send Mosaic ma

[MOSAIC] reading passages

2014-01-21 Thread Jeanne Canon
Readworks is one of the resources I use. Readinga-z.com recently came out with “Close Reading Packs” and you can choose between literary and expository texts. Readworks is free, readinga-z.com is a paid subscription. I like this one too. ___ Mosaic m

[MOSAIC] Reading Wonders Program

2013-10-28 Thread Jeanne Canon
We adopted this program in our district for grades K - 3 and it is now being piloted in grades 4 and 5. Because I am a support teacher and not a classroom teacher, I can deviate from the program to differentiate and tailor the it more to my students' needs.If I were a classroom teacher I wo

[MOSAIC] rigorous texts for teaching unit

2013-07-04 Thread Jeanne Canon
Greetings All, I am looking for some rigorous texts for the theme "Unlikely Friendships." I teach ESL grades 2 through 5. So far I have been just targeting second and third grade, but any books on this topic for up to grade 5 (fiction or expository texts, poetry too) would be greatly appreciat

Re: [MOSAIC] Introduce myself

2013-01-24 Thread Jeanne Canon
I am a teacher and I have a son with autism. As a K-1 teacher, I understood the importance of phonemic awareness. When my son's school teachers wanted to teach my son to read, they wanted to use the Edmark program. This worked well for my son, in terms of teaching him sight words combined wit

[MOSAIC] Common Core Non-Fiction

2012-11-26 Thread Jeanne Canon
Hi Gay, Perhaps you are thinking about readworx.org. You have to sign up, but it's free. They have reading comprehension passages by grade level and comprehension skill. They just e-mailed me a bunch of passages that all have a winter theme. I find the site very helpful. Jeanne