I'm currently looking to get rid of my desk. I need the space and
never use the desk - the kids sit there more than I do. I use my
reading area to store pens, etc. for use by me. If you don't sit
there and don't really use it, then get rid of it!
Julie
On Aug 7, 2009, at 7:44 PM,
Cam Jansen series
Henry and Mudge series
Junie B. Jones series
Judy Moody series
Tornado
Horrible Harry series
Frog and Toad series
Cynthia Rylant has a number of series (besides Henry and Mudge) that
are good too
for great readers: Ramona series
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing
On Jul 29,
Yellow Brick Road by Janet Allen - for grades 4-12.
Julie
On Nov 5, 2007, at 7:41 PM, Carrie Cahill wrote:
Does anyone know of a good professional book for teachers just
beginning
the process of differentiated small group reading instruction for
junior
high students? I like the
Found this online when I did a search for best time of day for
reading instruction:
Barron, Henderson, and Spurgeon (1994) discovered that below-grade-
level first- through fourth-graders at one elementary school (number
of subjects not reported) significantly increased their reading
If there are any teachers from England on the list serve, can you
email me off list? I have a student from England that I need some
guidance with.
Thanks,
Julie
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I do surface level and deep level questions. Surface level questions
are where the small fish are. They are knowledge based. Then I do
deep questions. They are where the big fish swim. We talk about
and list the different types of thinking that are involved and then
work at
I must say, I have had the BEST experience today with practicing the
Daily 5. I have been practicing Read to Self for weeks so that we
had it down before moving on. This week we began Partner Reading.
Today, during Geck-O-Ing Work (we are the gecko's!) my kids that
finished had broken
In our district there must be a doctors evaluation to be allowed to
have a 504 for ADHD. It can not just be because the parents and
teacher say so, it must be diagnosed.
Julie
On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As far as I can tell for a student with a 504 plan for
I use this web page to inform parents - it could be adapted
http://www.literaturecircles.com/article1.htm
Julie
On Sep 3, 2007, at 1:33 AM, Denise Murray wrote:
The 2nd grade staff at my school will be implementing literature
circles
for the first time this year. I am wondering if someone
I'm not sure if anyone has brought this up yet because I am behind in
reading posts, but does your state have a state specifications that
are released? I read an interesting article in The American Educator
that points out that most states benchmarks are not correlated to the
test
Grandpa and Bo
Julie
On Jul 16, 2007, at 2:54 AM, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa wrote:
Hi Julie,
I did a quick search for Kevin Henkes thinking I would be able to
identify the book you describe below, but I couldn't find it. What
is the title of this book?
Thanks,
Elisa Waingort
Calgary,
It is interesting that people say this. I had an administrator call
me on the fact that I was following a Fountas and Pinnell schedule
that placed Reading Workshop in the afternoon. He was pulling the
old more focused in the morning line. I went online to try and
find research to
As a mother of such children, let me share my situation:
Oldest Child- 7 years old, LD with serious decoding issues but
comprehends beautifully. There were many stories last year he could
not read but would pass the test because of repeated exposure to
the text. He can make connections
If you are teaching in primary, I recommend a collection of Kevin
Henkes books. They are great for connections as well as examples of
strong writing. I particularly like the pace of his stories, as
there are slower parts, quicker parts, and surprises. Look beyond
his mouse stories as
I'm not sure if this is along the lines of what you were thinking. I
saw Lee Ann Spillane at an inservice last year. She travels with
Janet Allen. I thought this was an awesome way to give a reflective,
end of the year exam.
http://www.laspillane.org/english.html
click on Year End Self
Angela,
This is the same situation as I was in when I used discussion
boards. We had a access to Gaggle, a free email service for
students. I set up a classroom and then assigned them the discussion
board. This is part of the services in gaggle. If you are looking
for more teachers in
I have used discussion boards with my students when I was in the
upper grades. One student, the question quizzer would post a
question and students would respond. At first that is all they did,
but as they got more comfortable, they started discussing things.
I had one student challenge
There are a number of companies that are making them as cd's now.
Our school is purchasing listening stations that are basically boom
boxes with a jack that allows 8 headphones. You can purchase the
jacks separately if you already have a boom box. Don't give up hope
just yet!
Julie
On
Hi everyone,
Would the teacher from Jacksonville who uses Standard Based
Assessment using America's Choice please email me off list?
Thanks,
Julie
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I think there are some lessons on this in Reading with meaning, with
an accompanying chart!
Julie
On Feb 19, 2007, at 12:22 AM, baguzman wrote:
The book Explaining Reading by Gerald Duffy has a chapter on this.
He talks
about finding clue words by looking back or ahead in the text.
One way around the paperwork is to think about Podcasting
conversations. It is relatively easy to do, you either need an iPod
with a mic set up, or you can record with Audacity or Garage Band on
a laptop or stationary computer. (I tried this because so many
teachers at my school wanted
I am currently using iPods in my classroom. If you can get ahold of
some of these through your IT dept., they can be used for fluency.
You need to have the mic that attaches and you can then have kids use
them to read into. I have them do a pre-reading and then assess
themselves with a
All this got me thinking, so I came up with some role sheets based on
the standards for my grade (2nd). These can be used with any grade
level though. They are specific for non-fiction texts:
Context Cluer
Fact Feature
Text Feature Preacher (Because we LOVE Text Features!)
If you would like
A great example of summarizing a story comes from Cynthia Rylant's
series called Little Whistle. You need to read Little Whistle
first. Then the others start with a summary of Little Whistle. Each
book has a different summary. You can point out how she uses only
important information
I, too, am interested in this. If you have something to share,
please send it to me. I have been having the children self assess
their reading tests (2nd grade) and have found that they are able to
identify their area of need and just careless mistakes. I am using
these self assessments
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