While we're on the subject of Read Alouds - does anyone have some fresh new
titles for third grade?
My stand-bys have been Ruby Holler and The Take of Despereaux and Cricket in
Times Square and There's An Owl in the Shower..
I'm ready for something new and different that has not been made into a
Does anyone have any thoughts about reading and teaching kids the comprehension
strategies, or are we all so
pressured by RTI, phonics instruction, and standardized testing of discrete
skills that we've forgotten about real reading?
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From: Andrea Jenkins
and
writing. There is nothing better than getting those just right ahaa books
into the hands of a budding reader.
Sincerely,
Laurie Tandy
Third Grade Teacher
California
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From: readingla...@aol.com
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 6:54 am
Hello,
I love Wondrous Words by Katie Wood Ray and Mentor Texts:Teaching Writing
Through Children's Literature, K-6 by Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli.
Check out the descriptions on Amazon and see if they fit your needs.
Laurie Tandy
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From: dmoriart
I agree with Einstein and Lori Jackson. What are we doing with this dastardly
data?
Let's count what's important.
Laurie Tandy
From California - The Testing State
When districts are pressured to report, report, report, I think they turn to
such measures in frustration. They are easy
Everyone...
Please...if you just want a copy of someone's idea, please email them off-line.
?It is so time consuming to go
through all the posts thinking that there will be some words of wisdom only to
find a please send it to me message.
Thank you,
Laurie
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For ?creating a class book try The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown as a
model. It is a great format for inspiring individual student pages in a class
book. Each child can create his/her own page and the book can have a theme or
study-related topic. ?We've done them as gifts for our
