Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities

2009-06-25 Thread MARY KRAMER
We have SATs but they are different. Our SATs are single students, not groups of students. In PCLs we talk about anchor lessons and how to group students. We might discuss a student that needs to go to SAT. Usually we focus on a strategy and look at research or a book like RWM and what we are

Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities

2009-06-25 Thread MARY KRAMER
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:43 PM, MARY KRAMER mkra...@cbcsd.org wrote: We have SATs but they are different. Our SATs are single students, not groups of students. In PCLs we talk about anchor lessons and how to group students. We might discuss a student that needs to go to SAT. Usually we

Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities

2009-06-23 Thread MARY KRAMER
June, We have staff development for our entire staff once a week. It is led by the literacy strategists and the principal. Sometimes we spend half of our time studying a book. This year the k-2 group read RWM. We have PLC's once a week in grade levels that is led by either the literacy

Re: [MOSAIC] possible weekly study of strategies?

2009-06-07 Thread MARY KRAMER
I would love to be in. It has taken us more than a week to work on strategies in the lower grade. I have experience as a literacy strategist for grades K-6 and also as a junior high special education teacher. I hope I can help with some of the ideas that we have used. Do you know where we

Re: [MOSAIC] Book Study

2009-06-04 Thread MARY KRAMER
Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller is a great literacy book. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Jennifer Olimpieri ojen...@sbcglobal.netwrote: We are planning on reading the sisters new book The Cafe. Would be good for you since it is about balanced literacy. --- On Thu, 6/4/09, SPINELLO,