I begin by discussing real life examples that they would understand. One
that I use is I tell if they come into the classroom and saw me blowing my
nose, coughing, sneezing, and looking really downthey would infer that
I'm sick. No one had to tell them I was sick, they figured it out on
My district is looking to implement the use of Inspiration software in
reading/writing this coming year. I am looking for ways to use it to teach
strategy lessons or other reading/writing lessons. If you would be willing to
share please email me off list at mmange...@aol.com.
Thanks in
Can you elaborate or share how it works?
Thanks,
Mary
Mary Manges
mmange...@aol.com
Children grow into the intellectual life around them.
-Vygotsky
On Dec 10, 2008, at 7:25 PM, goob...@aol.com wrote:
The best lesson that I have ever done to get my kids to really
understand
inferences
to know what the person was acting out. It seemed to
really help them. When they went back to their seats for ind. reading
time they were FINALLY making more inferences than I had witnessed all
week. It just seemed to make it click and they thought it was fun.
Mary Manges
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Please keep this post on the list or email me a copy too. I use a lot of
poetry, but would love to see a specific list and how you use them to teach
strategies.
Thanks,
Mary
[EMAIL PROTECTED] if you decide to email me off list.
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Just my thoughts...
I agree in the sense that all teachers should be action researchers
and solving their own classroom issues through action or teacher
research. I disagree in the sense that many are not collecting their
own data and analyzing it, and that the research world doesn't
This has been part of my problem in being able to fit it all in. I still
believe I could use a longer language arts block, but I'm determined to work
with what I have and do my best. In my thinking of a mini-lesson I was
including the read aloud as the mini-lesson and couldn't figure out how
to give
you
another 15 minutes. Does the principal plan your schedule? I'm
afraid
there's a whole world out there that amazes me.
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My principal is
also trying to give me another 15 minutes, which will put me back
Are you looking for writing ideas too, or just reading?
Mary
On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All: I have our Parent Literacy Night coming up this month.? We
always meet by grade level and don't plan as a whole school.? We
usually read The Stranger to the
, the school year is still new. You
will get
in the swing of things.
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Hi everyone,
I'm wondering how long most of you have each day for teaching
language
arts? I teach fifth grade and have about 90 minutes to teach
Hi everyone,
I'm wondering how long most of you have each day for teaching language
arts? I teach fifth grade and have about 90 minutes to teach reading
and writing. I've basically divided it into two 45 minute blocks.
This is the first year that I am following STW and Comprehension
It seems this is a new trend to sell textbooks. Our district looked at
several reading series last year before going with MacMillan, which
thankfully I don't have to use. All of the major companies used some
popular buzz term to sell. Scott Foresman claimed their writing was a
Writing
Thank you for this post If students are given choice and quality
reading materials, length shouldn't matter. They will be motivated
regardless of length.
Imagine the possibilities if teachers rebelled against this testing
insanity. As a teacher who takes great pride in teaching
The 6th Grade Nickname Game by Gordon Korman. I read it to my 5th
graders last year and they loved it. They also enjoyed Chasing
Vermeer and The Wright Three by Blue Balliet.
Mary
On Sep 3, 2008, at 9:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone have any favorite titles to add to our sixth
I love www.readwritethink.org
Mary
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Subject: [MOSAIC] Best websites fo reading ideas
What have you found to be the best websites to find reading lesson
Thank you! That helps a lot. I ordered Test Talk and am in the process of
reading it now. I can see how it will help for next year. I'm just at a
loss as to what happens, but after reading part of Test Talk maybe I didn't
do enough to teach it as a genre of its own. I always just hope that
I was at a conference on Monday on guided reading and lit.circles. It was
awesome-- full of common sense, yet tied to best practices. The speaker
stated, Interest supercedes level. I wanted to jump up and shout an amen.
I totally agree with this and have seen it in my fifth grade classroom over
Mary.
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] just right books?
I was at a conference on Monday on guided reading
I read The Sixth Grade Nickname Game by Gordon Korman to my fifth graders.
They loved it and it has so many characters it would be easy to
compare/contrast.
Mary
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Rhonda,
Thanks for responding, even if it took a while. I appreciate all the input
I can get, especially from people that are doing this already. It seems
that guided reading is an umbrella term of sorts. I know that there are
specific models like Four Blocks, and Fountas and Pinnell. I'm
Rhonda,
Can you share any specifics? I teach strategies and use mostly lit. circles
with novels in fifth grade. I also do writing workshop so I feel like I
have the basics in place I'm mostly wondering how Guided Reading will
change these practices.
Thanks for the help!
Mary :)
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A great place to start reading is Harvey Daniel's book Literature Circles:
Voice and Choice in book Clubs and Reading Groups and also Mini-lessons
for Literature Circles by Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke.
Mary
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A great place to start reading is Harvey Daniel's book Literature Circles:
Voice and Choice in book Clubs and Reading Groups and also Mini-lessons
for Literature Circles by Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke.
Mary
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I'm wondering if anyone is using guided reading in upper elementary. It was
written into our strategic plan, yet no one seems to know how it works in 4th
and 5th grade. I 've been able to find a few resources to purchase, but
haven't yet. One is from Fountas and Pinnell, and the other was
I use a literature circle format in my fifth grade in place of a basal. I
have been permitted to forgo my basal for the last five years and just use
literature. I am incredibly thankful for that, but am aware that it could
change in a heartbeat. My students self-select books and form groups
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