[MOSAIC] Reading Zone/MOT

2008-07-08 Thread Mary Walter
I am doing some reading this summer. I started with the Reading Zone by Atwell. Her ideas really resonated with me, I have been in the zone! Now I am rereading MOT. I am surprised at the differences. Do the strategies really get in the way of student entering the reading zone?

[MOSAIC] Read Aloud-Middle School-for girls

2008-02-09 Thread Mary Walter
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Read Aloud-Middle School-for girls Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:23:06 + I teach ELL students in our middle school 6-8th grade. On Fridays I read aloud from grade level chapter books. We just finished the Watson's Go to Birmingham. My

[MOSAIC] Autumn Leaves-book help

2007-09-23 Thread Mary Walter
I usually listen more than I talk with this group but I need some help finding the right book. We are finishing our first poetry unit and I am going to do an activity from The Adventures of Dr Alphabet with autumn leaves and I want to do a read aloud first. I would like suggestions for a