Re: [MOSAIC] lexiles

I've been looking at Lexile levels too now because I need to know how to define "beyond Z." Has anyone created a "Beyond Z" list or migrated from Fountas and Pinnel to Lexile as a way to measure and match for seventh and eighth graders? Maureen Robins Assistant Principal JHS 194 [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [MOSAIC] Big Words

I hear your frustration. I heard Beck speak at a conference and she did talk about this. Yet there is so much else that she says in conferences and in her book Bringing Words to Life that isolating this particular notion really wrenches the entirely of her work out of context. Can kids learn more

Re: [MOSAIC] State Testing - Marzano focus?

I believe there is an overlap in some ways. Sometimes MOT strategies can be uni-dimensional. With robust thinking as outlined by Marzano and as many of you have suggested about the comparison/contrast you are really helping students climb up the Bloom's ladder. Knowing Marzano's work might deepe

Re: [MOSAIC] Poetry author

Ditto for me. Maureen Robins Assistant Principal JHS 194 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Pat Kraus Sent: Tue 4/1/2008 6:26 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Poetry author Hi! I don't know if a

Re: [MOSAIC] middle school reading assessment.

Leslie and all, I am also turning this over and over again in my mind and I have decided that a "running record" is definitely of value. The issue for us has been what text to use beyond Z. And, how to develop teachers into skilled assessors of retellings and other critical elements in order to

Re: [MOSAIC] "To Understand" book discussion

Could someone re- post the scholastic link? Were there 2? Thank you! Maureen Robins Assistant Principal J.H.S. 194 718/746-0818 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joy Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:32 PM To: Mosaic: A Rea

Re: [MOSAIC] mid yer strategy instruction

Question Answer Relationship Maureen Robins Assistant Principal JHS 194 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 12/23/2007 1:43 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] mid yer strategy instruction i totally

Re: [MOSAIC] read alouds

I'm currently reading the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. It's exciting stuff! The main character is a sixth grader. Maureen Robins Assistant Principal, I.A. JHS 194 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROT

Re: [MOSAIC] 'Cool Salsa' poetry book

Cool Salsa is a wonderful book but perhaps some of the poem might be too mature for an elementary setting. Poetry Speaks and its sister volume Poetry Speaks for Children are terrific ways to listen to the poet reading his or her works. On Poetry Speaks you can hear Syliva Plath (scary) as well

Re: [MOSAIC] NYC Middle School Reading

Hi. That's about it. Lots of reading. Lots of knowlege of levels and targeted instruction. I'm trying to create a "challenge" level so that I can increae my Level 4s -- or keep them there. Maureen Robins Literacy Coach NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAI

Re: [MOSAIC] {MOSAIC} Middle school reading motivators

Susan, I'm really glad you posted: You're right (and you've got the latest non-fiction which can never be called non-fiction novels because by definition a novel is fiction). Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of e Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum and TEAM Moon by

Re: [MOSAIC] INVITATION

Here are my questions:   What does the operator think of the woman trying to place all these phone calls?   Does the woman feel a sense of guilt abandoning her literal brother    -- or is it "brother" in the figurative or political sense.   Does placing the line "this is where her brothe