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From: Ron Borchert borch...@vcn.com
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010 4:00:07 PM GMT-0600
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] lesson on inferring for k and first grade
For me The Raft
Does anyone have a great lesson on teaching inference to kindergarten/first
grade students.
I would suggest using the book Dear Juno by Soyung Pak. It is in our third
grade Treasures (McMillan/McGraw reading series) and also available through
Amazon. It is about an little boy that has a
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From: Judy Dotson judydotson2...@yahoo.com
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:52 AM
Subject: [MOSAIC] Revolutionary War unit help request
Greetings! Anyone have info they'd be willing to share on Rev War
references/sitea/units they've
Wyoming
Barb
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From: beverleep...@gmail.com
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Ashlock training
Barb, where are you?
Sent from my BlackBerry
Three of us from my district attended a three day training sponsored by our
state department of education last August. The instructors were trainers
from Ashlock Consulting. The three of us liked what we saw, but didn't
think it was a magic bullet. The training was billed as something that
I went to a training this summer. What are your questions?
Barb
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From: Jeanette Hayden jeanette...@gmail.com
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 11:09 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] Interventions
Does anyone have experience with the Aslock
Look into the Teachers' College Reading and Writing Project (Lucy Calkins)
http://rwproject.tc.columbia.edu/ Look for the information on how to join
the Project. Our district has had two trainers come for a week during the
past two summers to lead a writer's workshop class. They are pricey,
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From: wr...@att.net
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies EmailGroup
mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:11 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] RtI
I have read that students who are two, three, or four years behind in
their reading level by
Recently I was observing in a fourth grade classroom during guided reading.
The teacher was teaching fact and opinion. This is the second classroom where
I have observed the teaching of this skill. Both teachers' instructional
objective was to have students identify fact and opinion in the
How long is YOUR Daily Five? I don't know how the sisters fit the DF along
with writing, math, science, social studies and specials all into the
afternoon. I've done the math and it literally does not add
up to the amount of minutes in the day.
When I saw the sisters at the Colorado
But what I see are teachers who bring teaching reading into social
studies and their teaching consists of
reading a class novel, usually historical fiction, and answering
comprehension questions. There is no strategy instruction, no independent
reading a book of choice, no reading conferences.
The company does offer free web-based trainings for the DRA. If you go to the
website, or call your sales rep, you will get the information about upcoming
dates. You need internet access and a phone.
Here is the website:
http://mypearsontraining.com/index.asp
Thanks,
Barb
Last fall I wrote about our district's early reading intervention review
committee that I am co-chairing. This is an update of the work we have done so
far. The committee watched Linda Dorn's presentation on the Arkansas model and
RTI that is available from the Reading Recovery website.
in Wyoming?
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Ron Borchert borch...@vcn.com wrote:
Last fall I wrote about our district's early reading intervention review
committee that I am co-chairing. This is an update of the work we have
done
so far. The committee watched Linda Dorn's presentation
Jennifer,
I observed one fifth grade guided reading group that was reading A Boy
at War, A novel of Pearl
Harbor. From that short observation I would want to concentrate on the
words in the other language (I think Hawaiian). Some of them are important
to the theme of the story. Students
I will be giving a half day workshop to teachers in our district that have not
had guided reading training for a long time. This training has been suggested
by the principals. I'm wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of
short texts that would challenge the teachers. I am going
I have been interested in the discussion on early reading interventions because
I am chairing a district committee that is reviewing our early reading
intervention programs. Currently our early reading intervention centers around
Reading Recovery consistently throughout the district. Our
keep your mini lesson very explicit, and short. I do
realize it is hard to get the read aloud in, do the vocab, then teach the
lesson, have time for them to practice with you, then they practice
independently, but if you keep the teaching part short, chances are they'll
remember what you said and
From Bev:
In regard to Test Talk. Are any of you in school districts where you are
forced to give NWEA MAP levels tests? I'm not sure they can be prepared for
(which is a major shortcoming!), and I would LOVE to know how people do prepare
their children for Levels tests. Thanks for any info.
This request is off the topic of comprehension and Mosiac. If anyone has any
information or feedback for me, please respond to me off the list.
I am chairing a district committee that will be reviewing various early
intervention reading programs. Currently we use Reading Recovery, but may be
Our district has used Step Up to Writing for a long time for grades 1 - 12.
It is an approach/program that stresses organization. Students are taught
to write a topic sentence, details, and explanations which are color coded.
It also teaches summary paragraphs, transition words, accordion
Doesn't McGraw Hill have the WTW component? Can
anyone clear this up for me???
Donald Bear is one of the authors to the McMillan McGraw Treasures reading
series, so the spelling is based on his work with word sorts and word study.
Barb Parry
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