Re: [MOSAIC] Phonics program

2011-02-04 Thread Sandy Townsend
I would say that pretty much sums it up. I'm going to try Linda Dorn's Assisted Writing intervention with some repeating kdg. and 1st graders. Hopefully, that will get some movement without sacrificing everything we know about how kids learn to read. Fro

Re: [MOSAIC] Science Fiction read aloud

2011-02-15 Thread Sandy Townsend
Read for Me, Mama is a story by Vashanti Rahaman about a mother who is learning to read and her son who supports her. It's a very touching story. Sandy Townsend Reading Excellence Partner Bowlesburg Hillcrest e-mail: stowns...@emsd37.org (work) e-mail: st...@q.com (home) cell: 563-343

Re: [MOSAIC] Suggestions needed

2011-04-21 Thread Sandy Townsend
I had a daughter like that too. Today she is a professor at Berkley and has traveled around the world. She has friends in different countries and cities. She never lacked for friends in high school either. I think as they get older, they branch out to different kinds of literature and experience