I'm no conferencing expert, but I have been trained to make each conference
like a personal mini-lesson. Do a couple minutes of research by having the
child read a little and answer a couple of questions. Based on that, come up
with a quick teaching point, demo, and then have the reader try. A
Lucy Calkins has reading workshop units for each grade level called "A
Curriculum Plan for Reading Workshop." They are all aligned to the Common Core
and you can download the book online.
From: "Williams, Kim"
To: "mosaic@literacyworkshop.org"
Sent: Saturday,
The "Big Words for Big Kids" making words book by Patricia Cunningham is also a
great resource, and supports the month-by-month phonics. I'd use it for fourth
or fifth graders.
From: "Lapenas, Nicole"
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 201
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/reading%20workshop.htm
>From a teacher in Troy, Michigan. She has shared an amazing amount of
>information and details how to run a RW. There are also links to her
>scholastic blog.
From: "charji...@comcast.net"
To: Mosaic: A Reading Compre
I would go with Excel since you can teach the kids how to search for items,
sort by a variety of categories (genre, author, "stars" in a review, etc).
Post it to google docs so kids can access it from home and add more
information. All the kids would need a gmail account, but I think it could
I use National Geographic Explorer Magazines (not the NG for Kids, rather one
specifically designed for classroom use). You can order it at two different
levels - pioneer for 2/3 grade, and pathfinder for 4/5 grade - and the topics
and photos are the same. There is another for middle school, b
A strategy I have used is called "Request" reading. The kids read with a
partner. First, they skim the article and make a prediction (I always have
them tell what they saw or read in the article to help them make the
prediction). Next, one child reads out loud to the other. At the end of a
s
An earlier post this summer sent a link to Writing Fundamentals:
http://www.schoolwidefundamentals.com/Home.aspx
Someone took the Lucy Calkins materials and made them much more user friendly.
Lucy tends to be verbose, and does not have concrete lesson plans.
--- On Wed, 6/30/10, Rebecca Got
