Me too! Yes, I love the idea of the cafe; however, when does the conferring
transpire? Mini lessons? etc.
:) Camille
Columbia TC Grade 1 teacher
- Original Message -
From: "mrs. teacher"
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 3:28:00 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Da
Hi Jan,
I pick my partnerships. I watch the children for a while and see for myself who
I think should be paired together. I don't even consider letting the children
pick their own. It can just cause too much drama. It's easier to pair them up
myself, and they have no problems with that becau
Hi,
This my third year teaching first grade. My first grade team has a spreadsheet
of all 500 high frequency words. We start with the first hundred (first grade
curriculum) in the beginning of the year (reading AND spelling). That is our
starting point. Each week the students get six new words.
Sure. My master list is on my home computer. I'll send it from home! :)
- Original Message -
From: Lacey Chimienti
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 23:43:36 + (UTC)
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Spelling
do you have a list of the 500 words you could email me in an attac
I teach first grade, and I have tended to have similar issues. These are some
things I have tried.
- Walk around a bit and check where they are... For kids that tend to
"procrastinate", I'll put a small mark with my marker on the line that they are
on an tell them I am going to come by and ch
I actually went to the Christmas Tree Shops and got a bunch of small cookie
sheets. They work great! Make sure you bring a magnet with you to be sure they
are the right kind of metal. Not all of them work!
Good Luck!
Camille
-- Original message --
From: ljackson <[EMAIL
Hi Mary,
TIme is time and when you don't have much you need to make the most of it. Mini
lessons should be just that - mini. If a mini lesson lasts more than 5-7
minutes you've probably gone too far. Make the most of your mini lesson by
teaching a small piece and instead f taking questions or
