Re: [MOSAIC] Determining Importance

2012-02-19 Thread sdcteacher
I would love to see the pictures. What a great idea! Sherry Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 7:29 PM, DONNA FOX wrote: > > I'd like to share a strategy that has worked well for me in the past, > especially with nonfiction. Has anybody ever heard of an Information Walk? In > a nut shel

Re: [MOSAIC] **SPAM** book publishing website

2012-02-11 Thread sdcteacher
Google it again and look at your options. They have one choice for you to have the code e-mailed to you. Sherry Sent from my iPhone On Feb 11, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Sally Thomas wrote: > I googled and went to the site. It looks great and I can accesss the many > many books. But it has a writing

Re: [MOSAIC] Special Picture Book "Basket"

2007-08-02 Thread SDCTeacher
In a message dated 8/1/2007 8:00:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Debbie said: I don't think you're being paranoid. I do the same thing (and that would mean I'M paranoid!) You have an objective, a special purpose for those books and they need to be there when you ne

[MOSAIC] Special Picture Book "Basket"

2007-08-01 Thread SDCTeacher
As I am setting up my room, I am once more stuck with a dilemma, and that's whether or not to let my students have access to all of my picture books, even the ones that I know I will use for mini lessons in either reading or writing. Right now I have a special basket of these books that I ke

Re: [MOSAIC] cloze answers

2007-07-27 Thread SDCTeacher
In a message dated 7/25/2007 10:26:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought that was a really interesting activity. I was thinking that perhaps the other thing this activity revealed to me is how stuck in schema I can be, trying to make it fit instead of looking

Re: [MOSAIC] whisper phones

2007-07-25 Thread SDCTeacher
In a message dated 7/22/2007 2:15:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I made mine from 3/4 inch PVC pipe and elbow connections. My ends swivel, too! I think it cost me $7 to make 23. That was 5 years ago, so it might cost a bit more now. Jeanne, How did you make

Re: [MOSAIC] Inner Voice - Responses to Elisa and Kim

2007-07-15 Thread SDCTeacher
In a message dated 7/15/2007 8:58:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paying attention to your inner voice interrupts the flow of your reading but it also helps you comprehend better. Elisa If I am a proficient reader, reading aesthetically, why would I want to slow do

Re: [MOSAIC] new addition to TOOLS page

2007-01-01 Thread SDCTeacher
In a message dated 1/1/2007 9:22:35 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Remember to hit REFRESH/RELOAD on your computer to see the current view of the TOOLS page whenever I add new files. And please-- send me your pictures, files, powerpoints, etc. in an attachment to:

Re: [MOSAIC] Lesson idea for purpose of reading

2006-10-12 Thread SDCTeacher
In a message dated 10/8/2006 1:01:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm planning on doing a lesson with my 6th grade students this week about setting a purpose for reading. I'm coming up dry with an innovative way to approach this. Any ideas?Thanks. Pat I lik

[MOSAIC] Bonita: Gallagher's Deeper Meaning

2006-09-17 Thread SDCTeacher
In a message dated 9/17/2006 12:17:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I will be happy to talk more about this if folks are interested in ways Gallagher does it and ways I am trying to do it. -- Bonita, I would love to hear more about Gallagher's ways of using strat

[MOSAIC] School wide struggle with strategies

2006-09-17 Thread SDCTeacher
I could really use some input here! My school has struggled to get out of the dark ages of reading for some time. We finally made the big move to strategies about three years ago. We even had a big group of us go to a conference with Ellin, Debbie Miller, etc. summer before last. The prob