Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-23 Thread Bill Roberts
> Sounds like you have a stronger class this year. > > Laura C Yeah, things are a lot different now, but even though the classes have changed, the number of problems have not.. I now have 6th, 7th, and 8th grade advanced readers. Last year, one of the areas where test scores dropped at our s

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-23 Thread ljackson
Bill, You could be describing my husband's reading classes this year. He is teaching in a district where test score are not of particular concern--most of these kids test very well. But given the opportunity to apply skills in the context of real reading, they are floundering. A prime example i

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-23 Thread Bill Roberts
Makes you wonder how on earth these kids will survive life--they will > be so easy to manipulate. They are unprepared to think, to defend their > thinking, to ground it in text and experience or to accept that questions > can have more than one potential answer. > I still have 160 days left to c

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-24 Thread ljackson
Well given the math when you figure that a former eight grade student is now the mother of a current eighth grade student.. With only 15 years in the middle...you are not so old, Bill. Lori On 9/23/07 8:23 PM, "Bill Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Makes you wonder how on earth these kids

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-24 Thread Beverlee Paul
Personally, I've resolved to quit as soon as one of my students tells me I taught her grandfather!! (and I'm not sure but what that could come pretty soon.> > Of course, this week I had open house and met one of my parents who proudly > exclaimed that I taught her when she was in 8th grade some

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-24 Thread CNJPALMER
Bill Kinda like the student I had who came back this fall to tell me she would be student teaching next year and that I inspired her to be a teacher...when I had her in FIRST GRADE! :-P Jennifer In a message dated 9/23/2007 10:24:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-24 Thread Laura Cannon
My student teacher 3 years ago had been my student in third grade. Laura -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 5:13 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem Bill

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-24 Thread Kinderjane
In a message dated 9/24/2007 8:47:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My student teacher 3 years ago had been my student in third grade. Laura One of my former Kindergarten students teaches two doors down from me. This is her 3rd year teaching! I LOVE having her

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-24 Thread Laura Cannon
osaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem In a message dated 9/24/2007 8:47:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My student teacher 3 years ago had been my student in third grade. Laura One of my former Kindergarten students teaches two doors down

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-24 Thread Bill Roberts
> Another of my student teachers is now an assistant principal--if she > hadn't > changed schools she would be doing my evaluation this year. > Now THAT would be creepy Bill ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-25 Thread ljackson
At one point, my mom's doctor took on a new partner... An older friend's son. At that time she was pregnant with my youngest sister and the potential existed that this young doctor would be on call when she went into labor. How is that for creepy??? Lori On 9/24/07 9:27 PM, "Bill Roberts" <[EM

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-25 Thread Renee
Really really creepy but not as creepy as if it were a former student. ick ick Renee On Sep 25, 2007, at 5:08 AM, ljackson wrote: > At one point, my mom's doctor took on a new partner... An older > friend's > son. At that time she was pregnant with my youngest sister and the > potential e

Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem

2007-09-25 Thread Beverlee Paul
00> To: > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] A new problem> > Really > really creepy but not as creepy as if it were a former student. > ick ick> > > Renee> > > On Sep 25, 2007, at 5:08 AM, ljackson wrote:> > > At one point, my > mo