Hello,
Does anyone any ideas of hands on activities? or make and take activities to
used during? a parent camp on comprehension?
Thanks,
Cynthia
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I currently teach fourth grade, after having taught third for many
years. I am really struggling with reading this year. I am very tied
in respect to how I may teach reading. I am required to have a 30
minute whole group reading session, with 60 minutes of station time.
During stations I am
Hi fellow reading enthusiasts,
I was recently awarded an amazing opportunity by my coordinator: the
chance to present the comprehension strategies to our k-5 team in hopes of
adopting them across the grade levels. I am extremely excited about this
as I have been pushing for a reading coach positi
Help.
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I´m a teacher from Brazil and I´m conducting a master research on the reading
comprehension instruction and have followed the discussions of the mosaic. I
need help as a basic bibliography of theory and a book that brings a historical
perspective - as that group of researchers began studying s
The website www.fcrr.org (The Florida Center for Reading Research) has a lot of
center activities for comprehension, vocab. etc... for all ages. If you click
on the "For Teacher" section and look under the Curriculum and Instruction
heading you will find "K-1 Student Center Activities". They a
my part
as far as activities, but the outcome was much better than just following along
in their book.
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I currently teach fourth grade, after having taught third for many years. I am
really struggling with reading this year. I am very tied in respect to how I
may teach reading
HI, we are looking for awesome& effective teaching techniques/activities to
assist our 7-8th grade students with the following items:
We are having a really difficult time with teaching these concepts to our
special ed population. Any ideas?
Thanks!!
Sharif
Character, Setting, Plot, Theme
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Hi fellow reading enthusiasts,
I was
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.
Kendra
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Hi fellow reading enthusiasts,
I was recently awarded an amazing o
Kendra,
That is some great advice. That was my concern as well. I didnt want to
"lecture" as I've been to plenty of trainings at my own school where even
myself just sat there doodling in my planner because I didnt want to be
lectured to. Thanks for your help!
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Christina - Building on Kendra's thoughts of different models of
presentation--the opening literature selections in the Mosaic chapters are
almost beyond powerful. How could you go wrong starting with them? Then you
could mix it up a bit and some "lecture" might be effective. Bev> Christina,>
Thank you to you all for your great advice concerning my upcoming
presentation. However, I have yet another question. I decided that in
order to pump up some of our team members, I would like to facilitate a
reading group prior to the presentation so that when the time comes they
will have some mo
ional Coach/ Georgia
NBCT 2005
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I´m a teacher from Brazil and I´m conducting a master research on the reading
comprehension instruction and have followed the discussions of the mosaic. I
need help as a
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Personally, I think nothing can surpass Marie Clay&
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> I´m a teacher from Brazil and I´m conducting a master research on the reading
> comprehension instruction and have followed the discussions of the mosaic. I
> need help as a basic bibliography
I don't think this off-topic, but I apologize if everyone thinks it is.
I need QUICKLY to locate an article that has come out in the past few months
saying that despite all the money spent by the Feds on Reading First and
despite the fact there was about twice as much time spent on reading
instruc
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HI, we are looking for awesome& effective teaching techniques/activities to
assist our 7-8th grade students with
In terms of character, I find kids respond well to questions like, "What kind
of a person is...?" "Would you want to have so and
so as a friend? Why or why not?" Isoke Nia taught us that when working with
young children, plot should simply be presented
as WHAT HAPPENS and perhaps that would m
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I'm torn between starting with
"Mosaic of Thought" or "Reading with Meaning." What do you all think?
Also, as far as starting the group. . . What do you think would be the
best possible way of advertising? We all know that not every teacher is
open to new
I had a similar experience...intermediate teachers were turned off by the
primary focus.
One group picked Mosaic rather than Strategies That Work (it looked shorter)
but found it too abstract. They wanted practical.
Those that did Strategies That Work were intimidated at first by the size of
I also am a fan of 7 Keys to Comprehension by Hutchins and Zimmerman.
I led a book club with my staff, K-6, and they loved it.
Kim/5/MI
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You might consider Comprehension Connections--it isn't long and has ideas
ready to go.
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I don't find the second edition of Mosaic as abstract. We are promoting
Mosaic as our One District One Book read (a first) and I have 4 different
buildings doing whole school study groups!! Voluntarily!!
Lori
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> I had a sim
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I'm torn between starting with
"Mosaic of Thought" or "Reading w
At my school, our Reading With Meaning book club was open to all grade levels,
and as a fifth grade teacher, I'm so glad I joined it. RWM clearly explains
how to teach the strategies described in Mosaic. I found it easy to envision
how Miller's lessons would look in a fifth grade classroom.
Pa
I totally agree with Jennifer's advice on the books.
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At my school, our Reading With M
Recently I viewed a great web site that had lots of pictures of anchor posters
that explained metacognition, reading is really thinking, etc.? I thought I
saved this and would be able to go back to it when I had more time, but no such
luck.? Do any of you remember this site?? I'd really apprecia
hi all. i am trying to remove myself from this mailing
list and all the links prove unsuccessful. Can anyone
help me? Thanks
Dana
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I'm looking for the priority words and core words for Sitton spelling from
EPS. The resource books with them are so expensive, and I thought maybe one
of you could just provide the lists to me. It would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance. Bev
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Has anyone had experiences using repeated readings to effect fluency on a
struggling student at a 6th or 7th grade level? If you have seen gains in the
child's fluency rate, has there also been an increase in the child's motivation
and willingness to read?
Thanks,
Julie
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Hi everyone,
I'm hoping you can help me help a friend. She is piloting a new balanced
literacy program that includes reading workshop. She is finding her lowest
students have trouble making connections. Any connection that they make is
very literal. Instead of using text, she thought she might
Hi All,
In regards to making connections, here is what I do. First I spend some time
introducing schema and how readers activate, grow and revise their schema when
reading non-fiction. We I do turn it over to fiction reading, we talk about how
we all of life stories. Our life stories would take
Paul"
To:
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I don't think this off-topic, but I apologize if everyone thinks it is.
I need QUICKLY to locate an article that has come out in the past few
months
saying that despite all the money spent by the
ntion Tutor
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I don't think this off-topic, but I apologize if everyone thinks it is.
I need QUICKLY to locate an article that has come out in
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pdf/20094038.pdf
The final report is available in pdf format from the US Department of
Education, Institute of Education Science at the website listed above,
published in November of 2008. The Executive Summary, pages xv-xxvii may be
helpful.
I believe the article ap
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I don't think this off-topic, but I apologize if everyone thinks it is.
I need QUICKLY to locate an article that has come out in the past few
months
saying that
I believe it was in the newspaper Reading Today that is published throught the
IRA
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I don't think this off-topic,
Hi!
I teach grades 6-8 students who read on a 1-3 rd grade level. In my junior
high building there are very, very few books in the library for the students to
self select for independent reading. Therefore we go over to the Intermediate
Building (which is another building right on campus) 2 ti
Hi,
I have searched the archives and can't find the name of the book I wanted. A
while ago someone posted the name of a book that had a pay it forward theme.
Does anyone remember the name? Was it Circle of friends ?
Thanks,
Linda
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Rosa,
I teach second grade and I am also an adjunct instructor at Appalachian
State U.. I have written an article about my spelling program along with
Dr. Darrell Morris, director of the ASU reading clinic. I would be glad to
email it to you if would like. We presented it at the IRA conventi
Hi Judy, I would be interested in reading your work [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I
am wondering how teachers work with the disconnect between 'fluent readers'
at grade level, but who struggle with spelling in their written language. My
experience indicates that this is a real problem for many teachers. Some
Hi Robin! I was wondering...did you receive any responses on this. It looks
like a website I'd be interested in, as well!
Thanks!
Amy Swan
3rd Grade Teacher
Cedar Creek Elementary
(913)780-7360
CHECK OUT OUR CLASS WEBPAGE!! http://teachers.olathe.k12.ks.us/~aswancc/
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bev I don't have them in electronic form but do have copies in one of my
boxes in the storage shed. If you can wait a bit - or don't get them
elsewhere - let me know and I can find them I know but it might take a few
weeks. I could copy and send. Sally
On 3/14/11 5:54 AM, "Beverlee Paul" wro
Core Words can be found here:
http://school.elps.k12.mi.us/donley/classrooms/berry/sitton_spelling_activities/main_page.htm
Priority words apparently are core words that have already been taught, and
students should know how to spell. I would guess you would add words to a
list after they have le
Have you used Read Naturally? It is a great fluency tool for motivating
reluctant readers, plus it works well for all age groups, since the text is
informational and usually interesting to the students. Also, you can also
select passages that are written to practice phonics patterns and the
compr
At the 6th grade level I found great success using my progress monitoring with
3 trials. For progress monitoring I had to record the first trial results, but
for the students we would look at growth through the three trials. They could
see the goals wcpm and see how much closer they got on the
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At the 6th grade level I found great success u
I highly recommend reading *The Fluent Reader *by Timothy V. Rasinski. He
has researched the topic thoroughly and has multiple ways of building
fluency in whole group, small group and with individuals. Familiar
re-reading helps treat the "Matthew effect" where those who can read get
stronger fast
Hi! Remediating reading fluency can be a very tricky thing. As can be
raising a child's motivation.
The quick and dirty is:
The research indicates that there is a relationship between comprehension
and fluency, but it is a breakdown in comprehension that most likely causes
a breakdown in fluency
Hello Fellow Lovers of Literacy!
I have been given a wonderful opportunity to design a K-12 Writing
Curriculum (aligned with CCSS/PARCC) for a small, rural school district in AZ.
Our
goal is to design a curriculum that truly allows students to graduate high
school with the skills to be s
Hello.
I am currently in a district that is doing some restructuring and there will be
an opportunity for building moves in the fall of '09 as new elementary is
opened. Staff members are able have a say in their building and grade level.
I taught 5th grade in the fall of my student teaching a
Felicia,
My second language learners lack expressive vocabulary more than they
lack background knowledge. I give them a word bank of possible answers
and spend most of any given lesson on vocabulary, or so it seems to
me, lol. Would it work to have those students first draw a quick
picture of the
roup
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Hi everyone,
I'm hoping you can help me help a friend. She is piloting a new balanced
literacy program that includes reading workshop. She is finding her lowest
students have trouble making con
Can she set them up for connections? I am thinking of creating a experience
bank and following it by a book that could easily draw the two together.
Schema building followed by Schema Application.
Lori
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I agree with Lori, she could do a read aloud about the first day of school
(First Day Jitters) and let them connect how they felt on the first day of
school. Make sure that they actually have something they can connect to.
She could even try to find a book that fits their cultural background, I am
Hi Stacy -
I would love to see the unit you put together...can you e-mail it to me off
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In regards to making connections, here is what I do. First I spend some time
introducing schema and how readers activate, gro
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In regards to making connections, here is what I do. First I spend some time
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I would love a copy too!
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Hi All,
In regards to making connections, here is what I do. First I spend some time
introducing schema and how readers activate, grow and revise their schema
when reading non-fiction. We I do turn it over to fiction reading, we talk
me too please
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Hi everyone!
We can put the lessons on the toolpage! Please email them to Keith at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) .
I have an idea...and I would like to know what the membership thinks. If you
have a lesson idea that you think others would like, either email it to me
or Keith
Hi everyone,
I will be starting a new graduate course in another week entitled Improving
Instruction. I need to write a paper on an area where I could improve my
instruction along with research to back it up. My weakest area in language
arts is small group instruction. Is there any particular
Holly,
In response to your comment "My Principal says this is going to be too
expensive and the two librarians will coordinate so books can be sent back
and forth. How do I convince him that self selecting books is so important
and
> critical to low struggling reluctant readers?"
I would take hi
ading Specialist
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:16:47 +
> From: nr...@rochester.rr.com
> To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
> Subject: [MOSAIC] Help with reading issue!
>
> Hi!
> I teach grades 6-8 students who read on a
Maybe trips where they pick out 5-10 books and these are the ones that get
sent over weekly. Or when the weather is nice they create a nice long list
and these books are sent over a few at a time. Some of the students may
even be interested in trading books.
Jan
On 7/30/09 2:16 PM, "nr...@roche
Hi all,
I'm hoping that I can get some guidance on where I can find information on
teaching reading to low, med and high 7th graders. I have separate classes
grouped by ability. I used mosaic for 2nd and I know most of that applies, but
where can I find a more specific group of teachers to share
Hi
I am teachiing reading to 23 students for 90 min a day. We trade students
across the grade level and put them into groups of likened reading levels.
I don't likethis but I have no choice. I have the group that reads from a
1.2 to a 2.1 level. I do spelling and writing with them too. How would
y
We recently had a parent information night on MOT strategies. The question
came up many times in the Grades 3-6 groups "How do you help with inferring at
home when they are reading chapter books?" Teachers suggested reading a
chapter alternately with the child so that they could get an underst
Hello,
I am working on planning for the next school year- and I could use some
help. I am going to have a 2nd grade inclusion classroom- students with
various disabilities will be included- mostly students with learning
disabilities- so it is very important to me that I meet everyones needs.
I
I can't put my hands on the car poem. All along you were lead to believe the
poem was about a girl and it is about a car. It was used to teach an I wonder
lesson I think.I am taking a writing class this summer and thought I might
use it to teach 2 column notes. Thanks Aimee
*
Christina...
Look in the Mosaic Tools Staff Development section. There is so
much there. A good place to start is
Ginger's Graduate Course journal to see how she thought it through
and taught it.
Ann Jernigan
Literacy Coach
Webb City R-7 Schools
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Have you read any of Jeff Anderson's books? Everyday Editing and
Mechanically Inclined. Excellent resources for writing and grammar. have
fun. Sounds like a great opportunity to really put together some good
stuff! ;)
Terry
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>
>
> Hello Fellow Lovers
Melissa,
This is a tough question! I'm not sure you really know, unless you just know.
Does that make sense? I've done everything I can to stay at what I know call
my "old" school. In three years I "taught" a 4/5 mix, 3rd, half day
kinder/half day Title reading, and 6th. I really only taug
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"Change is hard. Really hard. But I think as teachers, change is good for us.
It challenges our thinking. It challenges our routine. It challenges our
beliefs. And isn't that what
makes go
Great points! I just switched to 2nd this past year after 21 years in K! (I
had a few years of 1st mixed in there--2 because numbers in K went down, and
one year I chose to loop). My reasons for the "change" included really
needing a change--the 5-year-olds were really starting to wear me out,
espe
Making The Most of Small Groups- Differentiation for All by Debbie Diller
(not Miller). I am rereading it (again!) right now, and I find new things
every time I read it. She has it all- comprehension, fluency, phonemic
awareness, phonics and vocabulary. Jane in SC :-)
In a message da
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Hi everyone,
I will be starting a new graduate course in another week entitled Improving
Instruction. I need to write a paper on an ar
Kathy Collins makes small group work accessible and takes a common sense
approach Debbie Diller has an entire book devoted to small group
instruction
"Making the most of small groups"... Scholastic has a resource entitled
"Flexible Grouping"... I'll check some of my other resources at sc
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> I'm hoping that I can get some guidance on where I can find information
> on teaching reading to low, med and high 7th graders. I have separate
> classes grouped by ability. I used mosaic for 2nd and I know most of that
> a
paltm81...@aol.com
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:20:47 -0400
> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Help for 7th grade reading
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> In a message dated 8/29/09 1:59:31 PM, mrs_goo...@yahoo.com writes:
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> > I'm hoping that I can get some guid
Hi Pat,
I taught a separate reading class for students who, at least initially, claimed
that they didn't like to read and weren't good at it. These were 6th, 7th, and
8th graders.
I let them pick their own books to read. They had to read the book for at
least two class periods before they wer
just trying to impress each
other.
Debbie
From: "wr...@att.net"
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 8:44:36 AM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Help for 7th grade reading
Hi Pat,
I taught a separate rea
Melissa,
First of all, what grade do you teach? I'm wondering if these kiddos are
high or low for their grade level.
Have you administered the Developmental Spelling Analysis? This will give
you a developmental spelling level and a place to start instruction. The DSA
is found in Word Jo
Kelli,
What do you use for literacy centers? I still have never set any up and I'd
like to know what other people use. I teach 2nd and I would like to get some
set up. Do you use the Mosaic strategies for your strategy based mini-lessons?
Cindy/VA/2nd
"I'd either do Shared Reading, where you
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