Never underestimate the power of play and imagination. I agree with the previous suggestions, dance , sing, read to them, act, all of those things. Those experiences set the stage for literacy. And yes, the nursery rhymes.. I can't tell you how many students I have taught in later years who have never heard or remembered one. Perhaps there is some correlation to struggling readers. Diane --- On Sun, 6/7/09, mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org <mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org> wrote: > From: mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org > <mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8 > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 12:00 PM > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions > to > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > to > mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mosaic-ow...@literacyworkshop.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Textmapping for beginners (Joy) > 2. (no subject) (Mary Jo Chevalier) > 3. Literacy tips for pre-k children > preparing for Kindergarten > (Mary Jo Chevalier) > 4. Re: Literacy tips for pre-k children > preparing for > Kindergarten (creeche...@aol.com) > 5. Re: (no subject) (Ljackson) > 6. Re: (no subject) (re...@aol.com) > 7. Re: (no subject) (Pamela Abbott) > 8. Re: (no subject) (Joy) > 9. (no subject) (Ali Schmidt) > 10. Literacy First (Beverlee Paul) > 11. Re: (no subject) (Renee) > 12. Re: Literacy First (Rachael Cecil) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:05:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: Joy <jwidm...@rocketmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Textmapping for beginners > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Message-ID: <610276.34373...@web34705.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > While this is a good idea, make sure you get permission > from the publisher. You don't want to break copyright. > > > Joy/NC/4 > > How children learn is as important as what they learn: > process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Michelle TeGrootenhuis <tgfa...@c-i-service.com> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 10:31:03 AM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Textmapping for beginners > > Love the idea of laminating the scroll on butcher paper. > Then you can also > use overhead markers to mark it each year. Thanks for > the idea, Lori! > > I wrote about using scrolls to teach nonfiction features > here: > http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:190834 > > Dave--when is your book coming out? > > This message sent from the home of > Scott and Michelle TG > 712.752.8641 > www.mrstg.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:41:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mary Jo Chevalier <mjchevalier1...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Message-ID: <575378.43203...@web111818.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood educator > currently working in a pre-k classroom. My question is > directed toward Kindergarten teachers however all teaching > levels are welcome to respond. My question is : What can I > do as a teacher in a pre-k classroom to help prepare the > children for the literacy expectations that occur in > kindergarten. With the push down of curriculm so much more > is expected of kindergarteners and I want to do all that I > can to ensure their success in kindergarten. > ? > Mary Jo > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:57:00 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mary Jo Chevalier <mjchevalier1...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Literacy tips for pre-k children > preparing for > Kindergarten > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Message-ID: <508274.77067...@web111813.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood educator > currently working in a pre-k classroom. My question is > directed toward Kindergarten teachers however all teaching > levels are welcome to respond. My question is : What can I > do as a teacher in a pre-k classroom to help prepare the > children for the literacy expectations that occur in > kindergarten. With the push down of curriculum so much more > is expected of kindergarteners and I want to do all that I > can to ensure their success in kindergarten. > ? > Mary Jo > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:18:16 EDT > From: creeche...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Literacy tips for pre-k children > preparing for > Kindergarten > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Message-ID: <c03.2aa24904.375c5...@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Read to them. > > Nancy > > > In a message dated 6/6/2009 4:57:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight > Time, > mjchevalier1...@yahoo.com > writes: > > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood > educator currently > working in a pre-k classroom. My question is directed > toward Kindergarten > teachers however all teaching levels are welcome to > respond. My question is : > What can I do as a teacher in a pre-k classroom to > help prepare the children > for the literacy expectations that occur in > kindergarten. With the push down > of curriculum so much more is expected of > kindergarteners and I want to do > all that I can to ensure their success in > kindergarten. > > Mary Jo > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please > go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > **************Stay connected and tighten your budget with a > great mobile > device for under $50. Take a Peek! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100122638x1221845911x1201401556/aol?redir=http://www.getpeek.com/aol) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:55:37 -0600 > From: Ljackson <ljack...@gwtc.net> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Message-ID: <4a2b01f9cc6f1.1244332...@webmail.gwtc.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Teach them to love to learn. Make them want it bad. Teach > them to share, play nice and think deeply. Don't turn it > into kindergarten--they have so little time to be children > these days. Sing and dance. Explore. Read to them--lots. > Play blocks, dress-up and pretend--we see so many coming to > school who don't seem to know how to be fanciful and > imaginative. > > > > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach and Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 5755 > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Mary Jo Chevalier <mjchevalier1...@yahoo.com> > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:43 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > > > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood > educator currently working in a pre-k classroom. My question > is directed toward Kindergarten teachers however all > teaching levels are welcome to respond. My question is : > What can I do as a teacher in a pre-k classroom to help > prepare the children for the literacy expectations that > occur in kindergarten. With the push down of curriculm so > much more is expected of kindergarteners and I want to do > all that I can to ensure their success in kindergarten. > > ? > > Mary Jo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:59:43 -0400 > From: re...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Message-ID: <8cbb519ff2c772c-758-...@webmail-ma08.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > And to this wonderful note I would add... read the classic > fairy tales and children's stories -- so many of our > children come to school never having heard The Three Little > Kittens, or Goldilocks.? How sad! > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ljackson <ljack...@gwtc.net> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 7:55 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > > > > > > > > > > > > Teach them to love to learn. Make them want it bad. Teach > them to share, play > nice and think deeply. Don't turn it into > kindergarten--they have so little time > to be children these days. Sing and dance. Explore. Read to > them--lots. Play > blocks, dress-up and pretend--we see so many coming to > school who don't seem to > know how to be fanciful and imaginative. > > > > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach and Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 5755 > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Mary Jo Chevalier <mjchevalier1...@yahoo.com> > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:43 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > > > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood > educator currently working > in a pre-k classroom. My question is directed toward > Kindergarten teachers > however all teaching levels are welcome to respond. My > question is : What can I > do as a teacher in a pre-k classroom to help prepare the > children for the > literacy expectations that occur in kindergarten. With the > push down of > curriculm so much more is expected of kindergarteners and I > want to do all that > I can to ensure their success in kindergarten. > > ? > > Mary Jo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:11:49 -0700 > From: Pamela Abbott <abbottami...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Message-ID: > <8a7b814d0906061911i637076b3v20bab4f6ccadf...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > And to the two notes I would also add - include the nursery > rhymes - lots > and lots of nursery rhymes and nursery songs. let the > kids be the > characters as they 're-read' and retell the > rhymes! How can they 'hear > rhyme' if they don't sing, dance, and retell the poetry > embedded in nursery > rhymes. And those that are set to music make those > rhymes that much > richer. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:38:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: Joy <jwidm...@rocketmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Message-ID: <455407.56328...@web34703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Ditto what Lori said times ten! > > > Joy/NC/4 > > How children learn is as important as what they learn: > process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ljackson <ljack...@gwtc.net> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 7:55:37 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > > > Teach them to love to learn. Make them want it bad. Teach > them to share, play nice and think deeply. Don't turn it > into kindergarten--they have so little time to be children > these days. Sing and dance. Explore. Read to them--lots. > Play blocks, dress-up and pretend--we see so many coming to > school who don't seem to know how to be fanciful and > imaginative. > > > > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach and Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 5755 > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Mary Jo Chevalier <mjchevalier1...@yahoo.com> > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:43 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > > > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood > educator currently working in a pre-k classroom. My question > is directed toward Kindergarten teachers however all > teaching levels are welcome to respond. My question is : > What can I do as a teacher in a pre-k classroom to help > prepare the children for the literacy expectations that > occur in kindergarten. With the push down of curriculm so > much more is expected of kindergarteners and I want to do > all that I can to ensure their success in kindergarten. > > > > Mary Jo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 22:53:15 -0400 > From: Ali Schmidt <ali3...@gmail.com> > Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: "Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org" > <Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Message-ID: <8f181006-7b9f-4c99-a37b-cedfa7f50...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=us-ascii; > format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Hi all, > > My name is Ali and I am currently a Pre-K teacher working > towards my > Masters in Early Childhood Education. My question for > everyone is it > okay to have the children "find a book" everytime there are > a few > minutes to spare before transitions or does forced reading > decrease > their interest? Any thoughts? > > -Ali > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 23:59:13 -0500 > From: Beverlee Paul <beverleep...@gmail.com> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Literacy First > To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Message-ID: > <a1a9d4c50906062159i17fe8803n4d4a13b14b2f7...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello Members - I'm relying on you once again for > information. Do any of > you have any first-hand or, really, any information at all > about Literacy > First? I need to know right away because of a > potential job change. Thank > you so much. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 08:20:35 -0700 > From: Renee <phoenix...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Message-ID: <e6e4ba5c-f875-41bf-b746-183a58d11...@sbcglobal.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; > format=flowed > > Read them stories. > > Renee > > > On Jun 6, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Mary Jo Chevalier wrote: > > > Hi my name is Mary Jo and I am an early childhood > educator > > currently working in a pre-k classroom. My question is > directed > > toward Kindergarten teachers however all teaching > levels are > > welcome to respond. My question is : What can I do as > a teacher in > > a pre-k classroom to help prepare the children for the > literacy > > expectations that occur in kindergarten. With the push > down of > > curriculm so much more is expected of kindergarteners > and I want to > > do all that I can to ensure their success in > kindergarten. > > > > Mary Jo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a > more perfect > Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, > provide for > the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure > the > Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do > ordain and > establish this Constitution for the United States of > America." > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 11:43:20 -0400 > From: "Rachael Cecil" <rce...@scrtc.com> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Literacy First > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Message-ID: > <62f04f20c6a448f9a3867f1b78e2c...@rachaelebd4dcf> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I have taught in a Literacy First school for 8 years. > We are K-2 Literacy > First. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverlee Paul" <beverleep...@gmail.com> > To: <Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:59 AM > Subject: [MOSAIC] Literacy First > > > > Hello Members - I'm relying on you once again for > information. Do any of > > you have any first-hand or, really, any information at > all about Literacy > > First? I need to know right away because of a > potential job change. > > Thank > > you so much. > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8 > ************************************* > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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