Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-18 Thread Joy
I'm finding this intriguing, and I'm having a bit of an "aha!" moment, as well. I can see a few of my fourth grade students in your description, especially one little boy who takes so long to process information that he makes comments five minutes later into conversations. He then erroneously pa

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15/now reading + writing

2007-01-18 Thread Joy
I try to keep reading and writing connected. I have my kids write about the connections they are making. They write a daily log about their reading during SSR, and they also write about the reading they are doing nightly at home. At the beginning of the year I direct their responses, then I let

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread sally.thomas4
f they answer the question correctly, they've done what they need to do. State tests, however, require some kind of validation. How do we address this? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Joy Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 5:12 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehensio

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread Kukonis
As a first grade teacher I am finding kids also having difficulty making connections...which traditionally has been easier to comprehend then some of the other strategies. I must preface by saying I have a lot of kids with sensory issues (AD/HD, sensory integration, and some other pdd stuff)

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread Jones, Rex
STINA, KRISTIN Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 5:42 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15 Rex, Your email reminds me so much of our Choice Words discussion, where Peter Johnston speaks of building agency in children. Getting childr

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread Jones, Rex
done what they need to do. State tests, however, require some kind of validation. How do we address this? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Joy Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 5:12 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosai

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread ljackson
in the workshop? You might even do some > demonstration lessons for them. > > Cris Tovani has also written some great books to get educators thinking about > how to grow readers. > > Rex Jones > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread lindafarns
t; Sally > > > > > ____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 2:23 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15 > > > > I'

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread GRISTINA, KRISTIN
_ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jones, Rex Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 3:19 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15 Hi Michelle: I'm a principal in an affluent district just over the state line from you. I struggle with

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread Joy
Funny, my students who have been diagnosed with learning differences do fine with inferring, it's finding facts and details within the text that they struggle with. I think all the years of not "getting" it have made them very good at taking sketchy information and stitching it together to make

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread sally.thomas4
ension Strategies Listserv" Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15 Hi Michelle: I'm a principal in an affluent district just over the state line from you. I struggle with same kinds of issues you're identifying, and I've come to the conclusion that the b

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread SALLY DEFINNIS
__ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 2:23 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15 I've been reading and learning from this site for about a year now and have loved all the information and comments I've

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread Jones, Rex
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:24 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15 I've been reading and learning from this site for about a year now and have loved all the information and com

Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

2007-01-17 Thread Plongshell
I've been reading and learning from this site for about a year now and have loved all the information and comments I've gleaned. I'm a reading specialist in a well to do district, working with 4th & 5th grade readers who, for the most part, have fluency down but have enormous trouble underst