[MOSAIC] Quick Reads

2006-11-15 Thread Heather Wall
Has anyone used "Quick Reads" from Pearson Publishing for fluency? It looks like it costs big bucks and several schools I know of are spending the bucks on it. Is it worth it? Is it effective? Thanks for any input you can give... Heather ___ Mosaic ma

Re: [MOSAIC] Quick Reads

2006-11-16 Thread Readinglady1
I purchased one copy of each level for my grade on amazon - used. I photocopy for my students a passage each week. The passages are interesting and the kids are reading it each night for homework and timed by me on Friday. So far they seem to enjoy doing it. If I had to purchase the ent

Re: [MOSAIC] Quick Reads

2006-11-16 Thread Caudill, Amanda
] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:10 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Quick Reads I purchased one copy of each level for my grade on amazon - used. I photocopy for my students a passage each week. The passages are interesting and the kids are reading it each night for

Re: [MOSAIC] Quick Reads

2006-11-16 Thread Melvin L. Nichols
I'm in my third year of using Quick Reads in my Title I program. It is an "approved" intervention for fluency with comprehension. We began by using the second and third grade editions. I went through the curricular maps for those grades and matched the passages with the maps. This has been v

Re: [MOSAIC] Quick Reads

2006-11-17 Thread Terri Crowell
e: [MOSAIC] Quick Reads I purchased one copy of each level for my grade on amazon - used. I photocopy for my students a passage each week. The passages are interesting and the kids are reading it each night for homework and timed by me on Friday. So far they seem to enjoy doing it. If I had t