Re: [MOSAIC] Standardized reading tests + reading workshop

2007-07-23 Thread Maggie Dillier
Kat, You have given me some FABULOUS ideas for test preparation. I love the idea of integrating the questions into the normal read-aloud time. So you have the kids themselves think of a question type (main idea, for example) that fits with what you just read, and then *they* create the answer

[MOSAIC] Standardized reading tests + reading workshop (cross-posted)

2007-07-22 Thread Maggie Dillier
Hi all, I am thinking about how to best prepare my kids for the state reading test this year. I don't want to do a very traditional, here are the 12 types of questions and I'll cram passages down your throat for 12 weeks approach - I'd like to make it as authentic and workshop-esque as possible.

Re: [MOSAIC] Standardized reading tests + reading workshop(cross-posted)

2007-07-22 Thread Kitty Young
get the kids that are well below grade level at the beginning of the year. Kat 3rd/TX - Original Message - From: Maggie Dillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Standardized reading tests + reading workshop(cross