Re: [MOSAIC] fitting it all in

2011-05-16 Thread Nancy Wittner
Fitting it all in. That really has become the question in this time of high stakes testing. I don't have THE answer but I have been struggling with that issue myself. What I try to do is focus on a skill such as cause and effect and a strategy such as inferences at the same time during a unit

Re: [MOSAIC] (mosaic) fitting it all in

2006-09-17 Thread RICHARD THEXTON
We also have kids who can't read the HM below level books. Do you have a book room with leveled texts available for your use with small groups? Sounds like you need to drop down some levels in order to find their instructional level. STAR is really not a great indicator of their true reading

Re: [MOSAIC] (mosaic) fitting it all in

2006-09-17 Thread ljackson
Marie Clay has a book called Running Records for Teachers. My previous principal called it Running Records for Dummies, because it is very clear, very simple and very straight forward--like the Dummy series for technology. I highly recommend it as a place to start. Lori On Sun, 17 Sep

Re: [MOSAIC] (mosaic) fitting it all in

2006-09-17 Thread ljackson
Marie Clay has a book called Running Records for Teachers. My previous principal called it Running Records for Dummies, because it is very clear, very simple and very straight forward--like the Dummy series for technology. I highly recommend it as a place to start. Lori On Sun, 17 Sep

Re: [MOSAIC] (mosaic) fitting it all in

2006-09-17 Thread ljackson
Marie Clay has a book called Running Records for Teachers. My previous principal called it Running Records for Dummies, because it is very clear, very simple and very straight forward--like the Dummy series for technology. I highly recommend it as a place to start. Lori On Sun, 17 Sep

Re: [MOSAIC] (mosaic) fitting it all in

2006-09-17 Thread ljackson
Marie Clay has a book called Running Records for Teachers. My previous principal called it Running Records for Dummies, because it is very clear, very simple and very straight forward--like the Dummy series for technology. I highly recommend it as a place to start. Lori On Sun, 17 Sep