Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-12 Thread Christina Kmet
Including pictures. . . - At the beginning of the year, we read "No, David" by David Shannon. Then, we make a T-Chart listing things that we should be doing in the classroom and things we shouldn't be doing in the classroom. Then, we created a "No, Class!" class-book. I took pictures of kids doing

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am loving reading about getting started and have/will do this with my kindergarteners (it will be my 2nd year in the fall--did 1st for 8 years) but I am wondering if anyone out there has done something other than t charts that are wordy for non-readers I was thinking about doing dig

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-11 Thread ljackson
Actually, Ginger, I would like to print this in our district newsletter. Would you mind? On 7/10/08 8:54 PM, "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Ginger, > It's great to have you back on the listserv. I love your post below and I do > something similar to what you describe

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-10 Thread Waingort Jimenez, Elisa
Hey Ginger, It's great to have you back on the listserv. I love your post below and I do something similar to what you describe but I have to admit I'm not consistent and I let things go when I shouldn't. This sends a mixed message to the students and makes management of learning very difficul

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-10 Thread CNJPALMER
Ginger I can't resist jumping in here... When you explictly teach children how to listen to each other and how to respond to each other you are setting up the climate for intellectual engagement that Ellin describes so eloquently in To Understand. Ellin describes the conditions needed for

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-10 Thread MrsJRoman
I certainly agree with Lori, your voice has really been missed. Welcome back Ginger! June **Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus0005000112) __

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-10 Thread Ljackson
Ginger, I am going to break your rules, it's not like the first time, right?, and post a public, personal WELCOME BACK! Your voice has been missed. Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 > ___

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-10 Thread Zoe Jackson
You're back!!! Zoe On Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 10:31 AM, ginger/rob wrote: > As many of you know, I took a years break from the listserv. I > entrusted > the moderation role to Jennifer and she has done a superb job. > Jennifer > will continue to retain the title "moderator" again th

Re: [MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-10 Thread Lyndsay Buehler
> I have an easel with chart paper already filled out > with many pages of a T-chart I use (and wish EVERYONE would use, because it > is SO POWERFUL!!!) that says: LOOKS LIKE on one side and SOUNDS LIKE on the > other side. T-charts are awesome! When I made these with my grade 1 students last yea

[MOSAIC] getting started/procedures

2008-07-10 Thread ginger/rob
As many of you know, I took a years break from the listserv. I entrusted the moderation role to Jennifer and she has done a superb job. Jennifer will continue to retain the title "moderator" again this year. As for me, especially after attending Stephanie Harvey's 2 day institute, I am ready