Re: [MOSAIC] help with spelling and phonics

2007-07-11 Thread baguzman
Also, Patricia Cunningham's "Phonics They Use" is an excellent resource! - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] help with spelling and phonics > Here is what I use. Fontas and Pinnell &qu

Re: [MOSAIC] help with spelling and phonics

2007-05-28 Thread swalkerd
s like spelling bee champions do...they don't write their words 10xs each. They STUDY the words by taking them apartand that is the phonics. Shelby and Veronica Walker -Original Message- From: Rosa Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 27 Ma

Re: [MOSAIC] help with spelling and phonics

2007-05-27 Thread lindafarns
Rosa - With regard to your concerns about an authentic way to teach children spelling, have you ever looked at Words Their Way (the original text, not the newly, complete with workbooks, published version) or Word Journeys by Kathy Ganske? I was extremely fortunate to have had Kathy as my gradu

Re: [MOSAIC] help with spelling and phonics

2007-05-27 Thread Tim Rasinski
HI Rosa -- you flatter me with your kind comments. Thank you. One comment about the word family poems -- the poems contain word families -- so it is a great way to teach those important word families -- you are right on the money with that insight. But also, the poems need to practiced and p

[MOSAIC] help with spelling and phonics

2007-05-27 Thread Rosa Roper
Hello, I am working on planning for the next school year- and I could use some help. I am going to have a 2nd grade inclusion classroom- students with various disabilities will be included- mostly students with learning disabilities- so it is very important to me that I meet everyones needs. I