[MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-19 Thread Lauren Marie Checkeroski
I am going to be doing my early childhood student teaching in the fall. I have already been able to tour the early childhood center where I will be at and I noticed (and have noticed in many other early childhood classrooms) that many things are labeled for the children. The crayon box is labe

Re: [MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-19 Thread CNJPALMER
Lauren Labeling the objects in a child's environment is a great thing to do. Eventually, we want kids to just look at words and know them. When you read, you know all the words...you don't sound them all out. Knowing some words by sight gives kids a boost so they don't have to labor throug

Re: [MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-20 Thread Kinderjane
Lauren, This is something else to think about when you get your own classroom. Don't label everything ahead of time. Do it gradually and WITH the children. If you do it ahead of time, they will pay less attention to it and it will be less meaningful. Also, help them make meaningful co

Re: [MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-20 Thread EDWARD JACKSON
oomin' garden of literate folks! Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:22:34 -0400 > From: ay5...@wayne.edu > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] labeling > > I am going to

Re: [MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-20 Thread ck...@mail.usf.edu
-Original Message- Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:14:09 am To: From: "EDWARD JACKSON" Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] labeling What children are doing is associating print with meaning but I have to agree with the poster who suggests that these labels must be co-created. When I

Re: [MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-21 Thread Debbie Goodis
i To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:22:34 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] labeling I am going to be doing my early childhood student teaching in the fall. I have already been able to tour the early childhood center where I will be at and I noticed (and have noticed in many

Re: [MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-22 Thread Renee
I don't believe that anyone is proposing that labeling parts of the classroom constitutes an entire reading program. I also don't believe that reading instruction should be "phonics based," but rather that it should be "meaning based" with phonics instruction being one of the tools used. Rene

Re: [MOSAIC] labeling

2009-08-23 Thread Debbie Goodis
Email Group Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:36:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] labeling I don't believe that anyone is proposing that labeling parts of the classroom constitutes an entire reading program. I also don't believe that reading instruction should be "phonics based," but