Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling

2011-05-16 Thread Susanne Lee
, 5/15/11, Patricia Kimathi wrote: From: Patricia Kimathi Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 2:10 PM Is this program on that the school must purchase or can individual teachers use

Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling

2011-05-15 Thread Renee
I used it as an individual teacher and I didn't buy anything. I took what I could from a workshop that I attended at a conference, and went from there. So I guess you'd say that I didn't really use the program per se, but I used the philosophy and strategies. Renee On May 15, 2011, at 11:

Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling

2011-05-15 Thread Patricia Kimathi
Is this program on that the school must purchase or can individual teachers use it? PatK On May 11, 2011, at 3:01 AM, Maureen Morrissey wrote: I use Rebecca Sitton too and think it does a great job. The children learn both the commonly written words and spelling patterns. The program is wea

Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling

2011-05-12 Thread Renee
s' spelling ability, specifically regarding homophones and other high-use words. I have found that some teachers refuse to use it with fidelity, and this hinders the program's effectiveness. --- On Wed, 5/11/11, Maureen Morrissey wrote: From: Maureen Morrissey Su

Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling

2011-05-12 Thread Jewelia Oswald
rogram's effectiveness. --- On Wed, 5/11/11, Maureen Morrissey wrote: From: Maureen Morrissey Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 5:01 AM I use Rebecca Sitton too and thi

Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling

2011-05-11 Thread Maureen Morrissey
I use Rebecca Sitton too and think it does a great job. The children learn both the commonly written words and spelling patterns. The program is weak on spelling pattern above the third grade level so I supplement with weekly making words activities. The program is aimed at transferring the correc

Re: [MOSAIC] question regarding spelling

2011-05-10 Thread Hoefling, Robyn
Hi Michelle, We are using Rebecca Sitton. A committee of teachers in our district spent a year investigating spelling programs and found this one to be the most authentic for learning words that are most often used in our writing (they call them priority words) and then you can customize the l

Re: [MOSAIC] Question regarding spelling program

2006-11-08 Thread Lori Donovan
We use the Rebecca Sitton program (most frequently used words) and we LOVE IT!!! Lori Multi-age 1-2 teacher >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies >Listserv" >To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Question regarding word study >Date: We