EDWARD JACKSON
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:06:37 -0800
Sounds like reading workshop to me. And your description was clear.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist
Broken Bow, NE
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> From: domina.nata...@north-haven.k12.ct.us
> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:35:11 -0500
> Subject: [MOSAIC] Richard Allington
>
> He said during reading time kids need to be reading. Not doing worksheets,
> not doing assignments--reading. (In books at their level that kids find
> interesting and engaging)
> He did say that teachers should be meeting with small groups or one-on-one
> with students. I know when I was at the Reading and Writing Project's summer
> institute this year one of my instructors (Kathleen Tolan) talked about the
> importance of making sure our small group lessons don't take away from kids'
> reading time. She suggested that after we've done our teaching, when we have
> kids practice what we've taught in the small group, we have all the other
> kids in the group reading while we're checking up on each individual.
> I feel like I'm not describing this well. Hopefully you can all read between
> the lines ("infer") and make sense even if I'm having a hard time
> articulating my thoughts tonight. Anyway, I think Allington would probably
> be of that mind. Definitely meet with small groups, but make sure that we
> don't spend a lot of time in the group having kids just listen to us, or just
> watch other kids read. I'd guess he'd say to talk briefly and get the kids
> back into reading.
> Natasha
>
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> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:22:09 -0800
> From: Jan Sanders <jgou...@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RTI
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> Did he say what that 2 hours of reading should be? Pure reading? I
> envision some to take it as lots of phonics and skills lessons.
> Jan
>
>
> On 11/10/09 12:27 PM, "Domina.Natasha"
> <domina.nata...@north-haven.k12.ct.us> wrote:
>
>>
>> I just heard Richard Allington speak on Saturday and he said that 2 hours of
>> reading per day will mean that a struggling reader doesn't fall further
>> behind. If we want them to close the gap and catch up to their peers they
>> should be reading even more than that. (He was talking about RtI so maybe
>> his
>> new book on RtI would have more information about that.)
>> Natasha
>>
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