Re: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller

2009-06-25 Thread Tamara Westmoreland
I too, refer back to my professional books all the time- they are covered with sticky notes and I also share them with my collegues. May sound silly- but they are my treasures! From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org

Re: [MOSAIC] art and literacy

2009-06-25 Thread LIGATORS
This is a new teacher's site; _http://eev.liu.edu/nehrembrandt/index.htm_ (http://eev.liu.edu/nehrembrandt/index.htm) , although it's focus is Rembrandt the teaching ideas can be applied to any work of art. E. Grill Literacy Consultant In a message dated 6/25/2009 12:39:21 A.M. Eastern

Re: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller

2009-06-25 Thread Robyn Kouw
Lori, I was very excited to see `Interactive Writing' on your list. I am a huge advocate of interactive writing. I recently worked with students across the school, from beginning writers to Group 6 students, using interactive writing. I took videos of some of the lessons for a workshop

Re: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller

2009-06-25 Thread Joy
Everything I do in literacy refers back to the work of these two. While many others wrote about the workshop approach, to me they provided me with a clear picture of exactly how this looks, sounds, and feels. I cannot imagine what my class would be like without the routines and procedures they

Re: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller

2009-06-25 Thread Joy
Lori, Now here's a title I'm not familiar with! Can you tell me the author? Joy/NC/4 A Fresh Approach to Writing ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to

Re: [MOSAIC] art and literacy

2009-06-25 Thread Waingort Jimenez, Elisa
Couldn't open up the page. Do you have another link or name to search under? Thanks, Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. —Helen

Re: [MOSAIC] Cunningham Debbie Miller

2009-06-25 Thread Ljackson
Donald Graves, an old classic Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 - Original message - From: Joy jwidm...@rocketmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date:

Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities

2009-06-25 Thread drmarinaccio
YES, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO START WITH A NEEDS ASSESSMENT ...FIND OUT ABOUT THE (OOOPS SORRY CAPS LOCK again) to find the degree of communication anxiety amongst university students, then we are going to come up with an intervention and maybe even start a student center for oral communication

Re: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program?

2009-06-25 Thread drmarinaccio
Hysterical Jennifer. -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 4:29 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? Sure, Lori. My district trained me in Wilson. (It was the most painful three days I have

Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)

2009-06-25 Thread drmarinaccio
This is an excellent conversation that needs to continue:) Sure. It has been a while and I hope I remember accurately... those of you who use DRA, pipe up if you see I mischaracterize the DRA. We thought the text was more interesting and better quality in F and P. We liked the idea of

Re: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s)

2009-06-25 Thread hccarlson
Those are the same reasons I liked it. I know our first grade teachers preferred over Rigby; one reason was some of our first graders topped out of Rigby. I administered it to 5th graders and I felt it gave me a lot of information. I didn't use the writing portion because we already have a

[MOSAIC] picturing writing

2009-06-25 Thread mhchappetto
I had never heard of this website, but, the concept is so logical!  I visited the website: http:// and it looks really cool!  I agree that students often don't get enough of the arts, however, this seems to go beyond just exposing them to the arts, it teaches those visual and kinesthetic

Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities

2009-06-25 Thread MARY KRAMER
We have SATs but they are different. Our SATs are single students, not groups of students. In PCLs we talk about anchor lessons and how to group students. We might discuss a student that needs to go to SAT. Usually we focus on a strategy and look at research or a book like RWM and what we are

Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities

2009-06-25 Thread MARY KRAMER
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:43 PM, MARY KRAMER mkra...@cbcsd.org wrote: We have SATs but they are different. Our SATs are single students, not groups of students. In PCLs we talk about anchor lessons and how to group students. We might discuss a student that needs to go to SAT. Usually we