Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
Totally agree! I have been reading this awesome book about your topic...it is called the Book Whisperer, by Donnalyn Miller. It is a must read for ALL teachers. I am actually going to email my teachers to tell them about this book and how they need to read it over the summer. It talks about workshops and how it worksgreat stuff... -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+williamska=palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+williamska=palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.o rg] On Behalf Of Nancy Ehrlich Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 7:38 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models I totally feel your frustration. I am the only one at my school using Reading Workshop/Strategies approach. No one else wants to learn it. I have found that those who embrace the basals are those with the most fear and insecurity. They follow the philosophy of I followed the prescription, so it isn't my fault if the student doesn't succeed. Also, the teacher next door to me loves the basal due to the routine. She does the same type of activity every week. Vocabulary on Monday, Skill of the week on Tuesday, Read the story with the class on Wednesday, etc. She loves structure. Here is the good news: the student teacher I am getting in the fall LOVES strategies. She was my student observer this winter and said everyone of her reading courses focused on Reading Strategies. Hooray!! She is so excited about the technique and can't wait to try it. NO bad habits to break. Thank goodness we have this group to discuss what matters. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Yingling yingli...@frontiernet.net wrote: As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- Nancy ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- --Palm Beach County Schools- Rated A by the Florida Department of Education 2005-2009 -Home of Florida's first LEED Gold Certified School- ---http://www.palmbeachschools.org- The District of Palm Beach County is an Equal Education Opportunity Provider and Employer. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
I've attached some links if you are a Donnalyn Miller fan. (I'm not her agent. Just like her philosophy and wanted to provide resources!) If you are on Twitter, Donnalyn Miller is great to follow. Here is the link: http://twitter.com/donalynbooks Also, you can become a fan on Facebook. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Book-Whisperer/122318753549?ref=nfJustsearch her name and you will find her. She writes great blogs, too. Here is the link: http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2010/04/resources_for_discovering_book_2.html Another great read is Kelly Gallagher's Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It (I found it on Amazon.) Hope this is helpful. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Karen Williams(2141) william...@palmbeach.k12.fl.us wrote: Totally agree! I have been reading this awesome book about your topic...it is called the Book Whisperer, by Donnalyn Miller. It is a must read for ALL teachers. I am actually going to email my teachers to tell them about this book and how they need to read it over the summer. It talks about workshops and how it worksgreat stuff... -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+williamska=palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+williamska mosaic-bounces%2Bwilliamska= palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.o rg] On Behalf Of Nancy Ehrlich Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 7:38 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models I totally feel your frustration. I am the only one at my school using Reading Workshop/Strategies approach. No one else wants to learn it. I have found that those who embrace the basals are those with the most fear and insecurity. They follow the philosophy of I followed the prescription, so it isn't my fault if the student doesn't succeed. Also, the teacher next door to me loves the basal due to the routine. She does the same type of activity every week. Vocabulary on Monday, Skill of the week on Tuesday, Read the story with the class on Wednesday, etc. She loves structure. Here is the good news: the student teacher I am getting in the fall LOVES strategies. She was my student observer this winter and said everyone of her reading courses focused on Reading Strategies. Hooray!! She is so excited about the technique and can't wait to try it. NO bad habits to break. Thank goodness we have this group to discuss what matters. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Yingling yingli...@frontiernet.net wrote: As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- Nancy ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- --Palm Beach County Schools- Rated A by the Florida Department of Education 2005-2009 -Home of Florida's first LEED Gold Certified School- ---http://www.palmbeachschools.org- The District of Palm Beach County is an Equal Education Opportunity Provider
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
You are the best... thanks for the headsup! -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+williamska=palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+williamska=palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.o rg] On Behalf Of Nancy Ehrlich Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 12:31 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models I've attached some links if you are a Donnalyn Miller fan. (I'm not her agent. Just like her philosophy and wanted to provide resources!) If you are on Twitter, Donnalyn Miller is great to follow. Here is the link: http://twitter.com/donalynbooks Also, you can become a fan on Facebook. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Book-Whisperer/122318753549?ref=nfJust search her name and you will find her. She writes great blogs, too. Here is the link: http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2010/04/resources_for_di scovering_book_2.html Another great read is Kelly Gallagher's Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It (I found it on Amazon.) Hope this is helpful. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Karen Williams(2141) william...@palmbeach.k12.fl.us wrote: Totally agree! I have been reading this awesome book about your topic...it is called the Book Whisperer, by Donnalyn Miller. It is a must read for ALL teachers. I am actually going to email my teachers to tell them about this book and how they need to read it over the summer. It talks about workshops and how it worksgreat stuff... -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+williamska=palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+williamska mosaic-bounces%2Bwilliamska= palmbeach.k12.fl...@literacyworkshop.o rg] On Behalf Of Nancy Ehrlich Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 7:38 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models I totally feel your frustration. I am the only one at my school using Reading Workshop/Strategies approach. No one else wants to learn it. I have found that those who embrace the basals are those with the most fear and insecurity. They follow the philosophy of I followed the prescription, so it isn't my fault if the student doesn't succeed. Also, the teacher next door to me loves the basal due to the routine. She does the same type of activity every week. Vocabulary on Monday, Skill of the week on Tuesday, Read the story with the class on Wednesday, etc. She loves structure. Here is the good news: the student teacher I am getting in the fall LOVES strategies. She was my student observer this winter and said everyone of her reading courses focused on Reading Strategies. Hooray!! She is so excited about the technique and can't wait to try it. NO bad habits to break. Thank goodness we have this group to discuss what matters. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Yingling yingli...@frontiernet.net wrote: As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- Nancy ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
Does anyone have any ideas for what a grade 4 could do for the spring concert I would like it to be sensational! Thanks in advance for your thoughts. - Original Message - From: Beverlee Paul beverleep...@gmail.com To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models It's so hard to go it alone. Thank goodness you have this group!! On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Yingling yingli...@frontiernet.net wrote: As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals.Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
I am also one of very few teachers in my grade level that embrace and teach reading strategies. I keep current with best practices. Other teachers teach reading only through guided reading. i don't get it??? We have a new adoption this year that includes shared and guided reading. The teacher's guide includes lessons on strategies. It is ok. But I know several teachers who don't really use it. I can always tell the students that I get every year who have had teachers that teach reading strategies, etc --- On Mon, 3/29/10, Nancy Ehrlich nancy.ehrl...@gmail.com wrote: From: Nancy Ehrlich nancy.ehrl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 7:37 PM I totally feel your frustration. I am the only one at my school using Reading Workshop/Strategies approach. No one else wants to learn it. I have found that those who embrace the basals are those with the most fear and insecurity. They follow the philosophy of I followed the prescription, so it isn't my fault if the student doesn't succeed. Also, the teacher next door to me loves the basal due to the routine. She does the same type of activity every week. Vocabulary on Monday, Skill of the week on Tuesday, Read the story with the class on Wednesday, etc. She loves structure. Here is the good news: the student teacher I am getting in the fall LOVES strategies. She was my student observer this winter and said everyone of her reading courses focused on Reading Strategies. Hooray!! She is so excited about the technique and can't wait to try it. NO bad habits to break. Thank goodness we have this group to discuss what matters. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Yingling yingli...@frontiernet.net wrote: As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- Nancy ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
Teachers in the Salem-Keizer School District are implementing a model that was developed here. http://www.salkeiz.k12.or.us/content/comprehensive-k-12-literacy-model The website includes model definitions and specific core standards. Carol Christ Literacy intervention teacher Salem, Oregon ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
I totally feel your frustration. I am the only one at my school using Reading Workshop/Strategies approach. No one else wants to learn it. I have found that those who embrace the basals are those with the most fear and insecurity. They follow the philosophy of I followed the prescription, so it isn't my fault if the student doesn't succeed. Also, the teacher next door to me loves the basal due to the routine. She does the same type of activity every week. Vocabulary on Monday, Skill of the week on Tuesday, Read the story with the class on Wednesday, etc. She loves structure. Here is the good news: the student teacher I am getting in the fall LOVES strategies. She was my student observer this winter and said everyone of her reading courses focused on Reading Strategies. Hooray!! She is so excited about the technique and can't wait to try it. NO bad habits to break. Thank goodness we have this group to discuss what matters. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Yingling yingli...@frontiernet.net wrote: As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- Nancy ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models
It's so hard to go it alone. Thank goodness you have this group!! On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Yingling yingli...@frontiernet.net wrote: As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or Strategies That Work. - Original Message - Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a program or series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a basal series to provide continuity which some teachers need and love and left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows it to grow and change based on their students' needs? ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals.Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
