I've used the daybook before w/ middle schoolers, but I never used the "lessons" only the selections out of them.
For purchasing a series, I would look for one that has good selections. I never use any of the "teaching guides" that come with anything I'm given. Newbridge has good nonfiction, but I'm not sure how low a level it goes to. I've used it w/ middle schoolers. On 2/12/07, Mary Dovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please forgive the cross post, but my supervisor seems interested suddenly > in purchasing a reading series for grades 4 to 8. I'm flabbergasted--to > me, > authentic trade books are the basis for teaching reading. (We use a > variety > of sources for teaching writing.) > > This may be a done deal, but I'm going to try to do my best to guide the > purchase as best I can--if I can. Any and all comments on materials you > like, things you hate, etc., would be appreciated. One specific I'm > interested in is what materials you've found that best help teach grammar > and punctuation, particularly in the context of writer's workshop. > > Thanks for all your help, in advance. If our teachers get stuck with some > lame "series" it'll make my job as instructional coach for literacy a > nightmare... > > Mary D. > > P.S. I have samples of Great Source's Sourcebook and Daybook for each > grade > but I'm not certain how helpful they'd be. Anyone use them? > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
