I have just ordered Linda Reif's new book, Readers' and Writers' Notebooks. she is such a GUTSY teacher....Can't wait to read her latest!
Do you guys see notebooking as the same as Writing Workshop, or something totally different? Just curious... "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) Melinda Hawkins 5th Grade LA/SS McCulloch Intermediate School Highland Park ISD (214) 780-2325 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/3/2007 3:41 pm >>> Alice, I think that's a very good lens to use for the year- what we feel we need to do for our students (reader's and writer's notebooks a la Atwell and Fletcher)?versus what we're required to do by our districts.? Are they complementary or how can we make them so? The list looks like it will keep us busy, Bill.:)? Perhaps the baseline assessment discussion should be sooner rather than later??? Karen Onyx Carusi Middle School -----Original Message----- From: Alice Cortigiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.' <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 1:47 pm Subject: Re: [LIT] topics for this year Hi, I'm currently reading Nanci Atwells new book, The Reading Zone. I'm loving it. I right in sink with her line of thinking...now to get it going in our LA classrooms who have much pressure to do other things. Alice -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill IVEY Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LIT] topics for this year Hi! We have an impressive list of proposed topics for this year which will frame our usual spontaneous discussions. I've tried to group and order them. Any thoughts, including additional topics which now occur to you? Thanks! - how other schools started in their new schools (first year--opening) - how others flip-flop reading and writing workshop (or how they work both into their curriculum) - student leadership - Empowering students to have a voice in the decision making process of clubs, projects, etc. in a school. - By November, would like to discuss strategies on scaffolding instruction with a focus in cultural diversity. - differentiation that focuses on higher level thinking skills for struggling readers - scaffolding instruction, esp. w/ ESL and ESE populations, specifically how do you begin pulling support away without causing the students to panic or disengage? - Baseline Assessment-Various Models - real-life activities for assessment - How do others work test prep into their workshops. - Using Short texts for small group instruction - Wisdom of using independent reading instead of class novels - how teachers are team teaching/collaborative teaching. Take care, Bill _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
