The district purchased kits for teachers in grades 3-6. I was asked to "assign" trade books to certain grade levels. I rather arbitrarily determined which grade levels would use the materials that come with the comprehension toolkit. I looked at how the articles/tradebooks integrated with each grade level's content in ss and science. I am asking the teachers to send me text that they find effective in teaching the strategies. I'll keep it posted for all buildings to share. Carol On Sep 15, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Lisa Szyska wrote:
> --- Paula Rushia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think >> that you'd be able to use many articles from the >> Source of Short Text because many may be too >> difficult for third graders. Just my thoughts... >> Paula/5/NH > > Yes, that is an excellent point. I bypassed MANY of > those Source of Short Text pieces as a third grade > teacher...way too long and difficult. In addition to > picture books, I often used a Time for Kids from the > 4th grade teacher in 3rd because those articles a > little meatier than the 3rd grade ones. Ask magazine > from Carus Pub. also has engaging nonfiction articles. > Then we could practice with the 3rd grade ones. Any > well written text works though. I think I finally > realized that there is nothing magical about the ones > in the kit after I tried using that "Stealing Beauty" > article the first time out...what a flop. > > Lisa > 2/3 loop, IL > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http:// > literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
