Do you happen to have the authors of these texts handy? Tara On Sep 15, 2006, at 9:55 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Working with grades 3-6, in modeling situations I have to tell you > that Guys Read, Guys Write is a wonderful resource of short > stories. And for nonfiction that grabs them by the... well, just > grabs them, try Oh, Yuck, The Encylopedia of Everything Nasty. > Disgusting? Oh, yeah. Top quality writing? You betcha. > > Lori > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:50 , Lisa Szyska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >> --- 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. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
