This is why it was so hard to think of leaving my school last year. Thank goodness our new administrator embraces what I'm doing. Although I envy school systems with libraries, leveled book rooms, and other fabulous resources, having the freedom and flexibility to do things like this is a privilege I won't easily give up.
Tracy Gaestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And I am doing Open Court. I am jealous, jealous, jealous. I sneak good read-alouds into my lessons and teach real comprehension strategies and help my first graders begin to break the code and become strategic listeners and readers. By and large, I'm comfortable with what I do, but this lesson just spoke to my soul. Keep on teaching and sharing, Joy, we need it!! Tracy HappyOn Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:32:09 -0800, Joy wrote: > We're revisiting Determining Importance this week by doing a Textmapping > project using a short book about the Trail of Tears. The groups were > actively engaged in determining importance like I've never seen them > before. Today we highlighted text features like italics and bold print. > Tomorrow we will highlight names of people, places, and geographic > features (rivers, lakes, mountains, etc.). Friday we are going to > highlight the problems encountered by the Cherokee, and the solutions, > if any. Then we are going to create story bags using icons the students > will create to signify their own imaginary journey along the Trail of > Tears. > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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. Joy/NC/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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.
