I think that is a problem across the board. Our school is listing grade level text that can/should be used solely for that grade level. Of course you can go deeper than the previous year but some texts need to be unseen/new to the students. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Almond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] teaching strategies
>I am in the same boat. I have been using the materials from the > Comprehension Toolkit for several years in fourth grade and this year > third grade started using the exact same materials. I don't have a > problem with reteaching the exact same strategies because they will > inevitably dig deeper into them from year to year. My problem is that now > I have to go and locate new material next year because I don't want the > kids using the same things to practice their strategies with each year. > Our literacy facilitator finally stepped in right before Christmas and > told them to find different material because most of what is in the > Toolkit is too difficult for the third graders. She also ordered fourth > grade a subscription to National Geographic for Kids so I can use them > next year. Is anyone else running into this problem or is it just me > being too territorial? > > "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" > <[email protected]> on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 9:23 AM > -0500 wrote: >>Once again our staff met to share lessons and activities that we use >>while teaching the reading strategies. A new strategey is introduced >>monthly. And once again several grade levels are using the same >>materials and books to teach the strategies during guided reading. How >>do you handle this situation? I believe that each year we should be >>"digging a little deeper" while teaching the strategies, not reteaching >>something that the kids learned the year before. How can we change this >>practice....we have to make our teaching better for our students if we >>want to help them become successful readers. Thank you. > > > > Angela Hatley Almond > Fourth Grade > East Albemarle Elementary School > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
