Sally - I wonder if you could share with us the program that you mentioned which is a modified version of Reading Recovery? I would love to have that training, but out district doesn't have the funds as present. Is the program that you learned about in grad school something that could be purchased as a text? I would appreciate any information that you could provide. Thanks in advance.
Linda -------------- Original message -------------- From: "SALLY DEFINNIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Michelle, > I am a K-5 Literacy Coach and I have been on a soapbox about the fact that > Guided Reading "as prescribed" IS NOT an intervention strategy in itself. We > just got a new Title I coordinator two years ago and she immediately wanted > her > T-I teachers to start doing Guided Reading. Her argument was that it would be > a > "better" form of Guided Reading with the T-I teachers. A lovely slap in the > face to regular classroom teachers with whom I work closely with, and quite > simply not true. Our DRA scores took a dip in grades K-3, because basically > what > we now had, was NO intervention for T-I kids. This will soon change. > I do, however, see Reading Recovery, Corrective Reading, Read Naturally, > Wilson, and Orton Gillingham as true interventions. There are many others, > and > I actually was taught a modified form of Reading Recovery that uses Guided > Reading as a piece in grad. school that is much more effective than Guided > Reading alone. I would agree with you; why would we think that more of the > same > would work, if it hasn't yet? > Inferring and authors purpose are our primary struggles in upper > elementary. As far as using STW independently...as a coach, the way I best > get > to see kids using them is through writing samples, because I can't be in > their > classrooms all the time. Teachers are always sending me student work. I hope > some of this is comforting if not helpful. > Sally > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 2:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15 > > > > I've been reading and learning from this site for about a year now and have > loved all the information and comments I've gleaned. I'm a reading specialist > in a well to do district, working with 4th & 5th grade readers who, for the > most part, have fluency down but have enormous trouble understanding what > they've read. We use Fountas and Pinnel as our "bible" and the > interventionists > are expected to use guided reading to help the students get up to speed. I > feel that the kids get the guided reading in the classroom and that hasn't > worked, so I need to use something else. I was a reading recovery teacher as > well as middle school intervention which was skills based. What do you other > interventionists use for upper primary kids? Also- our teachers (and I) feel > that if there's one thing the kids have trouble with, it's inferring. Anyone > else agree? By the way- I've been using the Strategies that Work but seem to > have trouble getting the kids to the point of independently using them-any > others have ideas? > thanks- Michelle 4/5 NY > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > > This message (including any attachments) is intended only for > the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and > may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, > privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under > applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, notify us immediately by telephone and > (i) destroy this message if a facsimile or (ii) delete this message > immediately if this is an electronic communication. > > Thank you. > Berwick Area School District >
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