Oh, yes! I forgot about this. There is a company that has reader's theater books that are leveled. You assign the parts according to the student's reading level. I'll have to check my stuff at school and let you know the name of the company.
Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You could also use Readers' Theater to build their fluency. It's more fun than just cold reads.... ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > > In a message dated 2/9/2007 5:41:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > But the thing that sticks with me most about your post is that you are > doing these fluency checks weekly. Let's see.... 20 students.... 5 > minutes per students (the test itself plus all the transition time and > notetaking).... that's 100 minutes a week that you are not teaching. > How do you feel about this? > > I would be interested in knowing what strategies you can get from your > literacy coach. > Renee > > > I must test each student that is below level grade, for me that is 9 > students. One of whom I just test on sight words because he is ESL and > hasn't > mastered them all yet. I forgot to mention I am supposed to l have each > student > read the passage three times and then take the best reading for > documentation > purposes. Yes, I MUST do this weekly, it is not optional. > > I am not sure if this is politically correct or not but I think my > students > would make more progress if they were being taught on their reading level, > not > their grade level. What is wrong with ability grouping for reading? Yes > I > know that they need to hear better readers, but even within a class of > "low > readers" there will still be varying levels of ability. Not to mention > that > they hear me read to them every day. > > I make this analogy: If I spend my whole day in a calculus class yet I > don't understand sixth grade math how am I to become a better math > student? > > Rosie > _______________________________________________ > 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.
