I read her book maybe 10 years ago but have recommended it to secondary English teachers since many times. Linda has a classroom in which reading and writing workshop approaches are central. But she explained that unlike Nancy Atwell - she didn't get two periods a day to teach literacy. Nancy can have both reading and writing workshops every day! Of course she is also the principaL of her own school now. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO GO TO ONE OF HER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS do it. Lots of wonderful new ideas and resources since her book. And she brings the primary and intermediate teachers from her school who do their own sessions. They make money for their school by doing this.
Back to Linda, and I am only roughly remembering, she does reading and writing workshops by chunks instead of trying to fit them in every week. So reading for weeks (can't remember but maybe a quarter)...then writing for a quarter. She also has a quarter in which she does a rich thematic unit involving both reading and writing. And I remember she did say that yes, once in awhile her whole class reads a book together! You would need to read her book to get this explicitly. And she has some especially wonderful thoughts and examples of assessment! What I got from this though is that we shouldn't try to do a little bit of this and that every day or week just to achieve balance. It was better to think about balance over longer periods of time. This way kids can really immerse themselves. I'm all for that. Depth and time make all the difference in the world. She was editor for Voices from the Middle for a number of years and I read so many wonderful pieces by her. She is one of my all time favorites!! Anything by Rief will be wonderful sally On 2/21/07 4:29 PM, "Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sally, > Could you please tell me more about Reif? As you know, my school uses a > project based model, and I would like to learn more about how to do this. I'm > always pressed for time, and I think it would help. > > thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This makes sense to me....and it is somewhat similar to Rief's approacha s > well. Sally > > > On 2/19/07 4:21 PM, "Trish Underwood" > wrote: > >> >>> I have tried reading and writing workshop, but there is not enough >>> consistency when you break up the week. If >something isn't done in the 2 >>> or 3 day "limit", you have to carry it over to the next week if you don't >>> assign something >to be done at home. >> >> I'm now teaching younger kids...But, when I taught 7th-10th grade, I found I >> couldn't do the 1/2 week reading, 1/2 week writing thing. I ultimately went >> to doing a reading-based unit (obviously, there's writing in there, but the >> focus was reading) & then a writing-based (again, obviously there was >> reading involved) unit next. >> >> It helped me keep my sanity to have a reading focus for a while, and then >> switch to a writing focus. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
