Hi Joy -- sounds like you are using DIBELS in a very thoughtful manner. We use it also in our work with kids -- it can offer some good information on how to work with students. The DIBELS scores will improve with good solid teaching that is always focused on making meaning.
tim At 11:00 AM 5/26/2007 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Tim, > Welcome! Your comments about fluency are right on with what I do in my > classroom. I am not teaching my students to read faster, they are reading > faster and with better expression because they are becoming better at > comprehension. The strategies I teach them give them real tools to help > them become better readers. I hope I made that clear in my earlier post. > > I don't remember the training I had focusing on teaching the kids to > read faster. (I was trained at a workshop put on by the NC Department of > Public Instruction about 3 years ago.) The trainer said to use the > benchmarks to influence your instruction, not to do more DIBELS (except > you might want to monitor them more frequently than 3 times per year if > they are struggling significantly.) They never presented DIBELS as an > instructional method. I wonder how it got turned into one? > > I'm not sure why I feel I have to defend my use of DIBELS. As I stated > earlier, my school has no literacy programs, and very little money to > spend on resources. I'm stuck here reinventing the wheel, and DIBELS > offered me a free resource that I can use along with running records and > anecdotal observation as a way to monitor my student's progress. I'm > grateful I had good training, and do not teach at a school where things > become misconstrued. > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. >_______________________________________________ >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. Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D. Reading and Writing Center 404 White Hall Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 330-672-0649 Cell: 330-962-6251 Fax: 330-672-2025 Informational website: www.timrasinski.com Professional Development DVD: http://www.roadtocomprehension.com/ _______________________________________________ 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.
