RE: TA's and SUBS Following Lesson Plans I have had subs that don't follow lesson plans. I make sure they don't return. I am the write up queen when it comes to subs, but the teachers want the names of my subs all the time. Your TA should be following the plans you leave. She/he has no business making changes. We are the ones who have to stand up for what we think is right for our kids...
As far as round robin goes...I don't do round robin reading per se...I do read aloud mini-lessons early in the year. It's part of the voices I want to have the kids hear in their heads as they read. I often read characters in (horribly fake)Southern, British, accents. I explain that when I see the character in my head, that's the voice they speak. When I read aloud, that character has to have as close to that voice as I can reproduce. We talk about what makes a good reader interesting to listen to as they read aloud. We discuss polite ways of prompting IF correcting needs to be done at all. This leads up to whole class community (shared) reading. I do community reading with all the kids having the novel and following along. I train them early in the year to just jump in and read when they are ready. No warning, they just start. It does interrupt, but after a couple of days practice, it works. It may take a word or two overlap, but I'll back off and let them read. The kids learn to pause at the end of long passages or when they are tired of reading, so someone else can pick it up. At first, I'll pick it up between readers, then soon they are doing this with for each other. It's like passing a speaking stick without the stick. Some kids read one paragraph, some a page. If some never want to read, so be it. If they choose to read and need some coaching, I'll coach. Then everyone gets to hear the on the fly mini-lesson. By the end of the year the process is almost magical. I hear them using this process in small groups. You hear kids who would never have taken the risk actually try. You hear reading aloud without interruption except for the occasional "You go ahead." or "Excuse me." I am blended into the woodwork, and they are reading aloud by themselves. -- Kim ------- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California 93702 Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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.
