Sorry, Lisa. I teach 8th grade. I have noticed in previous years that if I work with a few students, many others stop working. Other teachers in my building have said the same thing. Jan
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Lisa Szyska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jan, > > What grade do you teach? I think that makes a bit of > difference with what to do. The wee ones, for > example, will often be engaged with literacy > workstations or centers, and Debbie Diller has a good > book for setting these up. (The intermediate title (Gr > 3-6) is "Practice With Purpose." The primary title > escapes me...could it be "Literacy Workstations?" Not > sure.) > > Personally when I looped 3/4, my kids READ while I > conferred with others. My block looked like: > > 1. Read aloud/model/strategies > 2. Guided practice (WG) > 3. Indep reading/strategy practice/I meet with SG or > individuals > 4. WG share...discuss/reflect on reading and how > strat. helped them as readers. > > it worked well for me, but now that I am teaching 2nd, > I know that I will need to ease into indep. reading > even more, so I'm going to incorporate some > workstations. ;o) > lisa > 2/3 IL > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Bill's comments bring up a question I've been > > thinking about. Suppose I have three or four > > students who need more help with something that > > everyone else in the class understands. Stephanie > > Harvey suggests small group instruction. How do you > > keep the other 20-plus students working when you're > > occupied with a few? > > Jan > > > > > > -------------- Original message > > ---------------------- > > From: "Bill Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > I think it's the fact that each child is different > > and has different needs > > > that should direct instruction. Some lessons will > > be geared for the most > > > kids with similar needs (like introducing > > strategies), but some lessons are > > > gonna be more geared for individual students. If > > 26 of 29 are fluent, it's > > > a waste to spend a lot of whole class time on > > fluency, but taking the 3 > > > students who need the help while the rest of the > > class is working on > > > something else, is probably more effective. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car > Finder > tool. > http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
