I worked with K through four in workshop settings. I will grant you there may be one or two that stop working (and because they're little, they aren't so good at faking it). However, for the most part, once the expectations have been fully and deeply established, I am betting the off task ratio is not all that different from 8th grades. One thing I did was work with kiddos to develop a 4 point rubric based on workshop behaviors. A one had characteristics like "not really reading, can't stay put, lots of interference with thinking...". We put it together slowly during a two week study of What Readers Do. When we gathered for closing share, I would ask for a show of fingers in response to, "As a class, how did we manage our workshop today?" I would call on a few people to talk about their ratings.
Lori ----- Original message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 2007, 09 Of August 21:18 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] small group instruction > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
