Check out the website - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php. This is a free website that is very easy to develop rubrics on . Elizabeth Rudd
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 8/10/2007 12:19 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] small group instruction Did you use the rubric to assign a grade to students? -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
