Debbie, I agree with you. I teach third grade, my students read for at least 40 minutes silently while I am conferencing with kids. I have a push in title one assistant who does the same, she also pulls a guided reading group. Kids just really need time to read. I've spent a lot of time on book choice with kids and we've talked a lot about finding books you LOVE and that you can understand. THey know it's ok to spend a little bit of time on things that htey LOVE taht are too hard, but we've talked a lot about how that may be the last 10 minutes of workshop. Hope this helps.... janelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harbour, Deborah " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mosaic" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] monitoring meaning
> > I am not trying to be negative in any way. I teach Kindergarten and by > the end of the year my students are reading independently for 20 minutes. > To me, that is not very long. In regards to guided reading, we only do > reading activities during this time. While I am meeting with a group, my > students are reading independently or doing Literacy Stations which are > all reading stations. We don't do skills activities such as DOL and > handwriting during these times. Giving them walkmans to hear books read > aloud is a great idea but don't think they should be doing that daily. > They need lots of practice on their own. Why not try partner reading or > having a reader's theatre. Kids of all ages love that. This way you are > working on fluency and comprehension together. Just some thoughts. I > know how each county and state has different ideas about reading of > course. > > Debbie > > > > > The information contained in this message may be privileged and > confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message > is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it > from your computer. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public > records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a > public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. > Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
