This is my first year to use WTW, but I have seen really good results so far. I gave the assessment at the beginning of the school year and just gave one at the beginning of the second 9 weeks to see if there was any progress. Almost all of my students made improvements, so that was really exciting to me to be able to see the results of the program. I was also able to reorganize my groups based on the data from the second assessment. I have four groups: one is focused on short vowel sounds, one on diagraphs and blends, one on long vowel sounds and one on inflected endings (I have a very diverse group of learners this year ... a lot of extremes). I have them bring their word sort cards to reading groups every day and the first five minutes they do their sorts. One day I might have them do a speed sort, another day they may pair up with someone in the group who has the same word list and they may do a "no-peeking" sort with one another. The parents have been extremely supportive and seem to like the program, too. I could go on and on about how much I like the program! I am seeing that it is not only helping their spelling, but also helping in their decoding and reading. Hope that helps! Kate 2nd/NC
> > I would be interested in hearing from anyone who is currently using this > > program.? > _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline _______________________________________________ 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.
