I totally agree that Reading A-Z will help you get started. My struggling readers love the books. There are also fluency passages and lists of words to use for practice in the basics.
Also, get to the library and help the students find books they like to read. Try some magazines and news articles as well...thinks the kids like to read about that are short. Don't think you need a program...you just need to build your knowledge base! Mosaic of Thought is? a great start. There are many workshops offered by experts in the DC area. Check the Heinemann website for some listings. Cathy K-5, former middle school teacher DE -----Original Message----- From: Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 9:35 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Please Help To get up and running quickly and inexpensively, consider Reading A-Z (www.readingatoz.com) Lauren Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I am a first year special education teacher and am in desperate need of help with some of my struggling readers. I am working with 6th grade students and some of my students started with about 80 sight words at the beginning of the year. The entire special education team is new to the school and we are basically starting from scratch because all of the reading programs were taken by the teachers who left. I need some intense remediation for these students who are predominately labeled as LD. I would appreciate any suggestions on what to do and what types of programs would best meet the needs of my students. Also, one that either has trainings frequently and close to Alexandria or that does not require any training. I hope I did this correctly because this is my first post. Thank you so much for all of your help!!! _______________________________________________ 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. Joy/NC/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. _______________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 _______________________________________________ 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.
