----- Original Message ---- From: Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 7, 2007 11:58:11 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Development
I agree wholeheartedly. I used the fishbowl technique someone on this listserve described, and it has gone much smoother this year. Another thing that helped was using forms from Laura Candler. http://www.lauracandler.com/litcircles.htm Elizabeth Sammons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would suggest that you emphasize the importance of modeling the roles for students and teachers taking time to really teach these as well the procedures when they introduce literature circles. Teachers often make the mistake of jumping into these without teaching these procedures and roles then are disappointed when their literature circles aren't as effective as they would want them to be. Laney 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 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ 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.
