Thanks! I am going to show this to my principal. Our school did really well on the Texas high stakes exams, but our 5th grade science score was not as high as the other scores. So, our school-wide focus this year is science. Seems like to me this doesn't mean to try to cram a bunch of science concepts into the kids' heads this year, but to teach them how to read science texts (textbooks, nonfiction trade books, whatever), so they totally "get" how to read this material and learn from it (& I'm also thinking they'll learn to love reading it!). mm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Kile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:20 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] WAS Differentiating Work Stations NOW InteractiveNotebooks for Elementary
> There are definitely interactive notebooks for elementary. I currently do > them in science & social studies w/ my 2nd graders. The website is > www.irncorp.com (that's i r n corp--it looked kind of scrunched on my > screen). These 2 ladies are fantastic. They offer a one-day workshop. My > principal paid for me to go last summer, and then paid for the science & > social studies notepages for Virginia standards, teacher guides, etc ($65 > each). Everything comes on a CD, and you can reformat it to what your kids > need. They also showed us how to do them with K and 1st grade (mostly > whole-class). > > I highly recommend doing them if you can get to a workshop near you. My > kids > love them, I love them. They are a great way of reinforcing the strategies > that you teach in reading (making connections & predictions, inferring, > visualizing, asking questions, and synthesizing information). Check out > their website! > > Melissa/VA/2nd > > On Jan 5, 2008 8:34 PM, Mary Milner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I google'd Interactive Notebook and got a site that was loaded with >> information. A lot of the information was for secondary students or >> advanced intermediate students, but I am thinking I can use some of the >> ideas in a whole-class interactive notebook. (Yes, I know this obviates >> the >> whole point, which was differentiation. I've got a different goal in >> mind, >> though.) I have a blank big book and my students and I can do >> interactive >> writing to record our thinking using things from the Interactive Notebook >> format. Obviously it won't be all that sophisticated, but it's another >> way >> to go at recording our ideas. >> >> Any thoughts on this that would be helpful??? >> >> Mary M. >> 1st grade/TX >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 7:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic) Differentiating Work Stations >> >> >> > >> > In a message dated 1/5/2008 7:45:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, mrs >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> > >> > If you research Interactive >> > Notebook-type notebook, you will find the notebook itself IS the >> product. >> > Kim >> > >> > >> > >> > Kim, >> > >> > This looks very interesting. I just googled it and most of the >> > information >> > appears to be for middle and high schools. Do you have any specific >> > information for the primary grades? I do have my students keep a >> > notebook in Reading >> > class. They have a numbered section at the front where we record >> > elements >> > of the various genres that they need to know. Then we take notes on >> > every >> > story. The first two pages is a bubble map for the vocab and then the >> > definitions of each vocab word. We also use it to take notes on >> > different parts of >> > grammar, but not much else. >> > >> > Rosie >> > >> > >> > >> > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. >> > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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.
