I would have to agree with Jepilyn, or the implication of her question. Guided reading would give you the opportunity to tailor your instruction to the needs of your lower level readers and give them the level of guided support they need to 'jump start' them on the path to literacy without slowing dowing the readers at upper levels. There will still be some kiddos at the those lowest levels in this scenario, but honestly they will more likely be children with other issues/factors impacting their ability to learn.
Lori ----- Original message ----- From: jepilyn matthis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 2008, 29 Of January 20:58 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reåders workshop > Do you do guided reading groups as part of your reading workshop time? > > Jepilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:35 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reåders workshop > > > Hi > Hope this isn't too off topic but you are my "go to" people for anything > reading related. > > This is only my second year doing readers workshop (i teach first grade). > The rest of my school still regroups for reading meaning students switch > classes and are grouped homogeneously. They are slowly moving away from a > basal > into readers workshop but I'm really the only one who is implementing it > completely with a heterogeneous group and have been coaching other teachers > in order > to help them get started. I definitely believe in reåders workshop and > believe it is going well but i'm feeling a lot of pressure to make sure my > reading > scores are good to show that it's meeting the needs of my students. > Anyway, > I'm almost done with my January DRA testing. Profecient for now is a 12. > As of now, one third of my class is at a 20 or above and the rest are at 4 > or > below. Many are still on a 2 which isn't even proficient for the end of > Kindergarten. I do have a huge ELL population and am used to having > struggling > readers but the discrepency between my low and high kids is unbelievable. > I've > always had many who fell in the middle and now I don't have anyone in > between > a 4 and a 20. > > My big concern now is how do I plan minilessons to meet the needs of very > very low, and very high kids. They are all reading books on their level > everyday which i will continue to do but I'm at a loss of how to get the low > kids up > without boring the high kids. Please share any ideas. > > Thanks, > Cami > > > ************** > 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.
