Has anyone read Stephanie Harvey's new book about assessing comprehension strategies (such as those in MOT and Strategies that work) - any comments - is it worth buying? Steph
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 18, Issue 3 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." Today's Topics: 1. ***SPAM*** Lit Circles ( Cindy & Ryan Pickering) 2. Re: ***SPAM*** Lit Circles (jkyingling) 3. reading workshop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 4. Re: reading workshop (kimberlee hannan) 5. Re: reading workshop (Beverlee Paul) 6. Re: reading workshop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 7. Re: Visualization lessons for middle schoolers (Bonita DeAmicis) 8. Re: Illinois District 300 teachers (Linda Lavoie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 10:15:27 -0800 From: " Cindy & Ryan Pickering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MOSAIC] ***SPAM*** Lit Circles To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" This is my first time posting, so hopefully I'm doing it correctly. I've done Lit Circles twice this year. Though I don't know everything going on in their discussions, they have gone much better this time. I don't assign roles, but have kept control of when they meet and what their responses are about. All of my groups meet on the same day. I have them summarize what they've read and then discuss their responses. Once they are done meeting they have a rubric they fill out for how their group did on their discussion, then they fill out how they did as an individual. The last few times I've meet with each group to discuss their meeting and what grade they think they deserve for their discussion. They are getting pretty good on knowing if they are focused for their discussions. I need to do some mini-lessons on how to respond to each other. Most of the responses I've asked them to do have been open enough they fit all the books. For one they had two write two thick questions about their book, then after sharing their questions and discussing the answers with their group, they chose a question (there's or someone else's) and wrote a paragraph answer. The next time they had to make a connection to the book and share it with their group. The last couple of times they met I've been able to sit back and observe the groups (5 or 6 in each class). I would then wander close to groups that might be a little off task and listen in to what they were discussing. I've jotted down notes on what I see to discuss with each group. Cindy 6th Grade Reading ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:44:47 -0600 From: "jkyingling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ***SPAM*** Lit Circles To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Can you explain the rubric you use? Are there two - one rubric for the group and then another for the individual student? ----- Original Message ----- From: " Cindy & Ryan Pickering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] ***SPAM*** Lit Circles ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:20:18 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MOSAIC] reading workshop To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am looking for a good powerpoint or journal article?on reading and literacy workshop structures.? The teachers in our building have read Mosaic, Harvey Daniels, Fountas and Pinnell, and Laura Robb...but we are still struggling with envisioning what a literacy workshop looks like in a 6-7 building.?? My principal suggested?I plan a?"workshop" where?teachers learn about?"workshops."? What are your thoughts???Thank you! Joanie in Iowa ? ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:47:07 -0800 From: "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading workshop To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Most of those books were aimed mostly at elementary levels. While the stratgies are fantastic, they can be a bit hard to picture at the middle school level with the middle school departments and times. I would be sure to get a copy of *In the Middle* (Nancie Atwell) and *Seeking Diversity : Language Arts With Adolescents* (Linda Rief). Both are older texts and easy to get cheaply. I'm sure there are more, but these were the ones that really helped me get the vision I was looking for. Kim On Feb 2, 2008 6:20 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for a good powerpoint or journal article?on reading and > literacy workshop structures.? The teachers in our building have read > Mosaic, Harvey Daniels, Fountas and Pinnell, and Laura Robb...but we are > still struggling with envisioning what a literacy workshop looks like in a > 6-7 building.?? My principal suggested?I plan a?"workshop" where?teachers > learn about?"workshops."? > What are your thoughts???Thank you! > Joanie in Iowa > ? > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://webmail.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Kim ------- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair, ELA Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California 93702 The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:59:29 -0700 From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading workshop To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Our middle school teachers LOVE Kylene Beers books.> Most of those books were aimed mostly at elementary levels. While the> stratgies are fantastic, they can be a bit hard to picture at the middle> school level with the middle school departments and times. I would be sure> to get a copy of *In the Middle* (Nancie Atwell) and *Seeking Diversity :> Language Arts With Adolescents* (Linda Rief). Both are older texts and easy> to get cheaply. I'm sure there are more, but these were the ones that> really helped me get the vision I was looking for.> Kim _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail?-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:46:06 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading workshop To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Try anything by Kylene Beirs or Cris Tovani. I like some of the books by Jeff Zweirs (published by IRA) Sue **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003 000000025 48) ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:01:51 -0800 From: Bonita DeAmicis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Visualization lessons for middle schoolers To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Yes--Here's an idea. Consider reading to them from small portion of a science book--have them draw and label parts as you describe: a cell, a heart chamber, an atom, the wind's movement, etc. Have them compare pictures and labels and discuss which might be more accurate. Discuss schema that allows some to "see better" and whether enough description is given to "see" what the science says. Then let them see pictures in books and compare their visualization to the pictures and labels given. Don't forget to let them know that a study of top scientists ( nobel winners, etc.) revealed that their ability to do the science well depended on their ability to visualize and draw things beyond the scope of what the eye could actually see, and then to make predictions from their visualizations. :)Bonita ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:16:43 -0500 From: "Linda Lavoie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Illinois District 300 teachers To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I am not in your district or state, but we piloted AIMSweb last year and are using it now at all elementary schools and our middle school. We have also purchased and use My Reading Coach.........(not so sure about that) we are still looking at that information-reading people "think" that it makes a difference for the very low end readers.......I am not so sure about that information because I don't see any carry over to actual classroom reading performance...there is a disconnect between reading class instruction and classroom work so little there is little evidence that that program is helping. On 1/30/08, Peter Schreurs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a question for members of the group who are from district 300 in > Illinois about your RtI plan. Would you please contact me to discuss how > your district is using RtI. > > Thanks, > Peter > _______________________________________________ > 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. End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 18, Issue 3 ************************************* _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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