I have been told that I should be using the basal, as well. I haven't been using it at all up to this point. I have been thinking about how to incorporate it into the Daily 5. I think I am going to have the students listen to the CDs that come with the basal while they read the along. This will be available to them through the "Listen To Reading" choice in the Daily 5. That way, my struggling readers will be able to use the basal. Most series come with all of the stories on either audio CDs or tapes. Maybe you could incorporate it in this way.
[email protected] writes: >Hi everyone, > >My administrator decided in the beginning of the year that it was okay fo= >r >us to forgo our purchased basal series (Open Court) and only use >literature in our readers workshop (woo hoo!!). Flash forward to now and >we are told that we must use them, whether it be for phonics, literature, >etc. . . basically just use them, all this money was spent on them ("what >we're supposed to do" is changed at least twice a year, so you can imagin= >e >our frustration!). > >Can anyone give me any advice or pointers or how they use their basal in >their classroom in conjunction with quality literature? We structure our >readers workshop based on comprehension strategies (i.e September we work >on making connections etc.)If anyone out there, uses Open Court and a >readers workshop setting, that would even be more helpful. > >Thank you! Angela Hatley Almond Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School _______________________________________________ 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.
