I don't know what grade you teach, but I can tell you what I used to do in first grade with a Scott Foresman basal. We just "had to use them somehow," so this is it -- I taught the kids how to read using trade books and every now and then during the year each child read the anthologies right straight through on his/her own. They liked the pictures and the "heft" of the book and the stories were worth one read-through for sure. Not worth what we spent on them, but probably worth the brief time it took on the children's part.
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:58:13 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Basal in Readers Workshop?> > > Hi everyone,> > My administrator decided in the beginning of the year that it > was okay for> 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 imagine> 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!> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx _______________________________________________ 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.
