Thanks for all of the thought and time you have put into this, Karen! >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/15/2008 9:41 PM >>> Our Reading Workshop Checklist calls for small group instruction as a must, but defines three different types of instructional settings. Guided Reading, Strategic Reading or Lit Club/Book Circle. I like the flexibility there. Personally, I used strategic grouping far more ofen that guided reading. An example might be when I was teaching about nonfiction conventions and wanted to teach children how to use the table of contents to generate questions and make predictions as a way to activate schema. I would gather mixed ability groups in need of more work reading nonfiction well and invite each of them to bring a just-right nonfiction books with a table of contents. I would essentially do a targeted mini lesson and then ask children to try it in the books they brought to the table. I could provide more support in these small group sessions.
Lori ----- Original message ----- From: Mary Manges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Date: 2008, 15, Saturday Of March 20:12 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate? > Rhonda, > Thanks for responding, even if it took a while. I appreciate all the input > I can get, especially from people that are doing this already. It seems > that guided reading is an umbrella term of sorts. I know that there are > specific models like Four Blocks, and Fountas and Pinnell. I'm mostly > concerned with how I can "do" guided reading to meet the requirement of my > district and not have to give up what I feel is already working in my > classroom. This is what I do, if you can see how GR would fit into this I > would appreciate some input. > Each day of my Language Arts block looks like this: > > 1. I do a read aloud from a novel of my choosing, with some sort of short > activity on a bulletin board. We have tracked the plot, summarized using > illustrations with a sentence, brought in an artifact for each chapter, > etc... > 2. I then teach a mini-lesson on a reading strategy, word study, or > whatever I see they need and what I need to cover in the standards and > assessment anchors. This is done as a whole group. > 3. Then they either participate in literature circles or reading workshop > depending on the time of year. I use all novels and avoid my basal textbook > like the plague. > 4. I confer with individuals during reading workshop or sit in with 1 > literature circle group per day. > > Then we go into writing workshop: > 1. I read a poem to them and we decipher it togther (they have a copy to > follow along) > 2. I teach a writing mini-lesson on a writing craft, grammar skill, or > something else. I try to coordinate mini-lessons in reading and writing to > feed off one another. If we are working on character analysis in reading, > we study character development in writing. > 3. They write independently and I confer with individuals. > > It seems that the component I am missing is small group instruction and > maybe more of a devotion to word study. > Am I way off base here? When I look at the Big Blocks components, I see > some of what I'm doing. Any thoughts? > Thanks again. I'm searching for ideas. My district seems to have put the > cart before the horse. They wrote guided reading into our strategic plan > K-5 and now they have no clue how it is to be done in intermediate grades. > I'd like to be able to show how what I'm doing shouldn't have to be thrown > out the window entirely. > > Thanks a bunch! > Mary :) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rhonda Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate? > > > > >Hello Mary, > > > > Sorry it took so long to answer just crazy here. > > > > To me guided reading can be incorporated into anything. For example-- I am > > looking for students to synthesize nonfiction text. I would began with a > > small piece of text and model how to synthesize info and build by adding > > pieces each time. Then I might use the same writing pieces to model > > informative writing. The pieces could be shown to model voice (or lack of > > it in writing). I have used Four Blocks in lower and upper grades and find > > it easy to incorporate with any program and fairly inexpensive. Patricia > > Cunningham and Cheryl Sigmon developed an awesome idea. > > > > Mary if you have more questions. Email me directly-- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hope this helped, > > Rhonda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rhonda, > >> Can you share any specifics? I teach strategies and use mostly lit. > >> circles > >> with novels in fifth grade. I also do writing workshop so I feel like I > >> have the basics in place I'm mostly wondering how Guided Reading will > >> change these practices. > >> Thanks for the help! > >> Mary :) > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Rhonda Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 6:05 PM > >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate? > >> > >> > >>> > > >>> I love Modifying Four Block for the upper grades. Have been using it > >>> for > >>> years and I teach middle school. I easily incorporate reading strategies > >>> and whatever the students may need. > >>> > >>> Rhonda > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I'm wondering if anyone is using guided reading in upper elementary. > >>> It > >>> > was written into our strategic plan, yet no one seems to know how it > >> works > >>> > in 4th and 5th grade. I 've been able to find a few resources to > >>> > purchase, but haven't yet. One is from Fountas and Pinnell, and the > >> other > >>> > was from Four Blocks (Big Blocks model). Basically I'd like to know > >> which > >>> > resource would be better to buy, and also if anyone can tell me what > >>> > guided reading looks like and involves at this level. Is it > >>> effective? > >>> > Do you it like or dislike? Pros/cons? > >>> > > >>> > Thanks, > >>> > Mary > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > 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. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>> > dangerous content by EduTech's MailScanner Vaccine4, and is > >>> > believed to be clean. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> dangerous content by EduTech's MailScanner Vaccine2, and is > >> believed to be clean. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. 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