I personally prefer the Sundance materials by Gambrell better than the Harvey materials. Sundance has gradual release built into the materials really really well! The materials are awesome!
Debra Renner Smith Author, Writing and Reading Consultant Beyond Retelling Toward Higher Level Thinking and Big Ideas by Cunningham and Smith Writing Mini-Lessons for Second Grade by Cunningham, Hall, Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beverlee Paul Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:34 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension Toolkit 3-5 Sundance has both fiction and nonfiction in the materials Linda Gambrell contributed to. > Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Comprehension Toolkit 3-5> > -\ are the mentor texts and lessons geared mostly to non-fiction?> > The upper grade Toolkit has quite a bit of nonfiction, but it also uses historical fiction. There aren't enough lessons to teach an entire year, so there is plenty of space for you to use the strategies taught with fiction. I found it a wonderful resource that I pull from every few weeks, but do not use it by itself. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_ skydrive_052008 _______________________________________________ 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.
