Daily 5 is a wonderful model of child-led "centers." Teacher is provider of time and opportunity.
> Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 10:47:54 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Centers/Literacy > Stations--long!> > I've always felt the two terms were interchangable (sp?). > Having said that,> my suggestion is to run, don't walk, to the nearest Barnes > & Noble and> purchase The Daily 5. I used it to set up my Reading Workshop > this year. I> did literacy centers in K & 1 before. Now I'm in 2nd.> > I > continued to be amazed throughout the school year. Our last "official"> > reading workshop day was last Wednesday (lots of special activities these> > last few days), and they kids were just as engaged that day as they were> > months ago. It is a lot of explicit teaching, modeling and practicing up> > front, but when it's been taught well, and practiced, it is a thing of> > beauty.> > The only organization and set-up I did was:> Read to Self & Read > to Someone--Classroom library set-up--kids helped with> this. I actually > found a couple of articles about it on Choice Literacy and> > www.responsiveclassroom.org; set up book boxes (used magazine boxes)> Listen > to Reading--downloaded a bunch of videos from United STreaming and> copied > them onto CD for the kids to insert into the CPU; Gathered up all my> books & > CDs> Word Work--I already knew what I was going to do with word study (Words> > Their Way), and found materials for them to work with (WikkiStix, white> > boards, magnetic letters, etc)> > Since the original set-up for the above, > these are the only things I've done> (this is since October for Read to Self > & Someone & Word Work, and since> January for Listen to REading:> Added books > to the classroom library as I found/bought/borrowed them> Downloaded some > more videos onto CD, and found out a way to burn just the> audio portion so > they can be used for book/CD sets> Replenished paper for certain Word Work > activities (next year, I will have> this stuff more accessible and train the > kids to do this)> Added some specific word work activities (contractions, > compound words,> alphabetizing, etc)> > THAT'S IT! No coming in on Sunday > afternoon for 2 hours to set up another> week or two worth of center > activities. No checking papers. Because I can> look around and see everyone > working, I know they are doing it. The only> papers I had them turn in were > the contractions, etc, for assessment> purposes.> > I know this is long, but > I'm preaching this to everyone I know!! The kids> have done so well. At the > beginning of the year 9 of my 16 kids were on or> above grade level. Now > there are 12 on or above! I'm thrilled.> > There is a Yahoo Daily 5 > listserv....> > I used a lot of resources from the Daily 5 website > (www.the2sisters.com) and> Jessica Meacham's website (www.jmeacham.com). I'm > glad to answer any> questions--on- or offline.> > Melissa/VA/2nd> > On Sat, > May 24, 2008 at 9:30 AM, j browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > Would > someone please explain to me the difference between Centers and> > Literacy > Stations.> >> > Perhaps it's me, but I never had success with centers. I > always felt they> > were too> > much work and I guess I wasn't organized > enough to keep up with them.> > When our district embraced the Four Blocks > framework, I was thrilled. I> > really felt> > I had a handle on what the > kids were doing at all times and knew that they> > were fully engaged in> > > each Block. We have since moved to a more Reading and Writing workshop> > > approach and> > that seems to suit our students as well.> > Now the buzz is > that we are going back to groups and Literacy> > Workstations.> > I am a > little> > bit concerned. My philosophy has been that teachers teach children > and not> > centers.> > I know I can count on this list serve to help me see > the light.> > Thanks for any input on this subject.> > Jean/NJ> > [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > > 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Change the world with e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld _______________________________________________ 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.
