Balance in our whole instructional program -- and bringing balance to each child's reading process. That's why we need reading specialists/interventionists to diagnose where the imbalance/weakness lies so as to inject some targeted instruction. So hard to do in a HALO (or any other) classroom, but certainly what we should expect in an intervention situation--which is exactly why I think "kits" of more of the same miss their mark! Or maybe they hit their mark exactly, which is what makes me critical of "what's good for one is good for all."
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Tue, 24 Jun > 2008 03:09:49 +0000> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] to part or not to part> > I think > a discussion of "parts" and phonics is perfect on this Mosaic of Thought > list. Keeps us honest and real.> > If there is anything I know in my 25 years > of teaching it is to be careful not to get stuck down either side of a > continuum. In my classroom I first focus on reading to understand, reading > strategically, metacognitively....and yet it in my sixth grade classroom > there are students struggling with automaticity in decoding and that needs to > be addressed. Sometimes that means focusing on some phonics gaps, sometimes > it doesn't, but I need all the eggs in the basket to address my HALO > classroom (high, average, low, other). I feel comfortable knowing we're all > going to be free to consider all options in these discussions. > I have a > dyslexia teacher friend who would seriously disagree with us if we ONLY hit > reading for meaning with the strugglers.> > Balance . Gina _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail is giving away Zunes. Enter for your chance to win. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/ZuneADay/?locale=en-US&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Mobile_Zune_V3 _______________________________________________ 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.
