Could someone shed some light on the Animated Literacy program? Thanks.
>From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email >Group"<[email protected]> >To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email >Group"<[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] to part or not to part (Gina) >Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:34:30 -0600 > >Debbie, please connect back with this list so we all can look over your >shoulder as you watch these kids! I, for one, would be very interested. >BevI will be anxiously watching the students in my building over the next >couple of years. We did not have a phonics program until last year when we >adopted the Animated Literacy program for K-1. It will be interesting to >see how the kids who have participated in this curriculum progress as >readers. I do know that we had ZERO kindergartners (out of approx. 85 >students) who qualified for tier 2 or 3 services at the end of the school >year (based on Dibels) and only had 3 students below a level 4 on the DRA2. >We've never had such low numbers before. I've watched K-1 students applying >all the hand motions they learned in AL as they tried to decode unfamiliar >words. I've been able to give ques by simply reminding the students of the >character (i.e. Arnie Ardvaark when decoding a word such as barn and stuck >on the /ar/ sound). I think that all skills build on one another, and >while, maybe not all kids need phonics to read, if they can get phonics, it >may make reading easier, just like if they can use context to decode, it >will make reading easier. > > I hope we can keep these great conversations >going on this board. It helps keep me on my toes!> > Thanks,> Debbie >_________________________________________________________________ >Do more with your photos with Windows Live Photo Gallery. >http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_photos_022008 >_______________________________________________ >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.
