Hi Teresa - It's Bev from Nebraska again. Just wondering how your new room was and your kids - sounds like you have a full house! I'm sure you've been swamped. Did you know (I'm sure you did) that Kim Larson is P-LV's new curriculum director? Hope things are going well. Bev
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 1 Sep > 2008 19:20:46 -0500> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Small Group Instruction> > It's a > little overwhelming, but I just keep plugging away. When I get> frustrated, I > just readjust my focus to what the kids need most. My job is> about THEM, not > me. It's always hard to balance all of these beginning of> the year things, > but as a teacher, I have to take direction from my> principal. That's where > the rubber meets the road.> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kristin> Mitchell> Sent: > Monday, September 01, 2008 2:43 PM> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension > Strategies Email Group> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Small Group Instruction> > > 10 > days? I take SIX WEEKS to establish routine! Granted, I'll need to do> DRA2 > on my kids within that timeframe, but it's just a minor inconvenience> (or so > I need to tell myself!). I have all their fiction scores from the> end of the > year, so I have a place to start and make temp. groups.> > Kristin > Mitchell/4th/CO> "Be the change you want to see in the world"> -Ghandi> > > > > ----- Original Message ----> From: chris and teresa casart <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>> > > We were told to take the first 10 days to teach routines and > procedures and> build relationships with our students.> > > > > > _______________________________________________> 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008 _______________________________________________ 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.
