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On 9/18/08 7:00 AM, "Street, Nigel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it text based context or decontextualised? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ljackson > Sent: 18 September 2008 14:33 > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Beck Book > > > Robust Vocabulary is an excellent book on building vocabualry. > > Lori > > On 9/18/08 6:17 AM, "Street, Nigel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What is it? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jennifer >> Olimpieri >> Sent: 18 September 2008 13:15 >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Houghton Mifflin >> >> A professor in my class just mentioned Isabelle Beck's Robust Vocab. >> What is your opinion and experience with it? >> Jen >> >> --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Mary Manges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> From: Mary Manges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Houghton Mifflin >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension >> Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 6:59 PM >> >> It seems this is a new trend to sell textbooks. Our district looked > at >> several reading series last year before going with MacMillan, which >> thankfully I don't have to use. All of the major companies used some >> popular "buzz term" to sell. Scott Foresman claimed their writing >> was a >> "Writing Workshop". As a devoted follower of writing workshop I >> wanted to >> puke. It is theoretically as far from writing workshop as you can > get. >> Nancie Atwell would have a stroke if she saw it. Another company used >> QtA >> and QAR, which in my opinion were antithetical also. Another used >> Isabel >> Beck's Robust Vocabulary as their major selling point. >> Sickening! >> \ >> Mary in PA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ellin Keene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:22 AM >> Subject: [MOSAIC] Houghton Mifflin >> >> >>> Greetings! >>> >>> I think it's extremely important to clarify what you all must already >>> know. >>> . . Speaking only for myself, I have never consulted with nor advised >>> Houghton Mifflin or any other basal series publisher on any aspect of >>> their >>> programs. I have found that the traditional scope and sequence >> provided >>> in >>> such programs is NOT conducive to in-depth study of the comprehension >>> strategies and may actually serve to confuse children because the >> "pacing >>> guide" suggests moving to a new strategy far too soon-really before >>> children >>> have learned the language surrounding the strategy. It's confusing >>> because >>> they don't know which strategy they're learning and what language >> goes >>> with >>> which strategy. Please feel free to share my statement with anyone >> who >>> may >>> need clarification on this point. >>> >>> >>> >>> Very best to you all, >>> >>> ellin keene >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear Colleagues: >>> >>> I was at a presentation where a Literacy Coach made this statement " >>> >>> Houghton Mifflin is based on the work of Ellin Keene and Stephanie >> Harvey. >> >>> I >>> >>> was so taken back that I did not respond. Several of us present did >>> exchange >>> >>> looks of surprise. What is the collective response to this statement? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Jeanette Hayden >>> >>> Anchorage School District >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> Any email message sent or received by the >> Council may require to be disclosed by the >> Council under the provisions of the Freedom >> of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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