Cindy, I think one of the absolutely most effective thing you can be doing is shared reading, with short text on charts, etc. Where YOU track or THEY track and everyone reads together. Poetry is perfect for this. Also, "language experience" type activities, like having students "build a story" that you write on a chart, or doing lists of things on charts that you review with students.
Renee On Sep 29, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Cindy wrote: > Hi, > I have been a member of this list for a while, but I get busy and > don't keep up very well. I teach at a school with many kids that are > reading below grade level. I teach second grade and I have 10 kids > reading below grade level and 8 that are on or above. I've tried many > things, and had many kids who progressed nicely last year, but I want > to make sure I am getting the most "bang for my buck" so to speak. I > want to do the best for these kids that I can. Many are PP and P > readers. What should I be doing in small group reading? I want to > make sure I am doing the best that I can. > Cindy/VA > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > " What was once educationally significant, but difficult to measure, has been replaced by what is insignificant and easy to measure. So now we test how well we have taught what we do not value." — Art Costa, emeritus professor, California State University _______________________________________________ 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.
