HI, We're just finishing up our DRA2's and have created classroom graphs on excel speadsheet of our students' scores. It allows us to see at a glance where the curve is, need, and how many are on/near/under/over expected level for the time of the year. We also realized that it allowed us to know just how many books we need at specific levels for classroom libraries. Teachers are borrowing books from each other to supplement already leveled libraries. I found a WONDERFUL site from a school district in Alpine, Utah. Take look and if any one knows of these brilliant people... http://www.alpine.k12.ut.us/phpApps/genericPage.php?pdid=758 my hat is off to you! There are not only benchmarks listed but writing literacy prescriptions and teacher preparation to name a few. Liz Raes Literacy Coach Golden Door Charter School Jersey City, NJ
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 26, Issue 24 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: DRA2 Benchmarks (ljackson) 2. Re: DRA2 Benchmarks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3. Re: book, teacher voices (Karen Wetherell) 4. Re: reading assessment ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 5. Word Study (Andrea Jenkins) 6. Re: Word Study (Kristin Mitchell) 7. Re: Word Study (elisa kifer) 8. Re: Word Study (kimberlee hannan) 9. poetry and strategies (Carrie Cahill) 10. Re: poetry and strategies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 11. Re: poetry and strategies (Vickie Julka) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:15:39 -0600 From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA2 Benchmarks To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" http://www.tcsdk12.org/literacy//literacy/DRA%20Ceilings.html These are our district ceilings. Lori On 10/21/08 7:29 AM, "Colleen G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My district is using the DRA2 and we are working toward establishing > benchmarks. The manual gives guidelines for fall and spring, but we'd like to > set benchmarks for midyear as well, for independent reading levels. If anyone > has already done this and can share or give me some guidance I'd love your > input. You can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!!! > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:08:39 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading assessment > > > We are finding more alignment between the DRA2 (as opposed to the earlier > version) and other measures.? Success with the DRA2 is more of an indicator > of success with the big ugly (standardized test).? Many are using the Rigby > (which we purchased years ago, so it is probably an outdated version) when > they feel the need to monitor between the DRA2 assessment windows. Most just > relay on running records and conference notes, though. > > Lori > > > On 10/21/08 5:04 AM, "KENNETH?????????????????? SMITH" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Which kit you choose depends on the purpose for the assessment. If you are >> looking for information to guide teachers in instruction, then the DRA2 would >> be a good choice. If you are just looking to find out what level kids are, >> the >> Rigby would be faster and easier to administer. The original DRA does have a >> lot of gray areas, but the newer version has cleared up a lot of those. The >> DRA2 is heavy on written response, so kids need to be taught hot to take the >> assessment, but it does give lots of great information and the rubric makes >> it >> easy to score. I think the F&P kit is very similar, but I also recall that it >> was substantially more expensive. The DRA2 kit for K-3 also includes a Word >> Analysis assessment to use with kids who are struggling. It gives a lot of >> good info, but is somewhat time consuming to give. You only give it (and only >> portions of it) to kids below certain levels on the DRA2 (and the manual has >> a >> chart to follow for that). In my district, the reading specialists put >> together a DRA2 handbook setting some specific guidelines for administering >> and scoring. This has helped to eliminate the "gray" areas. We also do >> fidelity checks and every teacher has to be observed giving a DRA2 at least >> once a year. There are still questions from year to year about the validity >> of >> the levels given by the previous year's teacher, but I just re-emphasize tha >> the purpose of the DRA is to drive instruction, not to report a reading level >> and the levels are not concrete. There is a form included in the masters that >> allows teachers to list students, then, using the rubric, indicate >> weaknesses. >> Teachers then use that (and not just reading levels) to group students for >> guided reading. This lets them be very specific and targeted in their >> instruction of skills. We don't tell parents the level, we have developed our >> own reporting system for parents to report either above grade level, on grade >> level, or below grade level. The above grade level criteria is very tough to >> meet and only a few students will be in that area. We do the DRA2 twice a >> year >> and use the Rigby or A-Z benchmark assessment for middle of the year (2nd and >> 3rd quarter). You might want to look at the A-Z assessment. It is available >> online through the reading a-z website. It would be the least expensive >> option. A single membership is only about $75 and one person in the school >> can >> download all the books, the assessments, and lots of other materials. >> >> Hope that helps. >> Debbie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathy Garzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:36:37 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago >> Subject: [MOSAIC] reading assessment >> >> I live in the middle east and teach in Kuwait at an american school. We have >> a reading resource teacher for each grade 2-5 and two resource teachers for >> grade 1. We have been looking to get one reading assessment for all of the >> resource teachers. >> We are focusing on the Riby benchmark or the DRA primary and intermediate >> kits. Does anyone have any input to help us make a decision. >> Thanks >> Kahty >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >> <http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> . >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive >> <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 >> <http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> . >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive >> <http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive> . >> > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD? 57555 > ? > http:www.tcsdk12.org <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 > <http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> . > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > <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. > -- 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:10:11 -0700 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA2 Benchmarks To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi, This has been done by the group at the Univ. of Arkansas Little Rock. You can either go to www.arliteracymodel.com or just Google "DRA Benchmarks". I do not know what group they used to determine their benchmarks. They set them by quarter and have also determined ceilings. We also find that DRA2 is time-consuming but the "Focus for Instruction" is valuable, and the "Word Analysis Tasks" are nice progress monitoring tools. Rigby also falls nicely into that progress monitoring category. Susan Nugent "We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore." - unknown ---- Colleen G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My district is using the DRA2 and we are working toward establishing > benchmarks. The manual gives guidelines for fall and spring, but we'd like > to set benchmarks for midyear as well, for independent reading levels. If > anyone has already done this and can share or give me some guidance I'd love > your input. You can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!!! > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:08:39 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading assessment > > > We are finding more alignment between the DRA2 (as opposed to the earlier > version) and other measures.? Success with the DRA2 is more of an indicator > of success with the big ugly (standardized test).? Many are using the Rigby > (which we purchased years ago, so it is probably an outdated version) when > they feel the need to monitor between the DRA2 assessment windows. Most just > relay on running records and conference notes, though. > > Lori > > > On 10/21/08 5:04 AM, "KENNETH?????????????????? SMITH" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Which kit you choose depends on the purpose for the assessment. If you are > > looking for information to guide teachers in instruction, then the DRA2 > would > > be a good choice. If you are just looking to find out what level kids are, > the > > Rigby would be faster and easier to administer. The original DRA does have > a > > lot of gray areas, but the newer version has cleared up a lot of those. The > > DRA2 is heavy on written response, so kids need to be taught hot to take > the > > assessment, but it does give lots of great information and the rubric > makes it > > easy to score. I think the F&P kit is very similar, but I also recall that > it > > was substantially more expensive. The DRA2 kit for K-3 also includes a Word > > Analysis assessment to use with kids who are struggling. It gives a lot of > > good info, but is somewhat time consuming to give. You only give it (and > only > > portions of it) to kids below certain levels on the DRA2 (and the manual > has a > > chart to follow for that). In my district, the reading specialists put > > together a DRA2 handbook setting some specific guidelines for administering > > and scoring. This has helped to eliminate the "gray" areas. We also do > > fidelity checks and every teacher has to be observed giving a DRA2 at least > > once a year. There are still questions from year to year about the > validity of > > the levels given by the previous year's teacher, but I just re-emphasize > tha > > the purpose of the DRA is to drive instruction, not to report a reading > level > > and the levels are not concrete. There is a form included in the masters > that > > allows teachers to list students, then, using the rubric, indicate > weaknesses. > > Teachers then use that (and not just reading levels) to group students for > > guided reading. This lets them be very specific and targeted in their > > instruction of skills. We don't tell parents the level, we have developed > our > > own reporting system for parents to report either above grade level, on > grade > > level, or below grade level. The above grade level criteria is very tough > to > > meet and only a few students will be in that area. We do the DRA2 twice a > year > > and use the Rigby or A-Z benchmark assessment for middle of the year (2nd > and > > 3rd quarter). You might want to look at the A-Z assessment. It is available > > online through the reading a-z website. It would be the least expensive > > option. A single membership is only about $75 and one person in the school > can > > download all the books, the assessments, and lots of other materials. > > > > Hope that helps. > > Debbie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kathy Garzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:36:37 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago > > Subject: [MOSAIC] reading assessment > > > > I live in the middle east and teach in Kuwait at an american school. We > have > > a reading resource teacher for each grade 2-5 and two resource teachers for > > grade 1. We have been looking to get one reading assessment for all of the > > resource teachers. > > We are focusing on the Riby benchmark or the DRA primary and intermediate > > kits. Does anyone have any input to help us make a decision. > > Thanks > > Kahty > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > <http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> . > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > <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 > <http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> . > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > <http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive> . > > > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD? 57555 > ? > http:www.tcsdk12.org <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 > <http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> . > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > <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. > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:24:45 -0400 From: "Karen Wetherell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] book, teacher voices To: "Dave Middlebrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Dave, I am using textmapping with my first graders for the first time this week and I have a question for you. Would you give children a scroll of a complete text (around 20 pages) or would you divide the text into sections? My children will be working in groups of 3 or 4. I have copied the book so that I have a complete text for each group but am wondering if maybe I should divide the text between two groups. We are studying conventions of nonfiction text (Debbie Miller). I will be modeling for them and we will work together across days before I send them off to work on the scrolls in these small groups. I would love to hear your thinking. Thank you, Karen Wetherell Columbus, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Middlebrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic Listserv" <[email protected]>; "RTEACHER Listserv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 7:10 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] book, teacher voices >I am writing a book and could use some teacher voices. If you have used >scrolls and textmapping in your classroom, please consider sharing >something about how you used them and how they worked for you and your >students. For example: > * a classroom story (short and sweet is fine; more if you have it in you) > * short supportive comments that could be sprinkled around for emphasis or > interest. > > If this is something that you would like to discuss, or if you just want > to send me your comments, please email me off list. > > As always, thanks so much for your interest and support! > > - Dave > > Dave Middlebrook > The Textmapping Project > A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills > instruction. > www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! > USA: (609) 771-1781 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:27:56 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading assessment To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Actually... My committee looked at the Fountas and Pinnell kit, Rigby, DRA and DAR kits this summer. Fountas and Pinnell was the cheapest of all...assuming you want to buy only the k-2 kit or the 3-5 kit. A classroom teacher would only need one or the other. Jennifer In a message dated 10/21/2008 7:12:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think the F&P kit is very similar, but I also recall that it was substantially more expensive. The DRA2 kit for K-3 also includes a Word Analysis assessment to use with kids who are struggling. It gives a lot of good info, but is somewhat time consuming to give **************BUY Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD today! 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Andrea ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:45:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Kristin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Word Study To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I teach word study based on Words Their Way and Word Journeys. I have 15 minutes a day dedicated to our word work. Mondays the kiddos do an Open Sort (they sort them any way they want...but I challenge them to be creative) while I work with each of my groups and "teach" them the pattern. Tuesdays they do a modification of the Buddy Sort where they find a buddy and do their Closed Sort (sorting words by sound and/or pattern) and then they make observations about their words (is there another way to sort them?) Wednesdays we do a Word Hunt. They scan passages (in books they choose) to find words that fit their patterns. Thursdays we alternate between Speed sort (to work on fluency/automaticity) and Blind Sort (where they have to spell the words and place them in the correct column). Fridays I give a quick assessment. 5 words from their list and 2-4 not on their list that fit their pattern. Hope this helps some! Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Ghandi ________________________________ From: Andrea Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Is there a better way? Do any of you teach a concentrated Word Study and, if so, how/what do you do? Thanks! Andrea __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:23:11 -0500 From: "elisa kifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Word Study To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I do word study the same way that Kristin mentioned. Vocabulary is taught with the read aloud book I teach from during reader's workshop and language is taught in my mini lessons for writing workshop. This seems to all mesh pretty well. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Kristin Mitchell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I teach word study based on Words Their Way and Word Journeys. I have 15 > minutes a day dedicated to our word work. > Mondays the kiddos do an Open Sort (they sort them any way they want...but > I challenge them to be creative) while I work with each of my groups and > "teach" them the pattern. > Tuesdays they do a modification of the Buddy Sort where they find a buddy > and do their Closed Sort (sorting words by sound and/or pattern) and then > they make observations about their words (is there another way to sort > them?) > Wednesdays we do a Word Hunt. They scan passages (in books they choose) to > find words that fit their patterns. > Thursdays we alternate between Speed sort (to work on fluency/automaticity) > and Blind Sort (where they have to spell the words and place them in the > correct column). > Fridays I give a quick assessment. 5 words from their list and 2-4 not on > their list that fit their pattern. > > Hope this helps some! > > Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO > "Be the change you want to see in the world" > -Ghandi > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Andrea Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is there a better way? Do any of you teach a concentrated Word Study and, > if > so, how/what do you do? > > Thanks! > Andrea > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Elisa M. Kifer Third Grade Literacy Teacher Fox Meadow Elementary "Love of reading and writing is not taught, it is created. Love of reading and writing is not required, it is inspired. Love of reading and writing is not demanded, it is exemplified. Love of reading and writing, is not exacted, it is quickened. Love of reading and writing is not solicited, it is activated." -Russell Stauffer, 1980 ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:34:36 -0700 From: "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Word Study To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I do the words the way mentioned above. I also incorporate Janet Allen (*Yellow Brick Roads* & *Words, Words, Words*) The one I am experimenting with right now is *Accelerating Vocabulary* by Nancy Akhavan. She does a lot with refining min-lessons and connecting concepts. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:23 PM, elisa kifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I do word study the same way that Kristin mentioned. Vocabulary is taught > with the read aloud book I teach from during reader's workshop and language > is taught in my mini lessons for writing workshop. This seems to all mesh > pretty well. > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Kristin Mitchell < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I teach word study based on Words Their Way and Word Journeys. I have 15 > > minutes a day dedicated to our word work. > > Mondays the kiddos do an Open Sort (they sort them any way they > want...but > > I challenge them to be creative) while I work with each of my groups and > > "teach" them the pattern. > > Tuesdays they do a modification of the Buddy Sort where they find a buddy > > and do their Closed Sort (sorting words by sound and/or pattern) and then > > they make observations about their words (is there another way to sort > > them?) > > Wednesdays we do a Word Hunt. They scan passages (in books they choose) > to > > find words that fit their patterns. > > Thursdays we alternate between Speed sort (to work on > fluency/automaticity) > > and Blind Sort (where they have to spell the words and place them in the > > correct column). > > Fridays I give a quick assessment. 5 words from their list and 2-4 not > on > > their list that fit their pattern. > > > > Hope this helps some! > > > > Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO > > "Be the change you want to see in the world" > > -Ghandi > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Andrea Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Is there a better way? Do any of you teach a concentrated Word Study and, > > if > > so, how/what do you do? > > > > Thanks! > > Andrea > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > Elisa M. Kifer > Third Grade Literacy Teacher > Fox Meadow Elementary > > > "Love of reading and writing is not taught, it is created. > Love of reading and writing is not required, it is inspired. > Love of reading and writing is not demanded, it is exemplified. > Love of reading and writing, is not exacted, it is quickened. > Love of reading and writing is not solicited, it is activated." > -Russell Stauffer, 1980 > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Kim ------- Kimberlee Hannan 7th CORE-ELA & WH Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California 93702 The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:01:27 -0500 From: "Carrie Cahill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MOSAIC] poetry and strategies To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Does anyone have a list of great poems to use when teaching the comprehension strategies? ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:48:04 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] poetry and strategies To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Carrie, I teach seventh grade and use poetry a great deal in teaching. If you will e-mail me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED], I will send you a list of the poems I use and how I use them. Teresa Stepp > Does anyone have a list of great poems to use when teaching the > comprehension strategies? > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:11 -0500 From: "Vickie Julka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] poetry and strategies To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Carrie, What level? I used Langston Hughes' poetry with my 2nd-3rd grade students and the discussions around the comprehehsion strategies were amazing. Nikki Grimes has several books with poetry for children that is thought provoking as well. Her book Meet Danitra Brown was one of our favorites. Vickie Julka >>> "Carrie Cahill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/22/08 9:01 AM >>> Does anyone have a list of great poems to use when teaching the comprehension strategies? _______________________________________________ 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. 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