I have some questions that you could address with those wanting to "departmentalize". Does this lead to tracking students? There is research against tracking. How will integrating subjects and content work if the kids aren't with the same teacher for instruction? You may be able to find research on integrating subjects. How will parents receive reports? Would the teachers have to meet with more parents during parent-teacher conferences? Research about small learning communities might give some insight? You could also count up the instructional time that would be lost during transitions. It adds up when you add up the time over a month or year. For ideas for your parent workshop, you could check out the Joint Position Statement of the International Reading Association and the national Association for the Education of Young Children, "Learning to Read and Write, Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young children". It is dated 1999, so it may have an update but good information for both of these issues. http://www.nwrac.org/pub/tipsforparents.pdf <http://www.nwrac.org/pub/tipsforparents.pdf> Kay Kuenzl-Stenerson Literacy Coach Merrill Middle School "Great things are not by impulse but by a series of small things brought together." Vincent Van Gogh
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of [email protected] Sent: Wed 2/11/2009 11:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 30, Issue 11 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: Mosaic Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10 (Jennifer Meyer) 2. departmentalization (Delores Gibson) 3. Re: departmentalization ([email protected]) 4. departmentalizing young students... (Kristin Mitchell) 5. Re: departmentalization (Laura Klug) 6. Re: departmentalization ([email protected]) 7. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10 (Carrie Kotula) 8. Re: departmentalization (Jane Watson) 9. Re: departmentalization (Andrea Jenkins) 10. Re: departmentalization (Barbara Regenspan) 11. Re: Parent Camp (gina nunley) 12. Re: departmentalization (suzie herb) 13. Re: departmentalization (Delores Gibson) 14. roles and responsibilities ? (Dana's Charter) 15. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10 (cheryl Whitfield) 16. Re: departmentalization (Yingling) 17. Parent Camp (Susan Cronk) 18. Re: departmentalization (Andrea Jenkins) 19. Re: departmentalization (Beverlee Paul) 20. Literature Circles (elisa kifer) 21. Re: departmentalization (SPINELLO, Carol) 22. Re: departmentalization (Ljackson) 23. Re: departmentalization (Jan Sanders) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:07:11 -0500 From: "Jennifer Meyer" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Try the book Comprehension Connections by Tanny McGregor. It has many hands on/concrete ways to introduce strategic reading strategies. --- Original Message ---- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Mosaic Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10 Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:00:06 PM EST 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. Help!!! ([email protected]) 2. Re: Help!!! (Pam Florence) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:25:21 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] Help!!! To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, Does anyone any ideas of hands on activities? or make and take activities to used during? a parent camp on comprehension? Thanks, Cynthia ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:04:27 -0500 From: "Pam Florence" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Help!!! To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The website www.fcrr.org (The Florida Center for Reading Research) has a lot of center activities for comprehension, vocab. etc... for all ages. If you click on the "For Teacher" section and look under the Curriculum and Instruction heading you will find "K-1 Student Center Activities". They also have activities for higher grades. Pam >>> <[email protected]> 02/10/09 7:34 PM >>> Hello, Does anyone any ideas of hands on activities? or make and take activities to used during? a parent camp on comprehension? Thanks, Cynthia _______________________________________________ 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. End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10 ************************************** _______________________________________________ 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.
