Keith has just added the following to our TEACHING TOOLS page located at: www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
At the very top of the Staff Development section: 1. Ellin Keene's "What's Essential" outline 2008 Here is a quick link to get there directly: http://readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm#4 This is the crucial document that Jennifer is speaking about in her recent post: "Think about Ellin's What's Essential list. If everyone works from that, every teacher our students have from K-12 will have a focus that will benefit literacy development. That's the floor...what every child needs. If the child's interests and needs draw us to teach something else...then great. One has to have a vision for what children should know and be able to do in order to make the teachable moments really work for the child. The What's Essential list does that. Jennifer" Thank you Ellin for helping to keep our eyes on what IS essential!!!! Ginger Weincek Mosaic Team _______________________________________________ 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.
