Thanks for sharing, Jane! Whitney Hamilton
3rd Grade Teacher Kit Carson Elementary NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY: The information contained and transmitted within this e-mail is confidential. It is intended only for the individual or entity designated in the recipient line. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, use of, or reliance upon, the information contained and transmitted within this e-mail, by or to anyone, other than the designated recipient, is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify a representative of Madison County School District. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jane Watson Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:30 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reading workshops I do a summer literacy camp during the month of June at my school. Another center I use is games from the Florida Center for Reading Research and give the parents the website. Another center is online free computer games for letter recognition, phoneme awareness, etc. The book I read to show parents how to do before/during/after reading with their child is Edward and the Pirates. I modeled and then they had to do the before/during/after with their own child with another book. Quite interesting! On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Hamilton, Whitney < [email protected]> wrote: > I just held a Parent University for my classroom last night. I covered > fluency, reading comprehension (before, during, and after strategies: > predicting, connecting, questioning), and summer reading. > > Station 1: Fluency > I assessed each student's WCPM and overall fluency and then shared with the > student and parent how the score ranked with norms for 3rd graders at this > time of the year. I also shared with parents a list of tips for increasing > fluency as well as additional information about what fluency is. > > Station 2: Reading Comprehension > This station taught parents how to read with their children to enhance > comprehension. I provided a guide for before, during, and after reading > specific to a story that I provided time for them to read . . . but with the > understanding that the same structure should be applied to other fiction > reads. > > Station 3: Summer Reading > Here, students and parents worked together to come up with three summer > reading goals. If 2 of the 3 goals are met and the goal sheet is returned > at the beginning of next year, those students names will be put in a drawing > for a Hastings gift card. Students also made a bookmark at the center and > received a list of recommended books for third graders. > > If you have additional questions or ideas for how I could improve my Parent > University please feel free to ask/share. > > > Whitney Hamilton, Third Grade > Kit Carson Elementary > 450 Tates Creek Road > Richmond, KY 40475 > > [email protected] > 859-624-4525 > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Carmen Abaraham > Sent: Tue 3/24/2009 12:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] reading workshops > > > > Hello my name is Carmen Abraham, and I am currently a student at Wayne > State University enrolled in a reading comprehension class. My question is: > "Our school is planning on a comprehension workshop for the parents. Should > reading workshops be mandatory for parents so they are able to better help > their children become independent thinkers and learners? Does anyone have > any suggestions on how to make this a successful event? Has anyone ever > done this in their school, what works and what doesn't work?" > > Carmen > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Jane A. Watson Curriculum Strategist Ruston Elementary School 200 N. Bernard St. Ruston, La 71270 FAX # - 318.255-4728 Work # - 1.318.255.4714 _______________________________________________ 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.
