[email protected] writes: > >Angela, > >In my school, there is no switching of classes. Each teacher spends the >whole literacy block with his class. So could you see Daily Five, with >the >options as outlined in the book, working on a daily basis with a 4th >grade >class? I would love to be self-contained. It would work so much better and I would be able to do it much more like the book suggests. > > >If one child is doing Reading with Partner, then I guess that child's >partner is doing the Listen to Reading portion. How does that always >work out >and does it take too much time for kids to arrange? In my class, students who Listen To Reading listen to online e-books. Students who want to Read with Partner go to stand at the rack of magazines, reader's theater, and newspapers that I have to choose from for this selection. They wait until the next person chooses to Read with a Partner and then they pair up. It takes me about 30 seconds to call everyones' names and about another 60 for everyone to get settled. > > >And BTW, what is EOG and do you substitute that for writing since you are > >not the one who teaches writing? The EOG is our state mandated end of the year tests. I do substitute the writing with that. > > >Thanks, >Leslie
Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School _______________________________________________ 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.
