I use her video series and teachers react so positively to them. She actually makes a couple of poor decisions, then reflects on them honestly. It deviates from those videos which can make things seem almost too perfect to be believable--Stepford Children.
Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] 3rd grade...new teacher > I absolutely love Joanne Hindley's In the Company of Children. She describes > a year's worth of literacy instruction in her third grade classroom. Joanne > Hindley is one of the teachers who founded the Manhattan New School in New > York along with such greats as Lucy Calkins, Shelley Harwayne and Sharon > Taberski. > They know their stuff! > > > > > I have been teaching third grade for 10 years and just recently re-read her > book. It was published in 1997, but the ideas are not outdated. I wish she'd > write another book. > > > > > Laurie Tandy > > California > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 20 May 2009 6:28 pm > Subject: [MOSAIC] 3rd grade...new teacher > > > > > > > > > I just found out today that I've got my first classroom teaching job in 4 > years > teaching 3rd grade! Now the panic is setting in. Â I have not previously set > up a > balanced literacy classroom model. Â Any recommendations???How about titles > for > guided reading??? > > > > Thx, > > > > > Babs > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
