Try reading Harvey Daniels work for content area reading--lots of great stuff there for nonfiction inquiry circles.
Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Date: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anythingelsenew and exciting? > Thanks...Are inquiry circles like literature circles only for content > area reading? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 1:54 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > elsenew and exciting? > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know how much reading on inquiry circles, but that should be > helpful. > Jerry Harste and also the work by Heidi Hayes Jacobs > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joy <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:56:23 > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > else > new and exciting? > > > Sally, > I've been doing this for many years, and YES it is fun and engaging, > but I > always struggle with coming up with the overarching theme! I'm trying > to help > our third grade teacher, so if I can't understand it, I know I can't > help her! > > Joy/NC/4  How children learn is as important as what they learn: > process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org  > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: thomas <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy -anything > el > se new > and exciting? > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:10 PM > > Joy, > > So just bouncing off of academic vocab and RTI and on and on, thematic > teaching is a big answer in my view. When we teach thematically, we can > involve kids in inquiry at many different levels of reading and writing > and > research and modes of communication. This allows us to differentiate > while > they have a common overarching theme - thus ALL can contribute in > authentic > ways. And vocabulary is going to be benefited in huge ways....because > the > words are all connected and thus easier to learn because they are > meaning > based. And they are used over and over throughout the reading and > writing > and so on. > > So thematic teaching is a big overarching picture that often never gets > mentioned in all this focus on different aspects of literacy!!! AND > THANK > YOU FOR BRING US BACK TO THIS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING. > > I teach in an American Indian school as I've mentioned. This fall the > whole > school is focusing on oceans initially. So I've started playing with > all > the ideas. My social studies focus is communities...and I'm thinking > that > connects with the ocean as an interconnected community of living things. > I'm also thinking of oceans being interconnected to planet earth so > taking > care of the ocean matters. Native American conn > ections - the emphasis > "we > are all connected." and I can use a number of traditional American > Indian > stories centered on the sea. I found a book by the son of a friend > "All the > Way to the Ocean" connected to Save our Seas Foundation with tons of > activities and links and resources and that definitely brings activism > to > the front. And then the issue of salmon and dams and use of water are > critical issues to Native Americans in California (and further > north)right > now. In fact, the dams are coming down as a result of Native American > activism. And on and on and on and so exciting. > > And I can teach differences between fiction and non fiction and bring us > back to community and still focus on interconnections by using Swimmy > and > Rainbow Fish and use those to be teaching some reading....in addition > to all > our non fiction. Even thinking about a contrast between NEMO AND A NEW > MOVIE COMING TURTLE: can't quite rmemeber the title but it's non > fiction > and will be out this year. > > EGAD THIS IS ALL SO MUCH FUN. Now I will need to start pinning this > down > to the actual days and shape of the unit for my second and third > graders. > > But just think.....this is so ideal for RTI and differentiation and > building > vocabulary and teaching all the language arts strategies and skills as > well as social studies and science. > > This is why we need to go back to thematic tea > ching and many of the > approaches so advocated in whole language. We will not neglect the > skills. > We can of course do phonics and words families and fluency. But our > foundation is a meaning-centered inquiry into something that matters! > > Sorry I am just flat out getting so excited to be back to an elementary > classroom in a place that values meaning-centered learning. > > Good luck Joy. I know you will do the same. Of course I thought at > first > that oceans was just a topic. But when I then crank it up to "we are > all > connected" the universe is possible.. > > Sally > > > > > On 6/18/09 4:52 PM, "Joy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I still need help coming up with themes for my units. Don't know why, > but I > > guess I can't see the big picture. Do you have any suggestions as to > how to > > develop an overarching theme? > > > > Joy/NC/4   How children learn is as important as what they learn: > process > > and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org  > > > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > -anything else > > new and exciting? > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:44 AM > > > > Sounds good. So academic vocabulary, RTI, anything else new and > > exciting? I also like the te > xtmapping but I learned about that two > > years ago on this LISTSERV. I'm a little bored:) > > > > If there are any teachers out there...What do you NEED in terms of > > issues in your classroom? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephanie Perry <[email protected]> > > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:37 pm > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her > book > > not > > only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in > your > > classroom immediately. > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> This is unbelievably helpful!!!! > >> > >> > >> You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to > > your > >> grandmother. > >> -Albert Einstein > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jan Sanders <[email protected]> > >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > >> [email protected]> > >> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm > >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy > > coach I > >> did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his > >20Building > >> Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction > > with > >> Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that > > explains > >> the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and > > it is > >> probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives > > the > >> WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that > > has the > >> 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. > >> There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are > > quite > >> pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association > > for > >> Supervision and Curriculum Development). > >> Jan > >> You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to > > your > >> grandmother. > >> -Albert Einstein > >> > >> > >> On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>  Marzano discusses this in? great detail > >>> > >>> > >>> Kristine > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am > >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy > >>> > >>> > >>> Academic vocabulary. Interesting!!!! Is there an author who I can > >>> > >> read up on?? > >> > >>> ? > >>> -----Original Message-----? > >>> From: [email protected]? > >>> To: [email protected]? > >>> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? > >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TR > ENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? > >>> ? > >>> ? > >>> ? > >>> ? > >>> ? > >>> ? > >>> Academic vocabulary.? > >>> Jennifer? > >>> In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? > >>> [email protected] writes:? > >>> ? > >>> Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in > reading? > >>> pedagogy? > >>> ? > >>> > >> > >> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >> 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to0D > > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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