Tony Stead has many ideas for organizing books. His new book Good Choice is great. Beth Newingham's site has excellent basket labels. Jeanne > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:14:52 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Organizing Books > > Hi Laurie, > It depends on what grade, (I think 3rd could do this) but I tried assigning > equal groups to a genre. (Of course, you have to teach them about genre > first.) Then I lined the front of the room with boxes labeled on the front > with the genre. Whenever I had 5-10 minutes we sorted books. I handed each > group about 10 books to place in the proper genre box. Then the students in > charge checked the box for accuracy. It didn't work perfectly, but that was > the best system so far. I have hundreds of book, and at least it got them > basically separated. I, of course, still need to fine tune the organization, > since I want to further divide them. (Family, Animal Characters, Citizenship, > etc) > Hope that helps. > Debbie > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Laurie Tandy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 5:18:47 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] Organizing Books > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Does anyone have a day-to-day plan for having students help organize the > classroom library at the beginning of the year? ?I have tried it before but > it ended up in a chaotic mess.? > > > > > Thanks, > > Laurie > > Third Grade > > Petaluma, CA > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 4:09 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy grants > > > > > > > > > > Kristine....this is the Mosaic listserv...about Fountas and Pinnell... > > > I have used the Fountas and Pinnell benchmark system for the past two > years.? (In the past I have used the DRA and Rigby.)? I find it to be easy to > administer and the results are quite accurate.? The texts for each level > offer > one for fiction and one for non-fiction.? The books were written specifically > to > > the expectations of both Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell.? They personally > oversaw each text to be sure that they represented what they felt was > appropriate and interesting for the reader at each level.? The topics and > characters of the books are diverse and the kids find them interesting.? > > > > After each reading, there is a series of questions that are broken down into > 2-3 > > sections depending upon the reading level.? For example, the early levels > only > have two sections, while the higher levels?have 3?sections.? The reading > results > > offer not only decoding and?comprehension but identify fluency and error > rate.? > > > > There is another section where the reader can reply in writing to a short > prompt > > connected to the text.? This is?not necessary to level a student, however.? > > > > You might want to contact Heinemann to see if you could get a sample > package.? I > > know that they have materials to preview this assessment. > > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 7:02 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy grants > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will research university /school collaborations:) Dr. M. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kristine Roseo <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 5:38 pm > > Subject: [MOSAIC] literacy grants > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am a new reading coach and would like to find some grants for supplemental > > materials and possibly create a resource room. If anyone has any ideas let > me > > know. > > > > Your partner in education, > > > > > > Kristine Roseo, M.Ed. > > Reading Coach > > Calusa Elementary > > (561) 989-7500 > > > > ----------------------------------------- Under Florida law, e-mail > > addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail > > address released in response to a public records request, do not > > send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office > > by phone or in writing. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stay cool with this summer's hottest movies. 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