Elisa, I had forwarded you my email to send me notes about your book club, I don't think I have received them yet. Can you let me know if you did and I missed them? Thanks for your help! Jen
--- On Tue, 7/28/09, Borwick Enid <[email protected]> wrote: From: Borwick Enid <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Writing club To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 9:49 PM Elisa, I am teaching 4th grade for the 1st time and your book club sounds great. I would love to have a copy of your notes and'/or lesson plans that you presented. sounds wonderful thanks Enid ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Deaneen Pashea Sent: Sun 7/26/2009 9:08 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Groups Joanne, I am very interested in learning more about conducting a lunch time book club. I also teach third grade and would be interested in what you do. Deaneen ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joanne Stano [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:01 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Groups Elisa, I was catching up and read about your writing club. I would love to have your notes. I teach 3rd grade and have a lunch time book club. Joanne/Ohio [email protected] On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Waingort Jimenez, Elisa wrote: > Hi, > I did a writing club this past year with the grades 1 - 3 at my > school. I never expected to get the response I got and I didn't > turn anyone away. During the year a few kids dropped out (they > called it quitting, which for some reason the term "quitting" > bothers me but that's another post) but for the most part they all > stayed for the entire year - end of October - end of April. I had > to do two lunch times to accomodate the numbers. This year I'm > planning to just do one day (two days back-to-back was a bit too > much for me) and limit the numbers to 25, preferrably 20. I did a > presentation on writing club at my local teachers convention. If > you are interested I can send it to you offline and if you have any > specific questions, please feel free to ask. Also, this year one of > the 1st grade teachers is thinking of doing writing club for the > grade ones which means I could just focus on the upper grades. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or > even touched. They must be felt within the heart. > -Helen Keller > > Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. > http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ > > > I would like to get some suggestions from you guys on ideas for > starting some sort of book club, writing club, poetry club, etc. to > do with students either during lunch, before or after school. What > things have you done? This is my third year as a reading specialist > at a K-5 school.I don't know if I want to target remedial readers or > high readers. My principal is all for doing things above and beyond > and I would like to bring something fresh to the table this year. I > appreciate any suggestions you may have. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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.
