Elisa, thank you for your kind offer to share. I would love to see your materials. I'll be teaching 5th grade for the 1st time (after having 1st, 2/3 split) and I know there are some kiddos who would benefit from something like this. Thanks, Judy
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." --- 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, 6:49 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.
