I've never taught letter of the week. Get the books The Literate Kindergarten by Susan Kempton and No More Letter of the Week by Pat Lusche. Nancy Creech In a message dated 8/27/2009 11:42:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I did not teach letter of the week in Kindergarten even though the other two K teachers at my school did. I have no clue what "level C" is but all but two of my students were reading books at the end of the year at various levels of expertise which I considered appropriate at the end of Kindergarten. :-) Renee..... who is sick of "level this" and "level that" and longing for times when teachers could make their own assessments. On Aug 27, 2009, at 4:29 AM, Grubbs, Rollanda - Curriculum Specialist wrote: > This is a question for Kindergarten teachers: If you have moved away > from teaching a "letter of the week" and introduce the letters more > quickly or naturally please let me know how long you have been teaching > this way and how it is going in your classroom. What percent of your > students are reading at a level C by end of K? > > > From: > mosaic-bounces+rollanda.grubbs=larue.kyschools...@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:mosaic- > bounces+rollanda.grubbs=larue.kyschools...@literacyworksh > op.org] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 36, Issue 26 > > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Sisters' Simply Beautiful ([email protected]) > 2. Re: Sisters' Simply Beautiful ([email protected]) > 3. FIrst Grade Curriculum ([email protected]) > 4. text structure (Brenda White-Keller) > 5. Re: FIrst Grade Curriculum (Beverlee Paul) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:27:54 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Sisters' Simply Beautiful > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > I guess it is different for different people because the teacher who > borrowed my 'Daily Five Alive' and 'CAFE' DVDs brought them back today > and said > she wants to watch them again once she gets started teaching. > Kinderjane/SC:-) > > In a message dated 8/25/2009 12:03:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I've ordered some DVDs from them and have been less than enthralled. I > was > eager to share the CAFE DVD w/my team mates and they were just plain > disappointed. In fact, the comment was they were glad I had spent the > money on > it and they had not. Thanks, guys. ;-) > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:46:49 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Sisters' Simply Beautiful > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <1631875764-1251233158-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net > -10895782 > [email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Very true ... But I do believe Simply Beautiful is one of their best > efforts. > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:27:54 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Sisters' Simply Beautiful > > > > I guess it is different for different people because the teacher who > borrowed my 'Daily Five Alive' and 'CAFE' DVDs brought them back today > and said > she wants to watch them again once she gets started teaching. > Kinderjane/SC:-) > > In a message dated 8/25/2009 12:03:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I've ordered some DVDs from them and have been less than enthralled. I > was > eager to share the CAFE DVD w/my team mates and they were just plain > disappointed. In fact, the comment was they were glad I had spent the > money on > it and they had not. Thanks, guys. ;-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:17:04 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] FIrst Grade Curriculum > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <1622156.107611251249424444.javamail.serv...@perfora> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello, > I am in my third year of teaching first grade. My first two years > we've > used Open Court, but after an IMSE training, my principal told me that > I > can use that, but would have to set up a Guided Reading program around > it. > If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. As > far as the reading part of the curriculum goes, I am planning to > incorporate the Open Court materials. > Thank you in advance! > Sharon Diamondstein / NJ / First grade > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:23:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: Brenda White-Keller <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] text structure > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Thanks for the advice.? I will check out the website. > Brenda > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:56:04 -0600 > From: Beverlee Paul <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] FIrst Grade Curriculum > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > What is IMSE? > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am in my third year of teaching first grade. My first two years > we've >> used Open Court, but after an IMSE training, my principal told me that > I can >> use that, but would have to set up a Guided Reading program around it. >> If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. As > far >> as the reading part of the curriculum goes, I am planning to > incorporate the >> Open Court materials. >> Thank you in advance! >> Sharon Diamondstein / NJ / First grade >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 36, Issue 26 > ************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ~ Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ 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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