I also recommend watching the reading patterns in your room to help
guide your classroom library. Once you create a classroom library
(preferably with student input as to which categories are made....), it
does not have to be static. 
Classroom libraries can change as students' reading patterns emerge. 
I read an article about organizing classroom libraries by a teacher who
did just this... she had categories in her library like "Sad books that
make you want to cry, cry, cry" or  "young girls who follow their
dreams"...etc. 




Katherine Reed
Literacy Coach
Currently Reading: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (again!)


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   1. Re: understanding value of DRA 2 testing (Linda Keech)
   2. Daily Five (Angela Almond)
   3. organizing classroom library picture books (Stewart, L)
   4. Re: understanding value of DRA 2 testing (Beverlee Paul)
   5. Re: organizing classroom library picture books (Melissa Beaudre)
   6. Re: organizing classroom library picture books ([email protected])
   7. Re: understanding value of DRA 2 testing (Ellen Schwartz)
   8. Re: organizing classroom library picture books (Lacey Chimienti)
   9. Re: organizing classroom library picture books (Carmen Matsuura)
  10. Re: organizing classroom library picture books (Mena)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:38:06 -0600
From: Linda Keech <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
        <[email protected]>
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Ah yes, I'm sure it was hard to convince other members in committees.
Linda:)

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:11 AM, EDWARD JACKSON <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> My previous district used the DRA2 and made adjustments to the fluency
> protocols. If the child's fluency score fell into the lowest range,
the test
> was discontinued. If the child's fluency (rate only) fell into the
second
> range, overall fluency was scored and if the holistic rubric score
fell into
> the third range, the test was continued. It is surprising how many
children
> do indeed meet fluency expectations without rate.  It was a hard
fought
> battle to convince all members of the literacy committee that this was
an
> appropriate modification.
>
>
>
> Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist
> Broken Bow, NE
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
> Join me
>
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:24:55 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing
> >
> >
> > So who would know what level you tested them at?  This is a case
where I
> would nod yes at the meeting and go do what I know makes more sense.
I
> rarely have half a class that maintains where they were.  And yes, 1
or 2
> would be higher, but most would be lower.
> >
> > Jan  We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled,
but as
> candles to be lit.
> > -Robert Shaffer
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:50:02 -0400
> >> Subject: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing
> >>
> >> This year our district has mandated that we test each of our
students
> whether they are on, below, or above grade level at the very start of
the
> school year.  We are to test each child one level above where they
ended the
> previous school year.  Out of my 20 students, only one student passed
at a
> higher level (and that was a child I had retained).  Now I have to
retest
> all 20 of them on the level they came to me.  If they don't pass that
(my
> guess is that some of them won't), I have to test them down until I
find a
> test that they do pass.
> >>
> >> My argument was that we should test where they were last May and
then
> test up or down based on those results.  I was told absolutely not.
Why
> would we think that our students would test higher in September than
they
> did at the end of May?  Most of them did not read over the summer and
even
> those that did read, showed no growth on the test.  I would greatly
> appreciate your input.  I don't have an issue with testing but the
test
> should be helpful to my instruction of the child.  In my opinon this
is just
> a phenomenal waste of precious contact time.
> >> Thanks.
> >> Leslie
> >>
> >> Leslie R.Stewart
> >> Grade 3 Teacher
> >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> >> 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX
> >>
> >> To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something
beautiful,
>  ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of
> poetry.  ~ Gaston Bachelard ~
> >>
> >>
> >> <http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mosaic mailing list
> >> [email protected]
> >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:58:32 -0400
From: "Angela Almond" <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOSAIC] Daily Five
To: [email protected]
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I use Daily Five and the CAFE board in my fourth grade class!  I adapt
it
to fit my schedule and my comfort level.  I LOVE IT!  It is definitely
worth reading these books!

[email protected] writes:
>Does  anyone use this method in the upper elementary grades?  If so,
can
>you
>give me any tips or tricks?  would be interested in looking into this!



Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT
Fourth Grade
East Albemarle Elementary School






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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:33:46 -0400
From: "Stewart, L" <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'"
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Does anyone have a logical method of organizing picture books and a
system for labeling book bins?  I have organized my library in science,
social studies, chapter books, poetry books, and favorite authors.  Now
I have a large amount of wonderful picture books that I can't seem to
organize sensibly - seasonal, holidays, multicultural?  Do you have just
miscellaneous bins?
Thanks.

Leslie R. Stewart
(203)481-5386 X310  FAX (203)483-0749
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."
  ~ Dr. Seuss



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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:50:25 -0600
From: Beverlee Paul <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
        <[email protected]>
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It always amazes me which teachers come down for "rigor" and "having
high
standards."  Let's just say it isn't always the teachers who practice
high
standards themselves.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Linda Keech <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ah yes, I'm sure it was hard to convince other members in committees.
> Linda:)
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:11 AM, EDWARD JACKSON <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> >
> > My previous district used the DRA2 and made adjustments to the
fluency
> > protocols. If the child's fluency score fell into the lowest range,
the
> test
> > was discontinued. If the child's fluency (rate only) fell into the
second
> > range, overall fluency was scored and if the holistic rubric score
fell
> into
> > the third range, the test was continued. It is surprising how many
> children
> > do indeed meet fluency expectations without rate.  It was a hard
fought
> > battle to convince all members of the literacy committee that this
was an
> > appropriate modification.
> >
> >
> >
> > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist
> > Broken Bow, NE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
> > Join me
> >
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:24:55 -0700
> > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing
> > >
> > >
> > > So who would know what level you tested them at?  This is a case
where
> I
> > would nod yes at the meeting and go do what I know makes more sense.
I
> > rarely have half a class that maintains where they were.  And yes, 1
or 2
> > would be higher, but most would be lower.
> > >
> > > Jan  We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled,
but
> as
> > candles to be lit.
> > > -Robert Shaffer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> From: [email protected]
> > >> To: [email protected]
> > >> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:50:02 -0400
> > >> Subject: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing
> > >>
> > >> This year our district has mandated that we test each of our
students
> > whether they are on, below, or above grade level at the very start
of the
> > school year.  We are to test each child one level above where they
ended
> the
> > previous school year.  Out of my 20 students, only one student
passed at
> a
> > higher level (and that was a child I had retained).  Now I have to
retest
> > all 20 of them on the level they came to me.  If they don't pass
that (my
> > guess is that some of them won't), I have to test them down until I
find
> a
> > test that they do pass.
> > >>
> > >> My argument was that we should test where they were last May and
then
> > test up or down based on those results.  I was told absolutely not.
Why
> > would we think that our students would test higher in September than
they
> > did at the end of May?  Most of them did not read over the summer
and
> even
> > those that did read, showed no growth on the test.  I would greatly
> > appreciate your input.  I don't have an issue with testing but the
test
> > should be helpful to my instruction of the child.  In my opinon this
is
> just
> > a phenomenal waste of precious contact time.
> > >> Thanks.
> > >> Leslie
> > >>
> > >> Leslie R.Stewart
> > >> Grade 3 Teacher
> > >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> > >> 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX
> > >>
> > >> To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something
> beautiful,
> >  ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash
of
> > poetry.  ~ Gaston Bachelard ~
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> <http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Mosaic mailing list
> > >> [email protected]
> > >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
> > >>
>
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> > .
> > >>
> > >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
> > >>
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:36:01 -0400
From: Melissa Beaudre <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
        <[email protected]>
Message-ID:
        <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I teach fifth grade, but I still use picture books and have them
available in my library. I organize all my books by genre, with a
category in each genre for picture books. So as an example, I have
historical fiction novels, and a seperate bin for historical fiction
picture books. You could also do award winners, favorite illustrators,
or authors. I also have general nonfiction categories, such as
animals, weather, human body, and space. I hope this helps! It seems
to work for me!

Melissa Beaudre

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Stewart, L<[email protected]>
wrote:
> Does anyone have a logical method of organizing picture books and a
system for labeling book bins? ?I have organized my library in science,
social studies, chapter books, poetry books, and favorite authors. ?Now
I have a large amount of wonderful picture books that I can't seem to
organize sensibly - seasonal, holidays, multicultural? ?Do you have just
miscellaneous bins?
> Thanks.
>
> Leslie R. Stewart
> (203)481-5386 X310 ?FAX (203)483-0749
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
>
> Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind."
> ?~ Dr. Seuss
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mosaic mailing list
> [email protected]
> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
>
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>
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>
>



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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:31:56 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"


 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stewart, L <[email protected]>
To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 5:33 pm
Subject: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
I've tried all kinds of ways but finally just put the rest of my picture
books in alphabetical order by title.? It worked for my second graders
to put away correctly and also made it easy for me to find a particular
title.










Does anyone have a logical method of organizing picture books and a
system for 
labeling book bins?  I have organized my library in science, social
studies, 
chapter books, poetry books, and favorite authors.  Now I have a large
amount of 
wonderful picture books that I can't seem to organize sensibly -
seasonal, 
holidays, multicultural?  Do you have just miscellaneous bins?
Thanks.

Leslie R. Stewart
(203)481-5386 X310  FAX (203)483-0749
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter
and 
those who matter don't mind."
  ~ Dr. Seuss

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I've tried a


 



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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 23:02:02 -0400
From: Ellen Schwartz <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email   Group"
        <[email protected]>
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Maureen & Leslie,

I go back far enough to have started with DRA 1, which of course was 
just called DRA at that time. In its inception, there were no scores 
attached. The only number, really, was the child's level. All the 
rest of the information was necessarily descriptive. Little by little 
scores and rubrics have crept in, and now there's this timer thing, 
which I don't do. I figure I can hear if a child is reading fluently. 
And when a child is disfluent or slow, what is more helpful to me 
than a number is to listen closely for what is causing the 
disfluency. A few years ago I had a child who read slowly because he 
kept going back to reread, adjusting the intonation until he got it 
just right. It slowed him down, yes, but it also showed how much he 
understood about the author's use of language, and what a good ear he 
had.

I also don't do the written summaries (grade 3) because I want the 
assessment to give me valid information about the children as 
readers--how well they understood the story, not how well they can 
write answers to questions or summarize the story in writing. So I do 
it all as oral interview, including the retelling, which is how the 
old DRA was always done. Of course that is more time consuming. We 
get some coverage to do DRAs, but it's never enough, so I figure out 
creative ways to make the time. I really cherish those one-on-one 
meetings with the children, like an extended reading conference where 
I can really focus in on each child.

I couldn't agree more with this comment from Maureen:
>So in breaking the rules, you get more of the info you need
to help each student move on in the different aspects of literacy.

The absurdity is that reading assessments have rules that get in the 
way of learning about our students as readers. Looking-glass world, 
indeed.

--Ellen


At 6:28 AM -0400 9/8/09, Maureen Morrissey wrote:
>Leslie,
>I do the same with several students, ie, giving them the fluency test
and
>comprehension tests at different levels to see where they fall.  You
get
>some decent info from a DRA2, but it certainly has many faults and the
one
>you mentioned is huge.  The fact that fluency dictates which level
>comprehension is tested upon makes no sense at all.  The goal of
reading is
>comprehension; fluency does not correlate with comprehension in a
>predictable fashion and nor is fluency causational in relation to
>comprehension.  So in breaking the rules, you get more of the info you
need
>to help each student move on in the different aspects of literacy. 
>
>The other huge issue in the upper levels is the summary writing.  I
have
>children who can answer verbal and written questions that demonstrate
both
>literal and inferential level understanding; they have difficulty with
>writing a summary.  Once again, valuable information, but it does not
show
>up on the DRA2 numbers.
>
>Best,
>Maureen
>
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:23:50 +0000
From: Lacey Chimienti <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"


Hello :) check out this website for book organization - it is awesome!
and even has pdf labels you can upload and print! :)
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.htmgood luck!
:)

> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:36:01 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
> 
> I teach fifth grade, but I still use picture books and have them
> available in my library. I organize all my books by genre, with a
> category in each genre for picture books. So as an example, I have
> historical fiction novels, and a seperate bin for historical fiction
> picture books. You could also do award winners, favorite illustrators,
> or authors. I also have general nonfiction categories, such as
> animals, weather, human body, and space. I hope this helps! It seems
> to work for me!
> 
> Melissa Beaudre
> 
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Stewart,
L<[email protected]> wrote:
> > Does anyone have a logical method of organizing picture books and a
system for labeling book bins?  I have organized my library in science,
social studies, chapter books, poetry books, and favorite authors.  Now
I have a large amount of wonderful picture books that I can't seem to
organize sensibly - seasonal, holidays, multicultural?  Do you have just
miscellaneous bins?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Leslie R. Stewart
> > (203)481-5386 X310  FAX (203)483-0749
> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> >
> > Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind."
> >  ~ Dr. Seuss
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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.
> >
> >
> 
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> 

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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:23:26 -1000
From: Carmen Matsuura <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
To: MOSAIC <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"


A friend of mine had the most amazing kindergarten library.  She had
enough seasonal, holiday, etc. books to give them their own categories (
a bin of Halloween books, Christmas books, Hispanic books, etc.).  I did
the same with my books when I taught third grade, which made it easy for
my students to choose books when it was reading buddy time with our
kindergarten partners.

 

Carmen
 
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:33:46 -0400
> Subject: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
> 
> Does anyone have a logical method of organizing picture books and a
system for labeling book bins? I have organized my library in science,
social studies, chapter books, poetry books, and favorite authors. Now I
have a large amount of wonderful picture books that I can't seem to
organize sensibly - seasonal, holidays, multicultural? Do you have just
miscellaneous bins?
> Thanks.
> 
> Leslie R. Stewart
> (203)481-5386 X310 FAX (203)483-0749
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind."
> ~ Dr. Seuss
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mosaic mailing list
> [email protected]
> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:31:38 -0400
From: Mena <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"


 YOU ARE AWESOME Lacey!!!


 


Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D.
Florida Atlantic University  
Dept. of Teaching and Learning    
College of Education                    
2912 College Ave. ES 214
Davie, FL  33314
Phone:  954-236-1070
Fax:  954-236-1050

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lacey Chimienti <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 11:23 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books











Hello :) check out this website for book organization - it is awesome!
and even 
has pdf labels you can upload and print! :)
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.htmgood 
luck! :)

> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:36:01 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] organizing classroom library picture books
> 
> I teach fifth grade, but I still use picture books and have them
> available in my library. I organize all my books by genre, with a
> category in each genre for picture books. So as an example, I have
> historical fiction novels, and a seperate bin for historical fiction
> picture books. You could also do award winners, favorite illustrators,
> or authors. I also have general nonfiction categories, such as
> animals, weather, human body, and space. I hope this helps! It seems
> to work for me!
> 
> Melissa Beaudre
> 
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Stewart,
L<[email protected]> wrote:
> > Does anyone have a l
ogical method of organizing picture books and a system 
for labeling book bins?  I have organized my library in science, social
studies, 
chapter books, poetry books, and favorite authors.  Now I have a large
amount of 
wonderful picture books that I can't seem to organize sensibly -
seasonal, 
holidays, multicultural?  Do you have just miscellaneous bins?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Leslie R. Stewart
> > (203)481-5386 X310  FAX (203)483-0749
> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> >
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