I have been working with an instructional framework called Reading Apprenticeship which is especially designed for adolescent readers. This is our district's first year working with this particular approach so the jury is still out whether it is effective or not. My own teacher sense tells me it has the potential to be effective if modeled and implemented consistently with students. The central idea of the framework is that the teacher is the master reader in the class room and you are "apprenticing" your students in working with the strategies they need to read difficult text. The website is: http://www.wested.org/cs/sli/print/docs/sli/ra_framework.htm
Email me off list if you have more questions. Training costs a bundle but is well worth it if your district is willing to invest the $$. Kay -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of plongshell Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 4:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 10 I I have a question for reading teachers who work with middle school or higher kids...after working for years with grades 1-4 and infrequently 5, I'm in a 6,7,8 school providing intervention services. I've worked with middle schoolers before, but not as an interventionist. So many of my strategies deal with the learning to read aspect and using Harvey and Gouvdis thinking strategies, but my kids have had quite a bit of that and are still behind. I'm trying to figure out what are the best kind of generic interventions that can be provided in 40 minute 3 day blocks to my varied students. We aren't supposed to operate as a resource room, and often can't because the kids come from different teams of teachers. Anyone out there with ideas? Michelle- NY AIS _______________________________________________ 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.
