What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs (2nd Edition)<http://www.amazon.com/What-Really-Matters-Struggling-Readers/dp/0205443249/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256216206&sr=8-3> by Richard L. Allington is one and another is What Really Matters in Response to Intervention: Research-based Designs<http://www.amazon.com/What-Really-Matters-Response-Intervention/dp/0205627544/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256216206&sr=8-1> by Richard L. Allington
Also, there is What Really Matters in Fluency: Research-based Practices across the Curriculum<http://www.amazon.com/What-Really-Matters-Fluency-Research-based/dp/0205570585/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256216206&sr=8-4> by Richard L. Allington All three are fantastic books!! On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Melissa Kile <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't Richard Allington have a book with "struggling readers" in the > title? I know one of our previous principals said that the most qualified > teachers should work w/ our struggling learners, and he said it was > research-based. Sorry I don't know more details. > > Melissa/VA/2nd > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:56 PM, kelley dean <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This year our principal has opted to send our weakest > > students to a room w/ three teacher's assistants. Prior to > > this, the highest students were sent while classroom tchrs > > worked w/lowest five students (30 min.daily). I am > > strongly opposed to this move. With a reading specialist > > degree, and nat. board candidate in literacy, I know that > > the at-risk students need me, their classroom teacher. I > > have a vested interest in their learning and I know about > > their interests and learning styles. I certainly have > > studied the field of education, esp. reading more that than > > the tchr aides. I will say their classroom offers a nice > > variety of materials (that look as new today as they did > > five years ago). > > Anyway, I need research regarding the importance of at- > > risk, weak learners benefiting from instruction from their > > teacher rather than a teacher's assistant. > > Thank you, Ashley > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Cathleen Cunningham <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > I few weeks ago I wrote to everyone about my situation during my > reading > > > block. Short story . . . we were > > > told that the students shouldn't be just reading during the reading > > block, > > > they should be working at their > > > station, etc. So I lexile leveled ALL of my books (over 500), gave the > > > students their level, and a journal. > > > Told then if they have a book THEY BETTER HAVE THEIR JOURNALS! Anyway > my > > > question is this... first I love journaling with the kids! I have a > few > > > due > > > each day and just write a > > > little but my question is . .. should I chat with them about their > > grammar, > > > puncuation, etc? Sometimes > > > I want to take my purple pen and make the corrections. So who journals > > > with > > > their kids . .. ? Do you > > > make corrections? I've been really impressed with their responses to > > their > > > books. > > > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > Cathleen > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Kelley Dean > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ 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.
