Thank you, Pat, and thanks to Jan as well.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:05:17 -0800 > Subject: [MOSAIC] Grammar book for son > > Lori, > I went to Jan Bone for the answer to your question about a book for > your son. She uses the same book my son used for college. Jan > recommended this on line resource several years ago and I love it. > Jan said to tell everyone hello. > Jan wrote" > > The one we use in freshman English 102 here for the department is the > Diana Hacker book -6th edition. A Writer's Reference, Bedford/St. > Martin's. Spiral bound. 6th or later edition. Tell her to be sure that > any handbook she buys has 2009 MLA and APA guidelines. That is very > important. > > Also post http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref I think there is the > www - might not be, but usually is. > Is companion website with exercises with feedback, research > guidelines, tutorials, ESL help, access to online version of book, > help sheets for common writing problems., > > This is a book that may cost $45-50 or more, but is worth it. Check > out a college/univ. bookstore - and go look before you buy. You may be > able to get it cheaper on Amazon. She might be able to get an exam > copy free through her B/St Martin rep. > > If he is at college level doing research, dept has standardized on > Ballinger's The Curious Researcher. Excellent, but assumes student > already has and has used one like the Hacker. CR (curious researcher) > is Pearson Longman, I believe. It's out in my living room. > Anyone writing research papers could benefit from that book. > > > Hacker is well-organized. Front cover inside organized for table of > contents by composition/style --correctness - (including ESL > challenges and punctuation, and six main groups of grammatical > sentences/ research/basic grammar - MLA papers, APA and CMS papers - . > > If the son wants a hard-back, which will probably be more durable, > then St. Martin's Handbook for Writers - also good. More textbook- > looking-like. > Hi to all. I'm writing syllabi for all 3 courses and figuring out how > to use the new Assignment link in Blackboard - which I have to be > proficient in by face-to-face orientation for the online course T, > 1./19 6:30 p.m. - that is the beginning of crunch time. The RU classes > both start T 1/26, back to back. > > > On Jan 13, 2010, at 5:23 AM, EDWARD JACKSON wrote: > > > > > Daily poetry activities with a poem of the week would provide > > ongoing exposure to the concept in a playful and meaningful > > content. I agree with those reluctant to program-atize simple > > skills. By segmentation, do you mean the nonsense words? If the > > child is reading and applying phonetic understanding in the context > > of meaningful reading experiences, and I do mean to imply directly > > that I don't think much of nonsense words, then I would not be > > concerned. If the child is struggling, the I would look at the work > > of Marie Clay and her Reading Recovery program. There you will find > > an emphasis on listening for the change while working with magnetic > > letters. Diane Snowball's work on spelling may also be very helpful. > > > > > > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist > > Broken Bow, NE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > > Join me > > > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:04:24 -0500 > >> From: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kdgn: how to diagnose a reading problem > >> > >> > >> How old is the child and is the child having any trouble using > >> letter sound strategies as a decoding tool? My students and I have > >> enjoyed and have had great success with the lessons in Phonemic > >> Awareness in Young Children (Marilyn Adams). Occasionally I have a > >> child in my intervention program who has had significant issues > >> with phonological,/phonemic awareness. This can impact a reader at > >> any age. > >> > >> Cathy > >> Title I Reading > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: thomas <[email protected]> > >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > >> <[email protected] > >> > > >> Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 9:13 pm > >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] kdgn: how to diagnose a reading problem > >> > >> > >> What would be wrong with just choosing some rhyming books/ > >> songs...there are > >> o many. And having fun. And letting him find the rhyming words and > >> ettingkids mark the rhymes with markers or tape and just having fun > >> for a > >> hile!!! Why a program???? Great bibliography of appropriate books > >> by > >> . Ortiz.... > >> sally > >> > >> n 1/12/10 7:30 PM, "kelley dean" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I have a bright student w/ educated supportive parents who is apt at > >> everything except rhyming and DIBELS"s phoneme segmentation. > >> I don't know of any assessments that pertai to rhyming and I would > >> like > >> strategies to begin some early interventions. Please help, somebody? > >> No luck so far. > >> > >> - > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> osaic mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > >> ttp://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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
