Hi Maxine, That is why I had a difficult time including the word study component of the Daily 5 (The Sisters) in my reading workshop since I didn't change the name of my reading workshop to the Daily 5; I still call it reading workshop because that's what kids are doing: reading, reading with, or being read to (listening to reading). In fact, I took that out of the choices the kids have for the last two years. Last year, I did it as a separate 30-minute time somewhere else during the day, 3x/week, and this year I included it during writing workshop because I think that word study/spelling is more a part of the writing workshop than the reading workshop. Cheers! Elisa
Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Teacher Spanish Learning Leader Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. —Helen Keller The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. -Former US Cabinet member John W. Gardner Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ Readers Workshop was not meant, as far as I know, to include Word Study. Word Study should be a separate component. Readers workshop is where Word Study is applied. Maxine In a message dated 6/12/2010 1:24:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, I think it is the new "in" method, but I am not sure I see it being successful long term. But we have just used it one year. They tell you to do an assessment and that you start after they get two wrong. But I would disagree because some kids have good memories. As it turned out I had to pull way back because kids did not have vowel digraphs patterns learned or basic patterns, because we use Readers Workshop (Caulkins) really does not focus on phonics. They are now supporting Words Their Way, so that is why we have it. --- On Fri, 6/11/10, Karen Back <[email protected]> wrote: From: Karen Back <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Words their Way To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 2:02 AM Hi there Apologies for cross posting.... I am interested in hearing from teachers who are using 'Words Their Way' as part of their spelling and vocab. program. I particularly would like to know more about how it is managed in the room when you have children at various levels. The program is becoming very popular here (Queensland, Australia) and schools are finding it is improving data. I know from previous threads on these lists there are quite a few of you that use it, so I thought I would go straight to the experts! Any information you can provide would be a great assistance. Kind regards, Karen Back _______________________________________________ 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.
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