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2. I read it because it's beautiful (Mena)
3. Re: Culturally Responsive Learning (Mena)
4. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 47, Issue 25
([email protected])
5. Re: First Grade Homework (Jeanne Hunter)
6. Re: I'm new (Janel Atwell)
7. Re: First Grade Homework ([email protected])
8. Re: First Grade Homework (Kaura Webb)
9. Re: First Grade Homework ([email protected])
10. Re: I read it because it's beautiful (ccunningham)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:09:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Kolvek <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
I was wondering about ideas for checking homework for
first grade class.? Currentlystudents place their h.w. in
a h.w. folder in a h.w. basket?I spend my lunch hour
marking the h.w. and then putting in the following
night's h.w.? It's difficult to do in the AM as I have
about 15 students? in for the 37 1/2 min extra help
required in NYC.? Some children skip some days, others
come late.? I hate to wait unil the end of the day,
because it can get late and hectic.?
?
Any ideas that work?? When they come in from Kinder,
they have had the h.w. placed in their folders for them
by the Kinder paras.? I don't have a para and may have 28
students this year.? I think it's too much for them to
mark?their own.? If I start walking around checking each
folder, I'm afraid it will be too time consuming!?
?
Thanks!?
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:01:16 -0400
From: Mena <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOSAIC] I read it because it's beautiful
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I Read It Because It?s Beautiful
by Karen Morrow Durica
Somehow a life without poetry seems?
Dismal
Empty
Flat?
Not much.
So each day in my classroom I read?
Sonnets
Haikus
Free verse?
And such.
An observer sat in my room one day?
Noted poem?s title
Evaluated delivery
Recorded ?lesson? sequence?
Said dryly: ?It seems
There?s no connection curricular-wise?
No anticipatory set
No vocabulary drill
No comprehension query?
Do they know what it means??
I could have contrived a defense or two, but?
Spirits flowed with peaceful joy
Honesty prevailed
Simple truth explained?
?I read it because it?s beautiful,? I said.
She didn?t quite frown but recalled all the same,
?We?ve?
Standards to meet
Timelines to keep
Pages to cover?
Important content to be read.?
I looked from her to my students? gaze; they?
Had relished the words
Danced with the rhythm
Mused with the meaning?
Were richer in spirit than when we began.
I read it because it was beautiful. And beauty is?
Never superfluous
Never irrelevant
Always needed?
Always in my ?lesson? plan.
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: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, Jul 25, 2010 8:11 am
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE
Hi. The video is called CAFE. I have not seen the video
on the website so I
can't say. It is an excellent resource for PD.
There are snippets in the classroom of the teachers in
action followed by
sessions with the sisters discussing the process.
Laura
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 4:09 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE
Laura,
hat is the name of the video and is it different than
the videos on the
isters' websites?
am
n a message dated 7/23/2010 1:11:56 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
y entire school K - 5 will be using CAFE this year. Do
you have the book
and the videos they made? The DVD is excellent when
first implementing
ecause it helps you see it in action in the classroom.
If you have
pecific questions I can try to help.
Laura
eadinglady.com
----Original Message-----
rom: Sandra Stringham <[email protected]>
o: [email protected]
ent: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 7:42 pm
ubject: [MOSAIC] CAFE
ori wrote:
e there any first grade teachers out there who use the
"CAFE" system for
ading instruction? I am thinking about implementing it
and was looking
or
y helpful hints and tips. Any feedback is welcome!
teach 1st and I use the CAFE menu. In fact, I adapt it
for writing and
ath.
t's great.
andi
t
gin, IL
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:51:20 -0400
From: Mena <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Culturally Responsive Learning
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Rohan, Your post is especially important since Assistant
Secretary of Education Melendez was quoted as
saying..."One in ten students in the United States is an
EL, 78% of ELs are born in the U.S., and that these
students speak over 400 languages.
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: Rohan Ricardo Hanslip <[email protected]>
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
Group <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Jul 23, 2010 5:30 am
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Culturally Responsive Learning
Hi Carol,
Thanks for your response and suggestions. The cultural
make-up of your classroom
reinforce the idea of culturally responsive learning in
today's classroom
environment. I reside in South Florida, the student
population in this region is
very diverse. It is crucial that these students learn
about other cultures and
the classroom is the best place to promote such
learning. As educators we know
the importance of exposing our students to the
cross-cultural experiences in
the learning process; and so it is incumbent on us to
promote such experiences
in the most effective ways possible.
Rohan
On 7/22/10 9:05 PM, Carol Meyer wrote:
I work in a Native American school. All students have
to be at least 1/16th
native american in blood. In amongst that are
hispanic/NA, African-American/NA,
Caucasian/NA, and a variety of NA tribes. If the tribe
had it's way we would
only ever use NA literature in our classrooms. However,
in that respect, their
is a lack of well written and culturally accurate NA
literature, as is there in
other cultures. Since we feel it is important to study
all cultures in our
school because our students will be living in the world
someday we rely on sites
such as Oyate to find the best NA literature, we use the
children's book
council, we go to multicultural websites and author
websites for more
resources. We try to bring in NA authors to our school
and would like to bring
in authors of other cultures but we haven't quite
convinced anyone that this
would be of value to their children. And in working
within our curriculum we
work closely with the NA
community, and culture teachers to make sure our
curriculum incorporates the
culture. Carol M
--- On Thu, 7/22/10, Rohan Ricardo Hanslip
<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Rohan Ricardo Hanslip <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOSAIC] Culturally Responsive Learning
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 5:28 AM
Hello,
The cultural make-up of the classroom is constantly
evolving and so educators
have
to be current and relevant in the approaches or
strategies that are used to
promote
learning. What are some innovative or effective ways in
which educators can
promote a culturally responsive learning environment in
the classroom,
especially
in reading?
Rohan
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:58:57 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 47, Issue 25
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Don't think that Lucy is coming out with Reading K-2.
Last time I was at
TC we were told there would only be 3-5 in reading.
Checked Heinemann
site-- nothing there that I could find.
In a message dated 7/25/2010 1:35:44 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
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4. Re: "Cafe" inquiry ([email protected])
5. Re: CAFE ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:23:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
as an additional resource, you can check proteacher.net
and go to the
peony
room. It's all about D5 and CAFE, all grade levels. You
can find the 1st
grade thread
In a message dated 7/22/2010 11:53:09 P.M. Mountain
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Lori wrote:
Are there any first grade teachers out there who use
the "CAFE" system
for
reading instruction? I am thinking about implementing
it and was looking
for
any helpful hints and tips. Any feedback is welcome!
I teach 1st and I use the CAFE menu. In fact, I adapt
it for writing and
math.
It's great.
Sandi
1st
Elgin, IL
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:09:02 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Laura,
What is the name of the video and is it different than
the videos on the
sisters' websites?
Pam
In a message dated 7/23/2010 1:11:56 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
My entire school K - 5 will be using CAFE this year.
Do you have the
book
and the videos they made? The DVD is excellent when
first implementing
because it helps you see it in action in the classroom.
If you have
specific questions I can try to help.
Laura
readinglady.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandra Stringham <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 7:42 pm
Subject: [MOSAIC] CAFE
Lori wrote:
re there any first grade teachers out there who use the
"CAFE" system for
eading instruction? I am thinking about implementing
it and was looking
for
ny helpful hints and tips. Any feedback is welcome!
teach 1st and I use the CAFE menu. In fact, I adapt
it for writing and
math.
It's great.
andi
st
lgin, IL
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:01:34 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] "Cafe" inquiry
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
I use the CAFE system with my first graders.
I turned the CAFE acronym into the FACE of a reader....
(No brainchild of
my own but something i caught on the Mosaic website) I
use this as my
bulletin board in conjunction with "ROBBIE READER"
straight out of
Adrienne
Gear's book, "READING POWER" .... then as we study
each strategy... I
"locate"
it in Robbie's brain and correlate it with the correct
letter of the
acronym (FACE) as well as use a visual that symbolizes
the strategy
(usually
this is a garden related.. like seeds for schema). Last
year, I made the
mistake of writing each strategy on sentence strip
paper myself... but
this
year I will definitely have the kids write out the
strategy cards and
somehow
connect importance to the kid who wrote it as a mentor
for that
strategy... if only to explain how the strategy
works... my hope is to
have each kids
write a strategy card and make each one "famous" in the
classroom as we
use various strategies thoughout our reading journey.
I really wish Calkins would create a unit of study for
reading K-2 as she
did for grades 3-5 and like her k-2 writing program....
I do have in my possession "Making Meaning" teacher
guides for grades k-2
(Developmental Studies Center) ... which are more
scripted guided reading
lessons for specific tradebooks. I am thinking more
about these lessons in
use with my guided reading .... at least for whole
group study as I like
the
way they combine the necessary collaborative and social
skills needed to
really get the interactive discussion between kids
going... just as
guided
reading itself has a workshop launch, I feel the
groupings of partner
pairs,
small collaborative groups, and even independent
conferences need
frontloaded protocol....
In a message dated 7/22/2010 6:36:43 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Are there any first grade teachers out there who use
the "CAFE" system
for
reading instruction? I am thinking about implementing
it and was looking
for any helpful hints and tips. Any feedback is
welcome!
Lori
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:09:56 -0400
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] "Cafe" inquiry
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Lucy does indeed have a unit of study kit for reading.
I believe it is
available in August. Check the Heinemann site.
Laura
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 10:01 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] "Cafe" inquiry
I use the CAFE system with my first graders.
turned the CAFE acronym into the FACE of a reader....
(No brainchild of
y own but something i caught on the Mosaic website) I
use this as my
ulletin board in conjunction with "ROBBIE READER"
straight out of
Adrienne
ear's book, "READING POWER" .... then as we study each
strategy... I
"locate"
it in Robbie's brain and correlate it with the correct
letter of the
cronym (FACE) as well as use a visual that symbolizes
the strategy
(usually
his is a garden related.. like seeds for schema). Last
year, I made the
istake of writing each strategy on sentence strip
paper myself... but
this
ear I will definitely have the kids write out the
strategy cards and
somehow
onnect importance to the kid who wrote it as a mentor
for that
trategy... if only to explain how the strategy works...
my hope is to
have
ach kids
rite a strategy card and make each one "famous" in the
classroom as we
se various strategies thoughout our reading journey.
really wish Calkins would create a unit of study for
reading K-2 as she
id for grades 3-5 and like her k-2 writing program....
do have in my possession "Making Meaning" teacher guides
for grades k-2
Developmental Studies Center) ... which are more
scripted guided reading
essons for specific tradebooks. I am thinking more
about these lessons in
se with my guided reading .... at least for whole group
study as I like
the
ay they combine the necessary collaborative and social
skills needed to
eally get the interactive discussion between kids
going... just as guided
eading itself has a workshop launch, I feel the
groupings of partner
pairs,
mall collaborative groups, and even independent
conferences need
rontloaded protocol....
n a message dated 7/22/2010 6:36:43 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Are there any first grade teachers out there who use
the "CAFE" system
for
eading instruction? I am thinking about implementing
it and was looking
or any helpful hints and tips. Any feedback is
welcome!
Lori
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:11:36 -0400
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi. The video is called CAFE. I have not seen the
video on the website so
I can't say. It is an excellent resource for PD.
There are snippets in the classroom of the teachers in
action followed by
sessions with the sisters discussing the process.
Laura
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 4:09 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] CAFE
Laura,
hat is the name of the video and is it different than
the videos on the
isters' websites?
am
n a message dated 7/23/2010 1:11:56 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
y entire school K - 5 will be using CAFE this year.
Do you have the book
and the videos they made? The DVD is excellent when
first implementing
ecause it helps you see it in action in the classroom.
If you have
pecific questions I can try to help.
Laura
eadinglady.com
----Original Message-----
rom: Sandra Stringham <[email protected]>
o: [email protected]
ent: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 7:42 pm
ubject: [MOSAIC] CAFE
ori wrote:
e there any first grade teachers out there who use the
"CAFE" system for
ading instruction? I am thinking about implementing
it and was looking
or
y helpful hints and tips. Any feedback is welcome!
teach 1st and I use the CAFE menu. In fact, I adapt
it for writing and
ath.
t's great.
andi
t
gin, IL
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:41:29 -0500
From: Jeanne Hunter <[email protected]>
To: new MOT <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
When I taught first grade, I would check the papers
myself but all papers were returned on Friday in a green
folder. By doing this the parents knew when to expect
the papers. I had a form where I tried to write a
comment about each child each week. I would try to put
all my communication in the Friday folder. The child had
to bring back the Friday folder on Monday.
I passed out the daily homework just before the students
left for lunch. That was placed in a red folder so that
they were sure of where it went. The homework was passed
out just before lunch because the end of the day is so
busy. There are also children who have to leave early
for dentist appt. etc.
Each morning the children took their homework out of
their red folders and passed it in. Each table had a
captain who kept track of the homework.
After I checked the homework each day, I (or an upper
grade studented) filed it into a box
and then I could just pulled out the homework at the end
of the week for the Friday folders.
I really never had children check their own homework. I
felt that if it was too much for me to do then maybe I
was giving too much homework. It is also hard to check
all of the students work every day. By sending home the
Friday folder, I gave myself time to get everything
checked.
Jeanne
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:09:33 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
I was wondering about ideas for checking homework for
first grade class. Currentlystudents place their h.w. in
a h.w. folder in a h.w. basket I spend my lunch hour
marking the h.w. and then putting in the following
night's h.w. It's difficult to do in the AM as I have
about 15 students in for the 37 1/2 min extra help
required in NYC. Some children skip some days, others
come late. I hate to wait unil the end of the day,
because it can get late and hectic.
Any ideas that work? When they come in from Kinder,
they have had the h.w. placed in their folders for them
by the Kinder paras. I don't have a para and may have 28
students this year. I think it's too much for them to
mark their own. If I start walking around checking each
folder, I'm afraid it will be too time consuming!
Thanks!
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:44:25 -0500
From: Janel Atwell <[email protected]>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
Group"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] I'm new
Message-ID:
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I'm old!!! But new to much of this discussion. I saw
The Sisters 2 years
ago at the IRA meeting in Springfield, MO. I'm a Title
I teacher part of
the day and a literacy coach the other part. Got hooked
onThe Daily Five
about four years ago, and because of my principal and
teacher's trust, we
elmented Daily Five 2 years ago,and Cafe this past year.
Now our whole
dstrict will require Daily Five next year.
Both are "how to " manuals for Best Practices in reading
education. No one
has the magic answer, but there are many good rsources
out there. I like
the Sisters because they are truly teaching and use
their thories and ideas
every day.
For us, in a rather small, highpoverty school district,
it seems to work so
far. We'll see what our test results are in the fall.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Robert Kolvek
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I teach first grade. I just got the book and started
the first few pages.
I'm inetersted in learning about the CAFE method and
making sure that I'm
responding to the discussion correctly.
KErry
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:33:06 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
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In a message dated 7/25/2010 4:33:18 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
they have had the h.w. placed in their folders for them
by the Kinder
paras. I don't have a para and may have 28 students
this year. I think it's
too much for them to mark their own. If I start
walking around checking
each folder, I'm afraid it will be too time consuming!
Hi,
I currently teach 3rd but I had been in 1st for 7 yrs.
I think they can handle putting homework in their
folder. I'm not sure
how the folders are set up but you can teach the kids
step by step. Is the
folder marked on the inside? If not, perhaps you can
place a little sticker
on the side for homework "to do" so they know where to
place it. It will
take some time initially but will save you time in the
long run. Remember
to have them "buddy check" each other to see if it's in
the right spot.
I'm not sure what you mean by "mark their own" .
Before I run off
anything to be sent home, I stamp a copy with "homework"
so that each copy
already has it marked.
I also had the kids pass out finished and graded work at
the end of the day
after the homework was passed out. I think the kids had
it down pretty
fast! It's amazing how quick they move at the end of
the day :-)
~jen
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:58:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kaura Webb <[email protected]>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
Group"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
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My first graders receive their homework folders on
Monday that includes all of
the homework for the week.? They are not required to
turn the homework folder in
until Friday.? That way, I have the weekend to check
over the papers and re
stuff the folders for the next week.?
Hope this helps:-)
________________________________
From: Robert Kolvek <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 1:09:33 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
I was wondering about ideas for checking homework for
first grade class.?
Currentlystudents place their h.w. in a h.w. folder in a
h.w. basket?I spend my
lunch hour marking the h.w. and then putting in the
following night's h.w.? It's
difficult to do in the AM as I have about 15 students?
in for the 37 1/2 min
extra help required in NYC.? Some children skip some
days, others come late.? I
hate to wait unil the end of the day, because it can get
late and hectic.?
?
Any ideas that work?? When they come in from Kinder,
they have had the h.w.
placed in their folders for them by the Kinder paras.? I
don't have a para and
may have 28 students this year.? I think it's too much
for them to mark?their
own.? If I start walking around checking each folder,
I'm afraid it will be too
time consuming!?
?
Thanks!?
? ? ?
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:37:42 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
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In a message dated 7/25/2010 7:09:29 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
When I taught first grade, I would check the papers
myself but all papers
were returned on Friday in a green folder. By doing
this the parents knew
when to expect the papers. I had a form where I tried
to write a comment
about each child each week. I would try to put all my
communication in the
Friday folder. The child had to bring back the Friday
folder on Monday.
I love the Friday folder! My son's teachers have done
that for years. I
wanted to do that at my school but other teachers on my
team did not want
the parents to wait to see the work which is a little
ironic seeing as
though many kids bring their folders back with
everything still in it!
My son's teachers also had a form attached to the
"Friday" folder for
parent's signature to indicate that they saw the work
and a spot for any
comments. Great communication tool!
~jen
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:06:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: ccunningham <[email protected]>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
Group"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] I read it because it's beautiful
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I can't tell you how much I love this poem!
If you've ever been this position, having someone come
in and do this to you,
you know how powerful these words are!
Thank you so much for sharing. I will definitely print
this out and hang it
up in my room!
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From: Mena <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 1:01:16 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] I read it because it's beautiful
I Read It Because It?s Beautiful
by Karen Morrow Durica
Somehow a life without poetry seems?
Dismal
Empty
Flat?
Not much.
So each day in my classroom I read?
Sonnets
Haikus
Free verse?
And such.
An observer sat in my room one day?
Noted poem?s title
Evaluated delivery
Recorded ?lesson? sequence?
Said dryly: ?It seems
There?s no connection curricular-wise?
No anticipatory set
No vocabulary drill
No comprehension query?
Do they know what it means??
I could have contrived a defense or two, but?
Spirits flowed with peaceful joy
Honesty prevailed
Simple truth explained?
?I read it because it?s beautiful,? I said.
She didn?t quite frown but recalled all the same,
?We?ve?
Standards to meet
Timelines to keep
Pages to cover?
Important content to be read.?
I looked from her to my students? gaze; they?
Had relished the words
Danced with the rhythm
Mused with the meaning?
Were richer in spirit than when we began.
I read it because it was beautiful. And beauty is?
Never superfluous
Never irrelevant
Always needed?
Always in my ?lesson? plan.
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
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:55:18 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I tried this too.... but found that errors (especially
in math) that
occurred during the week became more engrained because
of all the faulty
practice...even though I work in an affluent district...
I am surprised to observe
how many parents do not check or sit in on homework... I
am not asking
parents to do homework... but monitor.... every back to
school night I make a
big deal that this is a parent's teachable moment... a
way to implant
great questioning and strategies.... but I can count on
my hands those who do
take the opportunity.... i understand it... high powered
jobs... commutes to
the city... at home after the kids go to bed .... but
it seems to me that
learning as a social function of the family is dwindling
in my neck of the
woods.. and i think that is sad because it is at least
in my opinion a
joyful and hopeful act that occurs best when coached and
celebrated by those who
love you.
That much said... i did try something that I think made
homework worthwhile
(esp. in math).... in my district we use everyday
math... and have lots of
smattering of Japanese math,too.... so.... my
assignments are not based on
what we covered in class during the day or that week
but rather usually
follow about a chapter behind.... by then I feel i have
met with kids in
small group and independent conferences and have better
secured the strategies
for strugglers to be successful with assignments.
My team and I tried to develop a differentiated approach
to homework ....
but creating assignments on the run is murderous... so
we came up with a
generic grid that goes with most assignments based on
strategies of
comprehension.... ex:(consider an algorithm) what
connections can you make to this
problem.... when in your life do you think you might
need to use math in
this way.... draw a picture of your thinking about this
problem.... which
strategy/tool will you use to solve the problem... and
then finally create a
word problem that based on this math sentence....
I think that when kids are able to transfer their
knowledge then I feel
secure that their learning is secure. That's also why
most of my spelling
tests are based on unseen transfers of words that are
similar in phonetic rule
or spelling pattern if you will to what we've studied
in class.... this
kind of test always yields screams from parents in the
beginning of the year
because they are words not on a list.... but most of my
families agree by
the end of the year that their kids are fearless
spellers.... most with a
high degree of accuracy....my case in point... spelling
homework is explicit
study of phonics and spelling patterns.... with lots of
word hunts...
transfers.... you get my drift... no spelling list
except for example of what we
are working on in class.
In a message dated 7/26/2010 1:32:35 A.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
My first graders receive their homework folders on
Monday that includes
all of
the homework for the week. They are not required to
turn the homework
folder in
until Friday. That way, I have the weekend to check
over the papers and
re
stuff the folders for the next week.
Hope this helps:-)
________________________________
From: Robert Kolvek <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 1:09:33 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework
I was wondering about ideas for checking homework for
first grade class.
Currently students place their H.Q. in a h.w. folder in
a h.w. basket I
spend my
lunch hour marking the h.w. and then putting in the
following night's h.w.
It's
difficult to do in the AM as I have about 15 students
in for the 37 1/2
min
extra help required in NYC. Some children skip some
days, others come
late. I
hate to wait until the end of the day, because it can
get late and hectic.
Any ideas that work? When they come in from Kinder,
they have had the
h.w.
placed in their folders for them by the Kinder paras.
I don't have a para
and
may have 28 students this year. I think it's too much
for them to mark
their
own. If I start walking around checking each folder,
I'm afraid it will
be too
time consuming!
Thanks!
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