I teach middle school and I have my students use 1 inch binders (spiral notebooks tend to leave a trail of torn strips of paper and cultivated the it's not my trash syndrome) to keep their handouts and notes organized and composition books for their responses. At the end of the year I had my students take out their notes and put them in folders for next school year. Many of my students kept their composition books because they said they enjoyed reading and sharing their responses. Francine Stockton "Teachers affect eternity. They can never tell where their influence stops."
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Dluhos Sara (31R024) Sent: Thu 6/23/2011 5:57 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] anyone know of a vendor who sells Fountas & Pinnell Reader's Notebooks for less $ Actually, a binder sounds like a good idea. I may try that next year instead of the good old marble notebooks. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 9:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] anyone know of a vendor who sells Fountas & Pinnell Reader's Notebooks for less $ I love binders for middle school. The things that are really important I give to them in sheet protectors- anything that they will use as a reference for the rest of their student/academic careers. (Just in case they don't get a WONDERFUL teacher again they will have it.) You can set it up exactly like the F&P with loose leaf filler between. The genre list, rules and circle discussion guide can all go in sheet protectors ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Stacey McDonald [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] anyone know of a vendor who sells Fountas & Pinnell Reader's Notebooks for less $ Fountas & Pinnell have created a reader's notebook which can be purchased online at <http://www.heinemann.com/products/E02959.aspx> http://www.heinemann.com/products/E02959.aspx for $6 - $8/per book. As a 6th grade Reading teacher with 110 kids on my caseload, our district could never afford to purchase one per student. Alternatively, Donalyn Miller (Book Whisperer) has her students create their own reader's notebook out of a 70-page single-subject spiral notebook, but it would be A LOT of work, with time spent numbering pages and gluing photocopies onto paper. Time that could be better spent on mini-lessons teaching comprehension strategies followed by uninterrupted blocks of independent reading time with 1:1 conferencing built in. Does anyone know of a less expensive alternative to the F&P Reader's Notebook, i.e., other vendors who sell a similar item online? I've included the link so that you can view the contents of the Fountas and Pinnell version. Thanks! Stacey McDonald Team 6-1 Reading Teacher Gowana Middle School Shenendehowa Central School District 518-881-0460, ext. 51005 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.shenet.org/gowana/smcdonald/smcdonald.html> http://www.shenet.org/gowana/smcdonald/smcdonald.html _______________________________________________ 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
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