Hi, I have a wonderful student in my fourth grade class this year who has a medical diagnosis of dyslexia. I see it impacting both his reading and math skills. I was wondering if anyone has some great resources for me to read or access in regard to ways to best teach this student.
Thank you in advance for your help. Ali/FL Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Eve Dubois <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am making plans to do a book club / literature group study with my 4/5/6 > class during our studies of Ancient Egypt and need some help with book > suggestions. I am planning to use *The Golden Goblet* which is a grade > level 5 to 6.3, depending on who you ask. I am looking for another book > with the Egypt theme for the children who would find *The Golden Goblet* too > challenging. The story doesn't have to be set in Ancient Egypt, although I > am hoping for as many connections as possible. The Magic Treehouse book(s) > would be too easy. Any ideas? > > Thanks so much, > > Eve > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 6 > Visit Your Group > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___ Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2011, at 3:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Norma, > Last post on this one, I promise ...seems my last post got cut off.... have > you considered having some consultants from reading and writing project do > workshops on RW... one in particular that i love is Monique Lopez > Paniaques from Elmhust School in Queens, New York. . She is wonderful > because she > is in the trenches as well as a consultant with Columbia background (I think > a double masters) and she is very familiar with upper elementary....I > don't have her email but perhaps you can track her down :) > > ... even though I have attended many workshops from TC, Monique has a > gentle way of breaking down the minilesson framework and then provides > templates for all the varieties of reading that can and should occur as > prescribed > by both RW and daily five with Cafe.... She makes a big deal about the > timing of the minilesson, the differences and need for all of the > following... > read aloud, guided groups, strategy groups, and independent conferences > and give sample lessons for all > > .... she also has provided a wonderful comparison demonstration model of > kids who are only reading at 85% accuracy... 90% accuracy and 95% > accuracy... which should drive the point home about why same text for all > (even class > novels) is not the way to go.... > > then she shows how to make teaching points in the in a read aloud only > (with a class novel) so that kids who might not enjoy harder text still have > access... as she guides the strategy or skill in that novel which is a > whole separate piece away from reading workshop and done at a separate > time... > which she names as read aloud... ( again...not in the RW block but a > separate block later or earlier in the day)but as you can see the link is in > the > strategy. I think this satisfies the best of all practices with no > compromise at all.... of course depending on the number of groups during your > > reader's workshop (phase 2) requires much more effort on the teacher... but > well > worth it. > > Pam > > > In a message dated 8/19/2011 1:19:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Norma, > I think that RW is a huge piece if teachers have been doing whole class > novels... You are absolutely right that the Cafe model will help ease some > of > the frenzy into a more manageable piece for the independent part of > reading > workshop. That much said...more work should be done with RW... have you > considered having so > > > In a message dated 8/17/2011 2:42:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > In my effort to be succinct I clearly was very unclear! Also I was > trying > to word it more positively than this. > > We had been slowly implementing RW in our building. That's in no way to > say everyone is willing and/or doing so successfully. We still have > many > people dragging their class thru the whole class novel. Now we are doing > our PD on the Cafe model (3-5 building). My thought is that for those > that > are attempting to do RW, the Cafe will/might provide them with management > tools to perhaps make it become a reality. But, how is this going to > assist > those less willingly and/or knowledgeable to move forward? My thought is > that I don't see how it will. But, I am hoping to be wrong and was > throwing > it out to people who have had more experience with both to see what they > thought. > > Hopefully this is clearer! Thanks! > > norma > > > > An old man once said, "There comes a time in your life, when you walk > away > from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with > people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love > the > people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too > short to > be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is > > living." > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshop and/or Cafe model > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:02:03 +0000 > > Norma and others, > I'm confused. Why do you think that CAFE is a management model and how do > you see RW as dragging the class through the reading of a whole class > novel? CAFE is not a management tool (I prefer to use the word "system") > but a > "menu" of strategies and skills you would use to guide your teaching of > reading. D5 is the Sister's framework for managing a literacy block in the > > classroom. The idea of D5 is to give kids time with authentic literacy > experiences. Reading Workshop has its own structures and is far from being > a > framework for "dragging" a class through a whole class novel. In fact, > reading > workshop is the best way I know how to get away from the whole class novel > as > kids are reading books of their own choice. I am curious (and baffled) as > to where people are getting their definitions as regards these various > literacy models. Thank you, > Elisa > Calgary > Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "norma baker" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:40:19 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshop and/or Cafe model > > Our district was slowing inching towards implementing a Reading Workshop > model (ala Calkins) and have now shifted gears towards the Cafe model. I > have questions for anyone who's familiar with both. How do you see them > meshing? What are the advantages of the Cafe over the RW model? Are > there > any? Do you have any advice for us? > > I guess my concerns are that the Cafe model looks great in helping with > the management piece but is what I would consider to be step 2 in this > whole > process. We need to implement the model (students reading on their own > level rather than drag the class thru one novel) before teachers have > something to manage. > > Please share any insight you all have into this! > > Thanks! > > norma > > > An old man once said, "There comes a time in your life, when you walk > away > from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with > people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love > the > people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too > short to > be anything but happy. 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