Our school is pushing for us to use a Workshop but have given no instruction and still want a lot of test grades. I use some strategies from cafe but I teach 7th grade. I could use some help
> From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:27:50 +0000 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshop and/or Cafe model > > 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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