Blueford series is really good for middle school. They are published by Townsend Press, who sells them for $1 each from their site. They also sell many other titles that are great for struggling readers.
Y. Frate ________________________________ From: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:00:02 -0500 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 62, Issue 15 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: {MOSAIC} Small Moments - Fiction or Nonfiction? ([email protected]) 2. Small Moments - Fiction or Nonfiction? ([email protected]) 3. Re: please help (Cara Acosta) 4. Re: please help (Sherry Elmore) 5. Re: Guided Reading Research (jeanette hayden) 6. Re: please help (JOSEPHINE RINGER) 7. Re: title 1 reading - help (Deborah Lawson) 8. Re: title 1 reading - help (Palmer, Jennifer) 9. Re: title 1 reading - help ([email protected]) 10. Fluency ([email protected]) 11. basals, lit circles, the universe, and everything (Renee) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:56:44 +0000 (UTC) From: [email protected] To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] {MOSAIC} Small Moments - Fiction or Nonfiction? Message-ID: <249251627.430439.1318532204217.javamail.r...@sz0129a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 It's considered Narrative Non-fiction. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Hagerty" <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:06:09 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] {MOSAIC} Small Moments - Fiction or Nonfiction? If something is true, then it isn't fiction. ?If children are writing stories from their lives, they are true, and therefore nonfiction. A Personal Narrative is non-fiction. >>> "Margaret Jones" <[email protected]> 10/13/2011 10:13 AM >>> That's exactly the situation which is causing me confusion. I thought the Small Moments children wrote during Writers Workshop and which were then published would be considered Realistic Fiction, and therefore, fiction. Can anyone else weigh in to please help me understand this? Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: Janie Rodriguez Sent: 10/13/11 09:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] {MOSAIC} Small Moments - Fiction or Nonfiction? ?Hi, According to Lucy Calkins ,"Personal Narratives are chronological stories about one's life." They contain characters, the central character will be the author. Personal Narratives are focused stories about one moment. Personal Narratives are a genre of their own. They should be real stories that happened to the writer. Personally, I would not categorize them as Fiction or Non-Fiction. When students write fiction stories that may have happened then I think we call those "Realistic Fiction" stories. I hope this helps. Janie Rodriguez Writing Specialist Valley Hi Elementary "Writing is Individual, we must draw from all we know, and feel in order to create something beautiful." (Heard;Calkins) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and attached documents may contain confidential information. All information is intended only for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the appropriate named recipient, you are not authorized to read, disclose, copy, distribute or tak ?e any action in reliance on the information. Any action, other than immediate delivery to the named recipient, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately, and delete this message from your email system. If you are the named recipient, you are not authorized to reveal any of this information to any other unauthorized person. >>> [email protected] 10/13/2011 5:57 am >>> Hi All, I have no formal schooling in Readers or Writers Workshop but I understand Small Moments to mean Personal Narrative Writing. What I don't understand is, is it considered fiction or nonfiction, or could it be either? What do you think? Thanks! Margie Jones, MLS Media Specialist South Street School 129 South Street Danbury, CT 06482 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literac ?yworkshop.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 Margie Jones, MLS ?Media Specialist ?South Street School ?129 South Street ?Danbury, CT 06482 _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:10:21 -0400 From: [email protected] To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Small Moments - Fiction or Nonfiction? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" If the story is true, it is nonfiction. Personal narratives are true. Quoting Margaret Jones <[email protected]>: > That's exactly the situation which is causing me confusion. I thought > the Small > Moments children wrote during Writers Workshop and which were then published > would be considered Realistic Fiction, and therefore, fiction. Can > anyone else > weigh in to please help me understand this? Thanks! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Janie Rodriguez > Sent: 10/13/11 09:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] {MOSAIC} Small Moments - Fiction or Nonfiction? > > Hi, According to Lucy Calkins ,"Personal Narratives are > chronological stories > about one's life." They contain characters, the central character will be the > author. Personal Narratives are focused stories about one moment. Personal > Narratives are a genre of their own. They should be real stories that > happened > to the writer. Personally, I would not categorize them as Fiction or > Non-Fiction. When students write fiction stories that may have > happened then I > think we call those "Realistic Fiction" stories. I hope this helps. Janie > Rodriguez Writing Specialist Valley Hi Elementary "Writing is Individual, we > must draw from all we know, and feel in order to create something beautiful." > (Heard;Calkins) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and attached > documents may contain confidential information. All information is > intended only > for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the appropriate named > recipient, you are not authorized to read, disclose, copy, distribute or take > any action in reliance on the information. Any action, other than immediate > delivery to the named recipient, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately, and delete > this message from your email system. If you are the named recipient, > you are not > authorized to reveal any of this information to any other > unauthorized person. > >>> [email protected] 10/13/2011 5:57 am >>> Hi All, I have no formal > schooling in Readers or Writers Workshop but I understand Small > Moments to mean > Personal Narrative Writing. What I don't understand is, is it > considered fiction > or nonfiction, or could it be either? What do you think? Thanks! > Margie Jones, > MLS Media Specialist South Street School 129 South Street Danbury, CT 06482 > _____________________________________________ > > > Margie Jones, MLS > Media Specialist > South Street School > 129 South Street > Danbury, CT 06482 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:02:46 -0500 From: Cara Acosta <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help Message-ID: <cabjigyvzcueqpd1wmf1nbba8qqvt+wkc+uevcrz_z9hhepd...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 You could try the Bluford series, but most of those are GL 5 ish. Drive By (Lynne Ewing) is somewhere between 4 & 5, probably closer to 4. All my lower leveled readers love Drive By. Other than that, I usually just use audio support with Sharon Draper, Walter Dean Myers and others. I assume we are talking jr high kids? On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Cheryl Consonni < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much. We have a new Special Ed behavior teacher whose kids need > a > street smart kind of book below a grade four level. Any ideas are great. > I > appreciate your suggestions and will be sure to pass these on. :) > Cheryl > 'Teaching is a work of heart.' > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Joyce <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Wed, October 12, 2011 7:54:12 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help > > > I am a middle school reading teacher who also teaches the lowest readers > (Level > 1 non-fluent). I find that using graphic novels are very motivating for my > lowest readers. The most popular/common are the series by Dav Pilkey: Ricky > Ricotta and his Mighty Robot series and the Captain Underpants Series. > There is > also the Graphic Sparks series (various authors) and the Sports Illustrated > Kids > Graphic Novels which are both published by Stone Arch Books. The Bone > series > by Jim Smith are a favorite. My students also like the Franny K. Stein Mad > Scientist series by Jim Benton. The "new" Hardy Boys are also available as > graphic novels as are "The Warriors" series (about animals) by Erin Hunter. > My > girls like the Ivy and Bean series. Another High/Low series that has > recently > become popular is the Wake, Fade, Gone series by Lisa McMann. These books > are > suitable for 8th grade middle school students and up. > >Hope this helps. > > > >Susan > -----Original Message----- > >From: Cheryl Consonni <[email protected]> > >Sent: Oct 11, 2011 11:09 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [MOSAIC] please help > > > >whoever gave a list of good books that are high interest lo readability, > could > >you please send again, i went back a while and can't find the link, thanks > so > >much > > Cheryl > >'Teaching is a work of heart.' > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:05:35 +0000 From: Sherry Elmore <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help Message-ID: <57b250c97a2af14c9523f5bdc960b60c17cf7...@sn2prd0202mb127.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ORCA has a set of books that are all hi/lo for middle and high school interest level. I am at a middle school. Our 7th and 8th graders love them. Sherry ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Cara Acosta [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:02 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help You could try the Bluford series, but most of those are GL 5 ish. Drive By (Lynne Ewing) is somewhere between 4 & 5, probably closer to 4. All my lower leveled readers love Drive By. Other than that, I usually just use audio support with Sharon Draper, Walter Dean Myers and others. I assume we are talking jr high kids? On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Cheryl Consonni < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much. We have a new Special Ed behavior teacher whose kids need > a > street smart kind of book below a grade four level. Any ideas are great. > I > appreciate your suggestions and will be sure to pass these on. :) > Cheryl > 'Teaching is a work of heart.' > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Joyce <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Wed, October 12, 2011 7:54:12 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help > > > I am a middle school reading teacher who also teaches the lowest readers > (Level > 1 non-fluent). I find that using graphic novels are very motivating for my > lowest readers. The most popular/common are the series by Dav Pilkey: Ricky > Ricotta and his Mighty Robot series and the Captain Underpants Series. > There is > also the Graphic Sparks series (various authors) and the Sports Illustrated > Kids > Graphic Novels which are both published by Stone Arch Books. The Bone > series > by Jim Smith are a favorite. My students also like the Franny K. Stein Mad > Scientist series by Jim Benton. The "new" Hardy Boys are also available as > graphic novels as are "The Warriors" series (about animals) by Erin Hunter. > My > girls like the Ivy and Bean series. Another High/Low series that has > recently > become popular is the Wake, Fade, Gone series by Lisa McMann. These books > are > suitable for 8th grade middle school students and up. > >Hope this helps. > > > >Susan > -----Original Message----- > >From: Cheryl Consonni <[email protected]> > >Sent: Oct 11, 2011 11:09 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [MOSAIC] please help > > > >whoever gave a list of good books that are high interest lo readability, > could > >you please send again, i went back a while and can't find the link, thanks > so > >much > > Cheryl > >'Teaching is a work of heart.' > >_______________________________________________ > >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 ****This Message was sent through the Chatham County Schools E-Mail Server**** All e-mail correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law, which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:05:05 -0800 From: jeanette hayden <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading Research Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Look in IRA. I know I just read an article regarding Guided reading groups and changing the way we group children based on book levels. Sounds like this would be an interesting, quick read for you. It is adapted from Jan Miller Burkins and Melody M. Croft's Preventing Misguided Reading: New Strategies for Guided Reading Teachers. www.reading.org On Sep 12, 2011, at 1:17 AM, Shannon McDonald wrote: > I'm looking for research regarding guided reading. > > At my school the students are grouped by reading level and then > switch classes for guided reading (i.e.: I might have all the kids > who are at level J-L, most of them are not in my homeroom). > > I'm wondering if there is any research supporting this model. > Alternately, I'm looking for research that supports keeping the > students with their regular classroom teacher during the guided > reading block (we use Reader's Workshop model along with shared > reading). > > Thanks > Shannon McDonald > > "There are many ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is > the best of all." -Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:08:09 -0400 From: "JOSEPHINE RINGER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Townsend Press has audio for the Bluford Series' chapters online. My students can't put these books down. >>> Cara Acosta <[email protected]> 10/13/11 6:47 PM >>> You could try the Bluford series, but most of those are GL 5 ish. Drive By (Lynne Ewing) is somewhere between 4 & 5, probably closer to 4. All my lower leveled readers love Drive By. Other than that, I usually just use audio support with Sharon Draper, Walter Dean Myers and others. I assume we are talking jr high kids? On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Cheryl Consonni < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much. We have a new Special Ed behavior teacher whose kids need > a > street smart kind of book below a grade four level. Any ideas are great. > I > appreciate your suggestions and will be sure to pass these on. :) > Cheryl > 'Teaching is a work of heart.' > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Joyce <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Wed, October 12, 2011 7:54:12 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help > > > I am a middle school reading teacher who also teaches the lowest readers > (Level > 1 non-fluent). I find that using graphic novels are very motivating for my > lowest readers. The most popular/common are the series by Dav Pilkey: Ricky > Ricotta and his Mighty Robot series and the Captain Underpants Series. > There is > also the Graphic Sparks series (various authors) and the Sports Illustrated > Kids > Graphic Novels which are both published by Stone Arch Books. The Bone > series > by Jim Smith are a favorite. My students also like the Franny K. Stein Mad > Scientist series by Jim Benton. The "new" Hardy Boys are also available as > graphic novels as are "The Warriors" series (about animals) by Erin Hunter. > My > girls like the Ivy and Bean series. Another High/Low series that has > recently > become popular is the Wake, Fade, Gone series by Lisa McMann. These books > are > suitable for 8th grade middle school students and up. > >Hope this helps. > > > >Susan > -----Original Message----- > >From: Cheryl Consonni <[email protected]> > >Sent: Oct 11, 2011 11:09 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [MOSAIC] please help > > > >whoever gave a list of good books that are high interest lo readability, > could > >you please send again, i went back a while and can't find the link, thanks > so > >much > > Cheryl > >'Teaching is a work of heart.' > >_______________________________________________ > >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 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:34:38 -0500 From: Deborah Lawson <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help Message-ID: <capexo5gc_rahkptru+rw8stzedbws9g5tjzmlxudktqwpby...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I disagree. I am an older teacher. I detest basals. Several of my colleagues feel the same way. We favor the reader/writers workshop. Our district forces us to use a basal, but we have found ways to incorporate lit circles which we believe fosters reading. The young teachers in our district want the laid out plan. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Felicia Barra <[email protected]>wrote: > I would also agree. I teach in a fairly large district (9 elementary > schools) where we've adopted a packaged program for balanced literacy. > It's > not perfect but a good start. The older teachers want a step by step > scripted curriculum with a workbook which teaches skills not strategies. > It > is the younger teachers who have continued to do research, further their > education and read professionally that understand what needs to be done. I > even have a colleague that displays worksheets on her classroom bulletin > board! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help > > Oh wow. I see absolutely the opposite! Most of the newer teachers I > see were at least trained in kid-watching. I see older teachers who > want a manual and step by step scripted curriculum. Or want to > continue the books and worksheets they have used for 15 or 20 years! > In fact, I just had a conference with my own daugher's teacher. My > daughter is left handed. The room only had right hand desks. I wanted > it changed. The teacher said no one has ever had a problem in 20 > years. Really? Or she never noticed? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Renee <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 7:30 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help > > > I absolutely agree! I am concerned that it seems that newer/younger > teachers are less and less able to rely on their own observations, > and that it seems the norm to instantly look for a program of some > kind, rather than cultivate the knowledge and observational skills > necessary for good kid-watching. And once again, this is not a > criticism of newer/younger teachers... it is a criticism of the > system and their trainers. > > Renee > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:41:40 +0000 From: "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help Message-ID: <mailman.2.1318608002.8150.mosaic_literacyworkshop....@literacyworkshop.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Enough. Please. Suffice it to say we are all in districts where some teachers are resistant to change or thoughtful teaching. This young vs old discussion is unproductive . Can we shift this thread to discuss how we as teacher leaders might help colleagues develop more thoughtful practices?? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2011, at 11:50 PM, "Deborah Lawson" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I disagree. I am an older teacher. I detest basals. Several of my colleagues feel the same way. We favor the reader/writers workshop. Our district forces us to use a basal, but we have found ways to incorporate lit circles which we believe fosters reading. The young teachers in our district want the ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:23:17 +0000 From: [email protected] To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help Message-ID: <1004766796-1318587569-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-80943627-@b15.c2.bise3.blackberry> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Unsubscribe please. Sent via BlackBerry? from Vodafone -----Original Message----- From: "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:41:40 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<[email protected]> Reply-to: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help Enough. Please. Suffice it to say we are all in districts where some teachers are resistant to change or thoughtful teaching. This young vs old discussion is unproductive . Can we shift this thread to discuss how we as teacher leaders might help colleagues develop more thoughtful practices?? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2011, at 11:50 PM, "Deborah Lawson" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I disagree. I am an older teacher. I detest basals. Several of my colleagues feel the same way. We favor the reader/writers workshop. Our district forces us to use a basal, but we have found ways to incorporate lit circles which we believe fosters reading. The young teachers in our district want the _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:46:42 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] Fluency Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I don't have a letter but I have this information that you might include in a letter. Why is fluency important? ?Fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension.? (Reading Links, 2002, p. 9). Fluency doesn?t ensure comprehension, but comprehension is difficult without fluency. If a reader is constantly stopping to decode and figure out unknown words, most likely meaning will be disrupted and the process of reading becomes long and laborious. When students make gains in reading fluency, they are able to put their energies into comprehension and are able to analyze, interpret, draw conclusions, and infer meaning from texts. In order to implement fluency teaching into reading instruction, teachers need to be aware of the three components of fluency. The 3 Components of Fluency ? Accuracy: Also known as automaticity, it refers to the person's ability to read words in a text. ? Rate: The speed a person reads. ? Prosody: Refers to stress, intonation, and pauses. Commonly known as "reading with feeling". ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:37:53 -0700 From: Renee <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] basals, lit circles, the universe, and everything Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Deborah, Are you saying that you are able to use the basal for lit circles or are you saying that you use lit circles in addition to the basal, and could you give examples of how you do lit circles when you are forced to use the basal? I think it would be helpful for people who are forced to use basal programs to hear how others have dealt with this mandate and still manage to incorporate best practices into their programs. Thanks! Renee On Oct 13, 2011, at 8:34 PM, Deborah Lawson wrote: > I disagree. I am an older teacher. I detest basals. Several of my > colleagues feel the same way. We favor the reader/writers > workshop. Our > district forces us to use a basal, but we have found ways to > incorporate lit > circles which we believe fosters reading. The young teachers in our > district want the laid out plan. "Whenever you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have in front of you - a tree, a house, a field or whatever. Merely think, here is a little squeeze of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, until it gives your own naive impression of the scene in front of you." ~ Claude Monet ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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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