I just forwarded this to our primary teachers. What a lovely bunch of resources. I know we're always looking for Smartboard activities.
Thanks for sharing. Nan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dillie, Beth Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 5:36 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saxon Phonics or Month by Month Phonics byPatricia Cunningham Regarding Phonics in Primary Grades--We use Fountas & Pinnell and have created a wiki that can be used to help with RTI or ESL or any classroom of kids. http://thephonicsproject1.pbworks.com/w/page/27416336/ThePhonicsProject1 I have put this up before, but have had no comments from our Mosaic group. We collected a lot of information from some pretty amazing people who want to help kids read. Please look at it and let us know what you think. The credits are a wonderful place for a first year teacher to start looking for what he/she might need. Thanks, B. Dillie ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Linda Rightmire [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 10:10 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saxon Phonics or Month by Month Phonics by Patricia Cunningham Regarding Cunningham -- I thought her Phonics They Use was extremely valuable and here are a couple points she hammers home there. Cunningham notes that kids love her "making words" activity but you have got the value out of it in pretty much fifteen minutes (or twenty) so drop it and move on. That activity is a great one also for absolutely building the ability of the weakest while still offering challenge to your stronger kids. BTW, it's not necessary to pre-make the little letters and keep in envelopes (I foresaw disaster with my goofy kids with that). We just had pre-cut strips of paper (approx. 3/4 inch by 11 inches) ready to go and kids made the letters (first cutting to squares) the minute they got in from recess -- I could quickly run around and "help" (print) for two or three kids. Highly motivating. It's a temptation to let kids tell you words they see without "building" them (putting the letters together on their desks) but important to insist they "build it first" -- your weak students will let others do the work, otherwise. She also makes the point that "real reading and real writing" must be the bulk of work. See her last chapter in that book for an excellent point by point as to why. Her argument would be for 'systematic phonics' but in limited time periods each day. Another point of hers -- be time efficient! In my work in classrooms I often see entire first half hour of the day wasted with prolonged calendar (and other) activities which benefited possibly the one child who was putting up the items (some classes do a lot with the math related but I don't see too much value in that). My judgement of 'benefit' was based on so many of the kids being uninvolved. Linda On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Palmer, Jennifer <[email protected]>wrote: > I think both have benefits and drawbacks. Do you have to use a program or > are you just looking for resources? What grades? As far as I am concerned, > when teaching phonics, it is important to remember a couple of principles: > 1: Word learning does not occur through memorization. It is more effective > when students use activities like word sorts to compare words and make > generalizations for themselves. Conversations between students, > opportunities for students to read and write the sounds they are working on > are key to learning and transfer. I think Saxon misses out on this. > 2. Word learning is developmental. One size fits all is inappropriate . > Assessment and then differentiation is crucial. While Cunningham provides > many engaging activities that are multi-level, I think this key component > of assessment and differentiation are not done as well as they should be. > There is a good bit of research supporting formative assessment and small > group instruction targeted to the needs of students instead of whole class > activities. > > I think what is most important is that you as a teacher understand how > children learn to decode and spell, and then you pick and choose what will > work best. > > As this discussion continues, I am going to ask everyone to remain > open-minded. Phonics tends to be a hot-button topic...but a topic of > interest to all. Seek to understand before making yourself understood... > and try to ask questions before > > Jennifer L. Palmer, Ed. D. > > Instructional Facilitator > > National Board Certified Teacher > > > > Magnolia Elementary (home school) > > 901 Trimble Road > > Joppa, MD 21085 > > 410-612-1553 > > Fax 410-612-1576 > > "In every child a touch of greatness!!' > > Proud of our Title One School > > > > Norrisville Elementary > > 5302 Norrisville Road > > White Hall, MD 21161 > > 410-692-7810 > > Fax 410-692-7812 > > Where Bright Futures Begin!! > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected][mosaic-bounces+ jennifer.palmer= > [email protected]] on behalf of Monique Platz > [[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] Saxon Phonics or Month by Month Phonics by Patricia > Cunningham > > Please share your thoughts on these two methods of teaching phonics. I > have worked with both and certainly am partial to the MBM Phonics (1st > grade) but am wondering which can give us the results we are looking for > (better decoding and spelling). I've also tried Saxon and found it a bit > too scripted, but wanting to know if anyone has tried both and which is > yielding better results. I'd like to blend the two, but unsure if it's > possible. Thanks for your input! > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
