I love language experience! Yet another reason I am upset by the CCSS's "text complexity".
Philomena Marinaccio, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Dept. of Teaching and Learning College of Education 2912 College Ave. ES 214 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: 954-236-1070 Fax: 954-236-1050 -----Original Message----- From: Renee Goularte <share2lear...@gmail.com> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 12:58 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Introduce myself - 1st Grade Decodables Thank you, Deborah. I had the great good fortune of having an aunt who taught kindergarten for about a hundred years who used language experience with her students. As teenagers and college students we used to visit her in her classroom (down the street from home!).... she would instantly put us to work, and one of those tasks was to "just write what they say" on their drawings. (I'm in my 60s and she's long retired, so this was long ago). I learned way before I started teaching the effectiveness of Language Experience. I personally think there is NOTHING better, and that probably most, if not all, children can learn to read using nothing else. My two cents. Renee On Jan 24, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Deborah Hopp wrote: > I completely agree with Renee. Language Experience is what I used > during my internship in becoming a reading specialist. It worked > for a fourth grader. I am currently using journals and invented > spelling with my kindergarten students. Continue to use authentic > reading and writing experiences in order to keep your student > motivated. I conducted research on the reading and writing > connection. More emphasis should be placed on the writing aspect of > literacy... > Debbie Hopp > Kindergarten/Seneca Elementary > Certified Reading Specialist > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Renee G <share2lear...@gmail.com> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > > Sent: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 10:43 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Introduce myself - 1st Grade Decodables > > > I would say instead of looking for decodables use high-quality > predictable text. Try R.C. Owen books. > > But even before that, I would make a journal out of plain, unlined > white paper (about 15 sheets) tucked and stapled into a construction > paper cover. Title it, "______'s Journal" then have him draw and write > every day. Every day. Draw a line across the middle of the page, > horizontally. On the top, draw first. Have him draw a picture of > himself doing something he likes to do, then tell you about his > picture. Then he writes what he said HE writes. Then, if necessary, > YOU > transcribe at the bottom of the page with conventional spelling and > punctuation, but don't change the wording. Write legibly. Carefully. > Make it look like bookwriting. Don't hurry. Make sure every letter is > clear. Use a fine-tipped Sharpie. Black, so the color doesn't > distract. > Then have him read it back to you. More than once. Next day.... have > him read what he wrote the day before, then do the same thing on the > next page. Repeat, daily. > > Have him make his own books, with or without templates. > > Renee > > On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Kathy Lunsford wrote: > >> Hi my name is Kathy and I am a special education teacher. I teach a >> K-2 >> Special Day Class for students with autism. I have one 2nd grade >> child who >> is reading at a beginning first grade level. He has great difficulty >> blending - it took him almost two years to master his letter sounds >> and >> read simple CVC words and he can read about 35 of the 100 first grade >> sight >> words. I use the 1st grade Open Court Language Arts curriculum and >> am >> finding that he is unable to keep up with the decodables. They are >> just to >> difficult for him. I would like some suggestions on a supplemental >> decoding series that might be good for him. He has good >> comprehension >> skills so to go back to the Kindergarten Decodables would be to >> boring >> for >> him. 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