Try Engageny.org. Pam Sent from my iPad
On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > engageny.com > > click on ELA and Math to see complete aligned units. > > Laura > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: donnfox <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 1:39 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Curriculum Alignment > > > I don't know if this helps, but you may want to look on the New Jersey DOE > ebsite. They have organized the CCS into five units for instruction. Look > under > he model curriculum tab and click on Math or ELA. Then click on the grade you > each and you can see unit 1, unit 2 etc... > ur school began to follow the unit models for teaching and we are presently > ligning our literature, poems and stories at each grade level to teach the > tandards. > e spent last year working on resources for teaching and supporting the new > Math > CS. > nother teacher and I created a template for each unit. We literally copied > and > asted the SLO into our school template and then added a column for suggested > esources to meet the standards. > ts a work in progress but has been helpful. > Donna/NJ > Sent from my HTC Status™ on AT&T > ----- Reply message ----- > rom: "evelia cadet" <[email protected]> > o: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > [email protected]> > ubject: [MOSAIC] Curriculum Alignment > ate: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 12:21 pm > > his teacher is not coming up with any ideas to improve instruction in OUR > chool. Does she has the best instructional strategies? Maybe, I don't know. > As > mention before, what other teachers do is a secret in my school. I can tell > ou what she has shared about her instruction: she has the best standardized > cores in the school, she doesn't believe in allowing the children to choose > heir books and reading anything outside the basal program, she believes every > ingle reading should be assessed, she is great at teaching test taking > strategy > he entire year, she uses lots of practice tests passages to teach, she > usually > akes negative comment about teachers' poor test scores and incompetence. > My point is, share your greatness now that you are in the leadership team. > What > s your plan to help OUR school? To assist and collaborate with the > incompetent > eachers? > Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2013, at 9:16 AM, "Renee Goularte" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would like to speak up for the seasoned, stand-alone teachers, since I was > ne for years. > > Teachers being required to all be teaching the same genre at the same time > akes my hair stand up. If they elect to do so voluntarily, that's one thing. > eing ordered to is quite another thing. Plus, teachers do not have to all be > oing the same genres at the same time to be covering/teaching/addressing all > he standards. Those are two different issues. If there are teachers who are > not > eaching everything they should be, that's an issue that should be taken up by > he principal. > > I do understand that you are looking for a solution to a problem. > > But the seasoned, stand-alone teacher is sometimes the one with the better > ractices. :-) > > Renee > > > On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Deborah Hopp wrote: > >> >> >> >> Evelia, >> I am not an expert on alignment, but I have taught in a private school and > ow a public school. When you are trying to move seasoned teachers, it's > verwhelming. Focus on finding like minds and spend your time collaborating > ith them. Take risks and spend you time being the BEST teacher that you can > e. Don't let this frustration keep you from being just that, the BEST > teacher > ou can be. Some will want what you have. Others won't-this is just a fact > hat very passionate teachers have to deal with. Good leadership is key in > this > rea. Hopefully, the principal has a backbone. >> Debbie Hopp >> Kindergarten teacher >> Certified Reading Specialist >> Baltimore, Maryland >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: evelia cadet <[email protected]> >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > [email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 3:29 am >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Curriculum Alignment >> >> >> Here in Texas the standards are called TEKS. This one example of a 5th grade >> standard: >> 5.11.A Students will summarize the main ideas and supporting details in a > ext >> in ways that maintain meaning and logical order >> >> To answer your question about teaching genres, yes, all reading teachers will > e >> working on the same genre during the same period. At least in the first >> semester. We had issues with teachers not teaching all standards and genres. > o, >> they move from grade to grade with many learning holes. Thank you for your > elp. >> >> Evelia > > > > "Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t > ny need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be > ere in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s > hallenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in > the > orld. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that > atter in the world come about. So be that one person." > ~ R. Buckminster Fuller > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > [email protected] > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > [email protected] > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://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
