We purchased the series county wide K-6th grade. The "program" is almost all inclusive: reading, writing, spelling, and grammar. The emphasis is using varied texts to teach a skill using various strategies to comply with our new Common Core College and Career readiness standards. We have access to complete online resources as well as basil texts and leveled readers. The amount of interactive online tools is very nice. Each child has their own interactive web page that they can access at home on any device. It is too early to say I recommend Wonders, we are making adjustments and implementing this as a "tool" for Language Arts. However, So far I have been very impressed. We needed to strengthen our writing, and I feel for now, Wonders has provided daily lessons, activities and support to help our students and teachers implement writing in various genres as well as using text evidence to answer questions.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Patricia Kimathi <[email protected]>wrote: > So are you recommending Wonder Reading Program. Is this the program your > daughters school used or did her school use a different reading series? > Sorry I am a little confused. > Pat > On Sep 24, 2013, at 8:47 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > What grades does this program cover? Would it replace a reading series? > I am a reading specialist/coach for a 4-6 school in Mass. I was at an open > house for my own child at the grade 7-8 school last night and they > mentioned how they can really see what our students lack using the reading > series we have. My daughter happens to be in the first class that has used > it since 1st grade and they can see it. We need to change something for > sure. Wondering what is out there that is common core aligned, meaningful > and effective for the students. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Mary Rease wrote: > > > >> Yes, we purchased the Wonders program county wide. It has been an eye > >> opener for sure. If this is an indicator on text complexity by grade I > am > >> glad we have this resource. We are taking our time and really "thinking" > >> through the text modeling voice and close reading: rereading and > rereading > >> a lot. The big thing for us is the lack of back ground knowledge our > >> students have for the test questions. We are determined to test using > the > >> "cold reads" I expect we are all on learning curve here. If you need > extra > >> resources contact me. I have the Lexile conversions.... > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Betty Laughlin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> We started this August, haven't received most of the materials and > don't > >>> have smart boards or tablets. It has been a bumpy ride. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPad > >>> > >>>> On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Michelle Gips <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Anyone out there use this program? We just bought it at our school > and > >>>> have lots of organizational issues. It is very overwhelming and > wanted to > >>>> know if anyone else uses this program. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> Michelle Gips > >>>> Reading Specialist > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Lisa Rease > >> Highland School Reading Coach > >> 256-546-7409 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > PatK > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Lisa Rease Highland School Reading Coach 256-546-7409 _______________________________________________ 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
