Had a few minutes so pulled these out for you. Hope they help. Bev
Hi all~
I am interested in learning about and understanding Project Based Learning.
Any of you use it?
Mary Helen
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Ask a high school student.;-)
Lori
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Hi all,
I like to run novel discussion groups in my sixth grade class. However it
can be hard to keep up with the plot details when dealing with several
different
novels going on simultaneously.
reading with no expression, no stopping for periods, commas, etc.
You know, as Tim has suggested-- how about poetry,
Poetry has worked all kinds of wonders for all different kinds of students in
my classrooms. As Patricia Cunningham used to say about her word work
activities, poetry the way
You have to be kidding about the cart.
I have to provide the other side that makes district people do CRAZY things
like this. When I was supporting teachers in their classrooms we'd run across a
teacher in some schools who had kept every piece of an old basal series for
their grade level,
Hi Judy, I would be interested in reading your work [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I
am wondering how teachers work with the disconnect between 'fluent readers'
at grade level, but who struggle with spelling in their written language. My
experience indicates that this is a real problem for many teachers.
Mary Helen,
Are you talking about inquiry?
The Project Approach as it is espoused by Lilian Katz, Sylvia Chard and
Judy Helm?
It does really tie into Mosaic, because it is a way of learning that
stretches children's thinking and encourages them to wonder.
Here are some sites you might try.
yes, it was all sites - I realized the attachment didn't go, so I resent.
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To Beverlee Paul,
I saw your post and was interested, but there wasn't an attachment. Did you
include some sites for Project Based Learning or units?
Thanks,
Linda
On Jul 11, 2007, at 6:32 PM, RASINSKI, TIMOTHY wrote:
Renee: I admire your focus on comprehension. However, if you have a
student who is having difficulty comprehending, how do you determine
the source of the difficulty?
. snip..
Without knowing the source of the difficulty,
We use a basal in grades K-3.
Some of the teachers in grades 1 and 2 would like to use the basal
less frequently, but they are in teams and sometimes feel they must
follow the team's curriculum.
Here is what is recommended through team meetings, and any staff
development I can get.
1. The
I absolutely do not disagree with this, Nancy.
On Jul 12, 2007, at 8:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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But I don't assume that a poor oral reader is a poor silent reader.
Renee,
I've been thinking
Kinder and First.
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What grade level?
Carol
On Jul 12,
If you're willing/able to share, I would love a copy of the kinder plan.
Thanks,
Michele
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Carol,
You said:
NOTE: our district has participated in a consortium that encourages
May I have one for second grade?
Carol,
You said:
NOTE: our district has participated in a consortium that encourages
identification of essential and important learning. Once that has
been identified, use formative and summative assessments to inform
instruction and determine
Nancy,
I could buy that! In fact, if we were to adddress oral fluency as an issue to
be linked to our speaking and listening standards,
you would have me in the palm of your hand.
Lori
P.S. Where are, my friend? Aren't you making WLU this year?
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Lori
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To Beverlee Paul,
I saw your post and was
I would also like second included.
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Kinder and
This is very helpful. Thanks!
Zoe
On Thursday, July 12, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Carol Carlson wrote:
We use a basal in grades K-3.
Some of the teachers in grades 1 and 2 would like to use the basal
less frequently, but they are in teams and sometimes feel they must
follow the team's curriculum.
Please keep this conversation open if you can! I too, would like to hear
about it as well!
Mary Helen
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Hi Everyone,
After
I would be interested in Grade 2 and 3. And any suggestions you have for a
split grade. Thanks in advance. Mary
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Hi Beverlee,
This listserv does not support attachments. You have to do a cut and paste.
Elisa Waingort
Calgary, Canada
yes, it was all sites - I realized the attachment didn't go, so I resent.
Please let me know if you still didn't receive
To Beverlee Paul,
I saw your post and was
In response to Heather @ the child who called words instead of reading. One
tool I've used is taping the student as s/he reads. I used it to teach a
family how I was coaching the student so that they could work at home.
However, I wonder if it would make clear to a child what she was doing
Carol will be sending me the suggested yearly grade level plans she wrote to
be added to our TEACHING TOOLS page for us all to access at:
http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
I will announce when I have them uploaded.
Thank you Carol for sharing with us.
Ginger
moderator
Could all grades be posted to the group somehow or the links to them
if there are some? I'd be interested in seeing these as well, if it
is possible. Thanks. Heather
On 12-Jul-07, at 4:28 PM, mary hassell wrote:
I would be interested in Grade 2 and 3. And any suggestions you
have for a
Hi Nancy,
This isn't Renee but I just had to jump in on this one. I am not of the mind
that we need
to prepare kids for activities that they may have to do some day in school.
Unfortunately,
there are things that kids do in school that they never do outside of school.
How many
book reports,
HI, Im one of the Wayne State students you were warned about. This is my
last class, I do my student teaching this fall. My question is: Reading
conferences with students seem to be a very valuable tool for the teacher
and the student, how (when) do you find time to do this with every
Chris brings up a good point! I am looking for ways to bring the
comprehension strategies home to students with autism or on the autistic
spectrum. These
boys I am working with are somewhat limited in receptive and expressive
language. They decode well, read at a good rate, but not
Dolly, I have to say that we have been very fortunate in our school library.
New Mexico voters voted for funding for libraries in the state that included
school libraries. Plus our local district has given us chunks of money. We
have a really great librarian who asks for teacher input as to
In my searching for the books with the cd's of the authors reading their
poems, I came across this book that looks fabulous.
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States
www.amazon.com/Cool-Salsa-Lori-Carlson/dp/customer-reviews/044970436X
Poems are in Spanish and
I used it when I taught in the middle school. It is great! It was one of
the most popular books. If I remember correctly, the English version is on
one side and the spanish version is on the facing page.
Carol
In my searching for the books with the cd's of the authors reading their
poems, I
www.amazon.com/Poetry-Speaks-Children-Book-Read/dp/1402203292/ref=sr_1_1/002-9567853-0749642?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1184281886sr=1-1
Not sure if this is one of the books John D. told us about but it has
authors reading their poems.
Ginger
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Stephanie, I have also used the Fluent Reader this past year. In New Mexico
we have to use DIBELS. Our district has us do it K-3. They gave us palm pilots
with the tests on them so we can electronically assess the reading passages
the students read. Using information I got from this book and
I have Cool Salsa.It's a nice little paperback book of poems. Gary Soto is
very popular with my middle schoolers. I use it for both reading and writing
minilessons in my classroom. I used to have a couple of copies, but they
kept disappearing.
Lise
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How do you schedule reading conferences, guided reading, mini lessons etc?
How long is your reading workshop time?
Maxine
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I conference with my students during independent reading time (which is
usually 20 minutes). I try to get to 2 or 3 students each day. Good luck with
your student teaching!
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I get the having of emotional responses, but had not linked it to imagery.
Lori
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Chris brings up a good point! I am looking for ways to bring the
comprehension strategies home to students with autism or on the autistic
spectrum.
How about fifth grade?
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Hi Cathy,
I don't have my book here, but I
Yes, that is it! I went to B N to look. It's about $15 there. N. Giovanni, B.
Collins, Elise Paschen listed as editors with X.J. Kennedy.
It is really really good. It made me smile to see the cover. The authors will
just put in the right tidbit sometimes about their poem. Not all the poems
Hi, Donna,
I am a friend of Nancy's and this is a great question. I know you will get
lots of great responses. For me, as a primary
teacher, I found that scheduling an early choice reading time combined with
running a conference table (which you would find
described in On Solid Ground) each
In a message dated 7/12/2007 7:13:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I took my kids who were in the Stategic and
Intensive levels of DIBELS (those who did not meet the minimum number of
WPM) and even some of my bilingual students. I recorded the short leveled
In a message dated 7/12/2007 6:07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I am strongly opposed
to having kids practice reading aloud because someday they might have to do
it in some class.
Elisa,
Today I've been trying to think of times in life that people read out
I am thinking we sometimes read outloud to lend credibility to a position or a
belief statement. In doing so, failing to read
well would simply defeat the purpose.
Lori
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:50:21 EDT , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
In a message dated 7/12/2007 6:07:00 PM Eastern Daylight
I have a copy. A friend gave it to me for a present a few years back.
I've never been able to use it in the classroom, though.
Elisa Waingort
Calgary, Canada
In my searching for the books with the cd's of the authors reading their
poems, I came across this book that looks fabulous.
Cool
Hi Nancy,
Those are authentic situations and yes I would want to encourage those but
I think they come naturally out of a desire to read to someone or with someone.
Therefore, you'd want to do a good job and you'd pay attention to the way you
were reading. Don't you think? That's the kind of
3. THEN, look at the basal and any other texts to
determine where the stories would fit.
*
Yes, this is similar to what I do. I use the stories
and components that fit my yearly plan. An
anthology/basal can be a good resource if districts
don't mandate every lesson, and teachers have
Elaine,
Thanks for your in-depth post! I actually think there are several things going
on with this child. First, I do believe he's been taught that reading is an
accuracy game, rather than a meaning game, based on what I know of the school
system he attends. His accuracy is actually fairly
I mistakenly sent my personal stuff to the
group--please disregard!
--- Olga Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Elaine ---
just a quick update on the spiderweb---well how
ideas
evolve in the classroom,
Used the book Spiders by Gail Gibbons to help
build
the web, it's a great tie in!!!
Elaine ---
just a quick update on the spiderweb---well how ideas
evolve in the classroom,
Used the book Spiders by Gail Gibbons to help build
the web, it's a great tie in!!!
So far we have the seven strong foundations silks
radiating from the center---you becoming a
readereach silk cord
Linda,
What, in your opinion, makes this the most powerful?
How is it different from what you did before?
Thanks!
Lisa
2/3 IL
--- Linda Buice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I started using the Daily Five last year for
independent reading. I followed it exactly, and it
was the MOST
OOOps---sent to wrong address!!!
--- Olga Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Elaine ---
just a quick update on the spiderweb---well how
ideas
evolve in the classroom,
Used the book Spiders by Gail Gibbons to help
build
the web, it's a great tie in!!!
So far we have the seven strong
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