Re: [MOSAIC] Suggestions for replacing DRA2???

2014-08-04 Thread cag...@myfairpoint.net
Does the DRA2 not align with the CC? In what way? What about the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System? Original email: - From: Dionne, Jeanne dion...@northstonington.k12.ct.us Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:41:26 + To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Suggestio

[MOSAIC] off topic - iready

2014-08-02 Thread cag...@myfairpoint.net
Has anyone used iready as a diagnostic or for Universal Screening (RTI)? Thanks. Cathy mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE

Re: [MOSAIC] Daily 5 - thanks for this posting - am following up/reading/thinking

2014-07-10 Thread cag...@myfairpoint.net
Original email: - From: Patrice Dimare lamm...@aol.com Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:32:18 -0400 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Daily 5 Several of our teachers use the Daily Five… few cautions… - make sure that your teachers understand that it is management f

Re: [MOSAIC] Literacy Assessments

2014-03-26 Thread cag...@myfairpoint.net
Pat - I've been using the F&P BAS (Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System) for a number of years. I think of it more as similar to the DRA than to the Rigby Assessment, perhaps only because it goes higher. It is based on the Guided Reading leveling system, A - Z. There is a running recor

Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Passages

2013-12-08 Thread cag...@myfairpoint.net
readworks.org Original email: - From: ggmar...@satx.rr.com Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 20:37:04 + To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Passages I am looking for an older post that referenced reading passages available for classroom use -upper elementary. The

Re: [MOSAIC] First Grade Guided Reading Groups

2013-03-10 Thread cag...@myfairpoint.net
Has anybody done any research on the number of (apparent) adhd students and causes, and more importantly, how to teach to them? Cathy Original Message: - From: Myclass09 myclas...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:43:11 -0400 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC]

Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension Program

2012-08-01 Thread cag...@myfairpoint.net
I also suggest for whole-class read aloud and guided practice - Linda Hoyt's "Interactive Read Aloud" - by grade levels; published by Heinemann but here's an Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Interactive-Read-Alouds-Standards-Comprehension-Two- Volume/dp/0325010986/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1343826