[MOSAIC] Please Help

[Lauren Grant]

Thank you so much for all of your help.  I really appreciate it!  I will
definitely go pick that book up!

Lauren

On Dec 1, 2007 7:32 AM, mary milner <hookem6770 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Have you read Carol Lyon's book, Teaching Struggling Readers?  It is a
> very
> powerful book.  I have taught 6th graders who couldn't read, and Lyon's
> book
> probably addresses some issues you are having.  Also, I don't think you
> can
> go wrong with teaching these kids basic reading strategies like in Fountas
> &
> Pinnell's book, Guided Reading:  Good First Teaching for All Children.
>  Dr.
> Marie Clay said that we "create" a lot of LD kids by not addressing their
> confusions about print when they are beginning readers, so I suspect that
> a
> good number of your 6th graders may have missed out on good first
> teaching.
> I have been teaching a long time, and I don't think there are any kits or
> programs out there that provide what these struggling readers need, since
> they will flourish with teaching based on close observation of what they
> can
> do & then individual attention to help them get where they need to go.
> Mary M./TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Ann Walker" <maryannswalker at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
> <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Please Help
>
>
> > Read the book:  Small-Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated
> Teaching
> > Model for Beginning and Struggling Readers.
> >
> > Sorry, I don't know who wrote it. I'm using this book in an Early
> Literacy
> > Class I'm taking this semester.
> >
> > I'm using the program with 3 different reading groups. One of the groups
> > is
> > an Emergent Reading group. The other 2 have kids in the Fledgling level
> > that
> > started on level 4 in mid October with 1 starting level 10 today and the
> > other is on level 7. The one on level 7 comes to resource reading from
> the
> > Life Skills class.
> >
> > Mary Ann
> > Traditional Sounds
> > www.traditionalsounds.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lauren Grant" <laurgrant at gmail.com>
> > To: <Mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:18 PM
> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Please Help
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am a first year special education teacher and am in desperate need of
> >> help
> >> with some of my struggling readers.   I am working with 6th grade
> >> students
> >> and some of my students started with about 80 sight words at the
> >> beginning
> >> of the year.  The entire special education team is new to the school
> and
> >> we
> >> are basically starting from scratch because all of the reading programs
> >> were
> >> taken by the teachers who left.  I need some intense remediation for
> >> these
> >> students who are predominately labeled as LD.  I would appreciate any
> >> suggestions on what to do and what types of programs would best meet
> the
> >> needs of my students.  Also, one that either has trainings frequently
> and
> >> close to Alexandria or that does not require any training.  I hope I
> did
> >> this correctly because this is my first post.  Thank you so much for
> all
> >> of
> >> your help!!!
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