[MOSAIC] Please Help

[cathymillr at aol.com]

I totally agree that Reading A-Z will help you get started. My struggling readers love the books. There are also fluency passages and lists of words to use for practice in the basics. 



Also, get to the library and help the students find books they like to read. Try some magazines and news articles as well...thinks the kids like to read about that are short.



Don't think you need a program...you just need to build your knowledge base! Mosaic of Thought is? a great start. 



There are many workshops offered by experts in the DC area. Check the Heinemann website for some listings.



Cathy

K-5, former middle school teacher

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-----Original Message-----
From: Joy <jwidmann at rocketmail.com>
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 9:35 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Please Help




To get up and running quickly and inexpensively, consider Reading A-Z 
(www.readingatoz.com)

Lauren Grant <laurgrant at gmail.com> wrote:  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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