[MOSAIC] monitoring meaning

[Janelle]

Debbie,
I agree with you. I teach third grade, my students read for at least 40 
minutes silently while I am conferencing with kids. I have a push in title 
one assistant who does the same, she also pulls a guided reading group. Kids 
just really need time to read. I've spent a lot of time on book choice with 
kids and we've talked a lot about finding books you LOVE and that you can 
understand. THey know it's ok to spend a little bit of time on things that 
htey LOVE taht are too hard, but we've talked a lot about how that may be 
the last 10 minutes of workshop. Hope this helps....
janelle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harbour, Deborah " <harbourd at dreamsbeginhere.org>
To: "mosaic" <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 3:07 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] monitoring meaning


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> I am not trying to be negative in any way.  I teach Kindergarten and by 
> the end of the year my students are reading independently for 20 minutes. 
> To me, that is not very long.  In regards to guided reading, we only do 
> reading activities during this time.  While I am meeting with a group, my 
> students are reading independently or doing Literacy Stations which are 
> all reading stations.  We don't do skills activities such as DOL and 
> handwriting during these times.  Giving them walkmans to hear books read 
> aloud is a great idea but don't think they should be doing that daily. 
> They need lots of practice on their own.  Why not try partner reading or 
> having a reader's theatre.  Kids of all ages love that. This way you are 
> working on fluency and comprehension together.   Just some thoughts.  I 
> know how each county and state has different ideas about reading of 
> course.
>
> Debbie
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