[MOSAIC] Basal in Readers Workshop?

[Beverlee Paul]

I don't know what grade you teach, but I can tell you what I used to do in first grade with a Scott Foresman basal.  We just "had to use them somehow," so this is it -- I taught the kids how to read using trade books and every now and then during the year each child read the anthologies right straight through on his/her own.  They liked the pictures and the "heft" of the book and the stories were worth one read-through for sure.  Not worth what we spent on them, but probably worth the brief time it took on the children's part.

> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:58:13 -0500> From: ckmet at mail.usf.edu> To: mosaic at literacyworkshop.org> Subject: [MOSAIC] Basal in Readers Workshop?> > Hi everyone,> > My administrator decided in the beginning of the year that it was okay for> us to forgo our purchased basal series (Open Court) and only use> literature in our readers workshop (woo hoo!!). Flash forward to now and> we are told that we must use them, whether it be for phonics, literature,> etc. . . basically just use them, all this money was spent on them ("what> we're supposed to do" is changed at least twice a year, so you can imagine> our frustration!).> > Can anyone give me any advice or pointers or how they use their basal in> their classroom in conjunction with quality literature? We structure our> readers workshop based on comprehension strategies (i.e September we work> on making connections etc.)If anyone out there, uses Open Court and a> readers workshop setting, that would even be more helpful.> > Thank you!> > > > > > > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> Mosaic at literacyworkshop.org> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > 
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