[MOSAIC] reåders workshop

[Laura Cannon]

I teach third, but I have classes like that also.  The good thing is with so
many highs you should be able to meet with them less often so you can really
concentrate on your lows.  Some partner reading will also benefit your
4's--or rather echo reading with a partner.

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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:36 PM
To: mosaic at literacyworkshop.org
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] reåders workshop

Hi
Hope this isn't too off topic but you are my "go to" people for anything 
reading related.

This is only my second year doing readers workshop (i teach first grade).   
The rest of my school still regroups for reading meaning students switch 
classes and are grouped homogeneously.   They are slowly moving away from a
basal 
into readers workshop but I'm really the only one who is implementing it 
completely with a heterogeneous group and have been coaching other teachers
in order 
to help them get started.   I definitely believe in reåders workshop and 
believe it is going well but i'm feeling a lot of pressure to make sure my
reading 
scores are good to show that it's meeting the needs of my students.
Anyway, 
I'm almost done with my January DRA testing.   Profecient for now is a 12.

As of now, one third of my class is at a 20 or above and the rest are at 4
or 
below.   Many are still on a 2 which isn't even proficient for the end of 
Kindergarten.   I do have a huge ELL population and am used to having
struggling 
readers but the discrepency between my low and high kids is unbelievable.
I've 
always had many who fell in the middle and now I don't have anyone in
between 
a 4 and a 20.   

My big concern now is how do I plan minilessons to meet the needs of very 
very low, and very high kids.   They are all reading books on their level 
everyday which i will continue to do but I'm at a loss of how to get the low
kids up 
without boring the high kids.   Please share any ideas.

Thanks,
Cami


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