[MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate?

Mary Mnges mmanges27 at aol.com
Tue Mar 25 21:57:24 EDT 2008 

Melissa,
I have one hour and forty-five minutes to squeeze it all in.  I feel  
like a hamster in a wheel most days, but we get it done somehow.  It  
certainly isn't ideal, especially with the added pressure of state  
testing to deal with.
Mary :)

On Mar 25, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Zey, Melissa wrote:

> Can some of you elaborate on the time frame all of this is being  
> completed within?  That is the number one thing I struggle with is  
> fitting it all in!  I'm sure we all do.  I try to do word study,  
> reading workshop, writing workshop, and I go back and forth all of  
> the time on guided reading and individual reading conferences.  So  
> it's great to see how someone else structures their reading and  
> writing workshop time.  Now I'm just curious to know what amount of  
> time it's being done in.  Is some of you would like to offer your  
> schedules and how you fit everything (or as much as you can) in  
> your day I'd love to hear it!
>
> Thanks,
> Melissa
>
> ________________________________
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> From: mosaic-bounces at literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Mary Manges
> Sent: Sat 3/15/2008 9:12 PM
> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate?
>
>
>
> Rhonda,
> Thanks for responding, even if it took a while.  I appreciate all  
> the input
> I can get, especially from people that are doing this already.  It  
> seems
> that guided reading is an umbrella term of sorts.  I know that  
> there are
> specific models like Four Blocks, and Fountas and Pinnell.  I'm mostly
> concerned with how I can "do" guided reading to meet the  
> requirement of my
> district and not have to give up what I feel is already working in my
> classroom.  This is what I do, if you can see how GR would fit into  
> this I
> would appreciate some input.
> Each day of my Language Arts block looks like this:
>
> 1.  I do a read aloud from a novel of my choosing, with some sort  
> of short
> activity on a bulletin board.  We have tracked the plot, summarized  
> using
> illustrations with a sentence, brought in an artifact for each  
> chapter,
> etc...
> 2.  I then teach a mini-lesson on a reading strategy, word study, or
> whatever I see they need and what I need to cover in the standards and
> assessment anchors.  This is done as a whole group.
> 3.  Then they either participate in literature circles or reading  
> workshop
> depending on the time of year.  I use all novels and avoid my basal  
> textbook
> like the plague.
> 4.  I confer with individuals during reading workshop or sit in with 1
> literature circle group per day.
>
> Then we go into writing workshop:
> 1.  I read a poem to them and we decipher it togther (they have a  
> copy to
> follow along)
> 2.  I teach a writing mini-lesson on a writing craft, grammar  
> skill, or
> something else.  I try to coordinate mini-lessons in reading and  
> writing to
> feed off one another.  If we are working on character analysis in  
> reading,
> we study character development in writing.
> 3.  They write independently and I confer with individuals.
>
> It seems that the component I am missing is small group instruction  
> and
> maybe more of a devotion to word study.
> Am I way off base here?  When I look at the Big Blocks components,  
> I see
> some of what I'm doing.  Any thoughts?
> Thanks again.  I'm searching for ideas.  My district seems to have  
> put the
> cart before the horse.  They wrote guided reading into our  
> strategic plan
> K-5 and now they have no clue how it is to be done in intermediate  
> grades.
> I'd like to be able to show how what I'm doing shouldn't have to be  
> thrown
> out the window entirely.
>
> Thanks a bunch!
> Mary :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rhonda Brinkman" <Rhonda.Brinkman at sendit.nodak.edu>
> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
> <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate?
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>
>>> Hello Mary,
>>
>>  Sorry it took so long to answer just crazy here.
>>
>> To me guided reading can be incorporated into anything. For  
>> example-- I am
>> looking for students to synthesize nonfiction text. I would began  
>> with a
>> small piece of text and model how to synthesize info and build by  
>> adding
>> pieces each time. Then I might use the same writing pieces to model
>> informative writing. The pieces could be shown to model voice (or  
>> lack of
>> it in writing). I have used Four Blocks in lower and upper grades  
>> and find
>> it easy to incorporate with any program and fairly inexpensive.  
>> Patricia
>> Cunningham and Cheryl Sigmon developed an awesome idea.
>>
>> Mary if you have more questions. Email me directly--
>> rhonda.brinkman at sendit.nodak.edu
>>
>> Hope this helped,
>> Rhonda
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rhonda,
>>> Can you share any specifics?  I teach strategies and use mostly lit.
>>> circles
>>> with novels in fifth grade.  I also do writing workshop so I feel  
>>> like I
>>> have the basics in place  I'm mostly wondering how Guided Reading  
>>> will
>>> change these practices.
>>> Thanks for the help!
>>> Mary :)
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rhonda Brinkman" <Rhonda.Brinkman at sendit.nodak.edu>
>>> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
>>> <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 6:05 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate?
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I love Modifying Four Block for the upper grades.  Have been  
>>>> using it
>>>> for
>>>> years and I teach middle school. I easily incorporate reading  
>>>> strategies
>>>> and whatever the students may need.
>>>>
>>>> Rhonda
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I'm wondering if anyone is using guided reading in upper  
>>>> elementary.
>>>> It
>>>>> was written into our strategic plan, yet no one seems to know  
>>>>> how it
>>> works
>>>>> in 4th and 5th grade.  I 've been able to find a few resources to
>>>>> purchase, but haven't yet. One is from Fountas and Pinnell, and  
>>>>> the
>>> other
>>>>> was from Four Blocks (Big Blocks model).  Basically I'd like to  
>>>>> know
>>> which
>>>>> resource would be better to buy, and also if anyone can tell me  
>>>>> what
>>>>> guided reading looks like and involves at this level.  Is it
>>>> effective?
>>>>> Do you it like or dislike?  Pros/cons?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Mary
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