[MOSAIC] Your thoughts

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Wendy
We regroup...but not by ability... we regroup by strategy needs for just  
part of the day. 
For example, in K we might have a rhyming group, a letter sound group, a  
blending group and a comprehension group. In Fourth grade, we might have a  
fluency group, a inferential thinking group, a self-monitoring group and a  
decoding review group. The groups are VERY  flexible and I might have up to  four 
grade levels difference in reading levels in that particular group...but  they 
all need to work on a similar strategy. As a reading specialist,  I  can then 
plug into a group that has specific needs and serve far  more students than I 
could if I pulled out little groups of strugglers. 
 
By doing this, we achieve differentiation without tracking. It works for  us.
Jennifer
 
 
In a message dated 10/9/2008 12:05:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
wendyljensen at msn.com writes:

I want  to consider all options before deciding, but I can't shake the 
feeling that  this decision would not be good for kids in the long run for many of 
the  reasons you cited in your response.  The questions you suggest are very  
good ones and I will be asking them.  Thanks!  

Wendy







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