Here's the correct link. It's cyberpg, not...See MoreOn 7/29/08, mhugs wrote: > On 7/25/08, Good Luck wrote: >> Hi, One thing that might help is something called "The San Diego >> Quick Assessment". It is composed of word lists from preprimer to >> 10th grade. One website with the words and directions is: >> [link removed]
Here's the correct link. It's cyberpg, not cyberpq. Hope this works for you!
Does anyone have any other suggestions? Deb? Brad?
On 7/25/08, Good Luck wrote: > Hi, One thing that might help is something called "The San Diego > Quick Assessment". It is composed of word lists from preprimer to > 10th grade. One website with the words and directions is: > [link removed] :)
I use a lot of the strategy and minilesson discussions during ssr time. I also use a lot of really good teaching discussions during Guided Reading. Many times because the best teachers are Four Blocks teachers, we search and read the new books. This does not mean we have to make major structural changes to our day, we can take the lessons from these other resources. It sounds like this is what you are doing, so it sounds to me that you are on the right track.
On 7/19/08, Lisa wrote: > Anyone out there know where I can go to plug in my > classroom library titles and sort them by grade level or > lexile level. I guess I also need to know where I can find > the grade equivalency of a lexile level. I know that > Scholastic used to have a site to do that from but I can > not find it anymore. Please help . I am doing this for my > middle school reading class
On 7/23/08, Linda wrote: > Hello Friends, I am returning to the classroom after 5 > years as a literacy coach and have been looking for a > chart showing which word wall words are introduced each > week for 2nd grade. I believe I originally found it on > the "tools" page for 4 blocks, Mosiac site or > ReadingLady. I have searched a few times without any > luck. What I liked was that it gave 3 words,I believe as > well as 2 words with patterns. It was very handy. I > suppose I could make one up, but if someone had it, it > would save me a good chunk of time. With all the new > curricula materials I need to become familiar with this > year, I need to save all the time I can. Thanks in > advance. Linda
What I did find is that it helped many teachers become more tuned in to what students were struggling and provide PD and support for teachers to help them help their students. It also addressed the wasted time in so many classrooms (Imagine how difficult it was to watch 20-25 minutes of transition between the carpet and students returning to their desks (TRUE! - I timed it more than onece!) Think about what is wasted when a teacher does this several times a day.
In fact many teachers do word sorts, write spelling with letter cards or magnetic letters, and other activities. However, I personally do not believe in centers because it is time students supposedly spend in "practicing" what they have already learned - many times incorrectly - if there is no adult to support the activity, which I saw too often. When guided reading was done in many of our buildings, The Daily Five activities were what students worked on, mainly Read to Self, Read with a Partner, Write in response to Reading, or Listening to stories on tapes or CDs. Some teachers incorporated the Word Work portion but again, you can't be sure students are doing it correctly. I believe the 4 block method, with immediate teacher feedback is most effective.
Authentic reading is always the way to go, NOT independent games and activities, as proven by research. As I will be returning to the classroom this year, I will NOT be doing centers. :>) I love 4 blocks activities. That it is fun, engaging, and the students learn from it is fantastic! I am looking forward to being back with the children!!
I taught K for 9 years and used BB for a good portion of that, and you are right...It is very different! The MbM book is awesome, so that's a great place to start! It has the basic skeleton of what you need to know. I would also suggest reading the Teacher's Guide to BB. It really does a good job of explaining the philosophy behind BB, and would really help you understand the "why" behind the MbM book.
I could sit here and type for hours about specifics, but I think it might better serve your efforts and mine if you could post more specific questions you have. I'd be more than happy to help however I can!
And even though there isn't much activity on the BB board, I would also suggest reading the posts that are already there. There is a lot of good information on there, even if no one is posting right now!!
Hope to hear from you soon and good luck! Steph :)
I'm looking for month by month lists of the 3rd grade word wall words. (4 block) Mine are all thrown together in a bag and I want to organize them by month. Can anyone help me out?
do you have the Month by Month Book for Third GradeOn 7/29/08, Martha wrote: > I'm looking for month by month lists of the 3rd grade word > wall words. (4 block) Mine are all thrown together in a > bag and I want to organize them by month. Can anyone help > me out? > > Thanks.
On 8/01/08, do you have the Month by Month Book for Third Grade...See MoreYes I do! The words are organized by month and you pick which ones from the monthly list to do each week. If you didn't get the order yet ( I saw your post was from 8-1) then email me and I will bring the list home from school tomorrow and email it back to you. [email removed]
On 8/01/08, do you have the Month by Month Book for Third Grade wrote: > On 7/29/08, Martha wrote: >> I'm looking for month by month lists of the 3rd grade word >> wall words. (4 block) Mine are all thrown together in a >> bag and I want to organize them by month. Can anyone help >> me out? >> >> Thanks.
Monday 9:00-11:30, 12:30-1:00, 1:45-3:00 Tuesday 9:00-11:30 Wednesday 9:00-10:30 (art at 10:30, trying to get changed) Thursday 9:00-11:30
Is this doable as a 4 day program? I'm responsible for some math practice time Mondays and the teacher I work with is good about having the students do a shared reading activity and a quiet reading time on Fridays, (though she is more focused on meeting with small groups for her own instruction while they read). She either has them do a writers workshop time or a themed writing activity. We're to average 90 min/day for reading, 50 min/day for writing, and I think 1hr10min for math (using Investigations).
Here's the correct link. It's cyberpg, not...See More