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I'm just beginning to try to put together something new in
my reading program. My school doesn't have any particular
program, it's a small Catholic school, and I have been
doing lots of reading, and on my own decided I like the
guided reading stuff. My question is, can I do Four
Blocks in just my own classroom, or maybe just add parts
of it to my other stuff...it seems like such a hodge
podge, and there are different ways of doing the same
thing. I don't have 2 1/2 hours in one block. Any
suggestions?
Thanks!
Pat
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I teach in a small school too. I already to the read aloud, silent reading, and
journals daily. I am going to do the mini-lessons 2 times week. We will do making
words or something similar for a long block on Monday, then for only 15 minutes
or so the rest of the days.

On 5/04/07, Pat wrote:
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May 6, 2007
Private School /blockquote>

I re-read your post and realized you were talking about guided reading. Sorry.
Hope what I said about the other parts of the 4 blocks was useful as well. My
goal is to do guided reading as often as possible, but by no means every day.
My school just doesn't have the resources. We have big books, but they are ...See More
May 6, 2007
brad /blockquote>

> I choose a "sophisticated" poem to read, and make copies of
it. We really
> discuss it and think about the meaning. They read it lots
and lots of times. I
> did "Mushrooms" by Sylvia Plath recently, and they loved
it. When they were
> done, we circled words she used in her writing that ...See More
May 7, 2007
brad /blockquote>

On 5/04/07, Pat wrote:
> I'm just beginning to try to put together something new in
> my reading program. My school doesn't have any particular
> program, it's a small Catholic school, and I have been
> doing lots of reading, and on my own decided I like the
> guided reading stuff. My ques...See More
May 7, 2007
Private school /blockquote>

I use the 4 blocks model.. maybe it's more 4 blocks than I thought. Thanks for
pointing that out! By the way, doing the guided reading with poems when there is a
lack of reading is really helpful. The kids like it a lot.. I have also copied short stories
from anthologies, one for each student, but the librarian ...See More
May 8, 2007


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