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November
9 , 2008
The Lucy Calkins workshop was fantastic.
I highly reccommend attending. I added a few anchor
chart pictures from mini lessons - silent reading voices,
Ken Goodman's Model of Proficient Silent Reading,
Nonfiction Conventions
October 2, 2008
just added under the pictures section: anchor
chart pictures from my mini lessons so far...
September 30, 2008
Here is a site that has great free photographs for projects.
Jupiter
Images I use these photos for the background
of my morning powerpoint for the kids. It plays a slideshow of
their morning duties.
September 28, 2008
I'm going to see Lucy Calkins in Dallas in November.
Can't wait to hear what she has to say! I'll bring my notes back
to upload.
just added under mini lesson in reading tab: student
response sheet, schema
poster, metacognition
1 and metacognition 2 (self
monitoring)
Good Quote: Literature can take us out of ourselves and
return us to ourselves – slightly different with each book
we have loved. –Charlotte Huck
August 28, 2008
I have lots of new things to upload... Finishing grad school,
moving, and starting a new school has been crazy!
Stay tuned! :-)
August 16, 2008
Lucy Calkins is coming to Houston and Mesquite!
The
cost of this workshop is $189.00 per person. If you register 3
or more participants at the same time the cost is $179.00 per
person. For Early Bird rate prices,
call 1-800-541-2086 ext. 1151. Website
for more information.
Houston
When: 11/06/2008
Where: Marriott Houston Westchase
Time: 8:30 A.M.-3:00 P.M.
2900 Briarpark Drive
Houston, TX 77042
713.978.7400
Mesquite
When: 11/07/2008
Where: Mesquite Convention Center & Hampton Inn
Time: 8:30 A.M.-3:00 P.M.
1700 Rodeo Dr
Mesquite, TX 75149
972.329.3100
July 29, 2008
just
added under Becky's tab: Guided
Reading Plan Sheet: K-1 & Fiction
- Updated June 08
June 3, 2008
Reading
for Real: Teach Students to Read with Power, Intention, and Joy
in K-3 Classrooms by Kathy Collins is available
for preorder on Amazon. It will be released sometimes in June.
Her first book, Growing
Readers, was fantastic.
Professional Development Opportunities
Mark
your calendar for the 2008 Texas Woman's University Annual Reading
Recovery/Early Literacy Institutes. They will be held at the D/FW
Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel at the D/FW Airport, TX, on November
10-12.
Reading Recovery is November 10-11, the Administrators Institute
is November 11, and the Early Literacy Institute is November 11-12.
See
a complete list of featured presenters at http://www.twu.edu/o-ll/institute2008.htm
The
room block at the Hyatt Regency Hotel is open and you can register
for rooms at any time.
Negotiated rates for the Institutes are $165 single/double, $185
triple/quad. For hotel reservations,
call 800/233-1234 or 972/453-1234.
Registration
booklets and the on-line registration system will be available
after August 1.
Our
Lead Reading Recovery Teacher and C&I Director, Kathy, gave
a workshop on fluency in February.
My bud, Jenn, took these notes... Here you go! Fluency
Notes
The new F&P
benchmark assessment has been out a few months
and is broken into 2 kits:
Kit #1: Grades K-2 with Levels A-N
Kit #2: Grades 3-8 with Levels L-Z
Each kit is $250.00.
Look at the running
record calculator/stopwatch it comes with! Even
if you don't purchase a kit, the nifty gadget can be bought separately
at 19.95!
August
17, 2007
This past school year, I wrote to 180 book companies
telling them about our campus. After stating the demographics
and extremely high number of our students living in low
socioeconomic environments, I asked if we could
receive free publication samples, over-runs, discontinuations
or warehouse samples from their company. This table shows the
overwhelming responses we received. Who would have thought? Ask
your Literacy Coach to do the same for your campus.
A
powerful visual I saw online:
August
12, 2006
Links!
Literacy Coaching Online
Mosaic
Listserve (great message board of ideas)
Leveling
Chart
Beth
Newingham's Clasroom. Visit her website! It is awesome!
www.mspowell.com
www.mandygregory.com
www.jmeacham.com
Free
Materials: www.highlightskids.com
has free printable stories. You could
use them during a mini lesson, shared read, or to send home for
kids to read. Here is the direct link to the stories. Highlights
Stories
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