tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980783782254213948.post4270167718432083519..comments2024-03-18T22:58:35.639-07:00Comments on Ginger Snaps: It's been a while and I don't normally rant...Ginger Snapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233235729834852646noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980783782254213948.post-75037212489199324642010-11-02T14:32:43.957-07:002010-11-02T14:32:43.957-07:00I saw this book recommended on another blog
The Th...I saw this book recommended on another blog<br />The Three Habits of Highly Successful Reading Teachers<br />http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9182Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023237315934638756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980783782254213948.post-75977465041269375772010-10-28T02:37:56.363-07:002010-10-28T02:37:56.363-07:00We did this in fourth grade at our school. We look...We did this in fourth grade at our school. We looked at our reading and ELA groupings. One teacher volunteered to take the low readers (she had a smaller class then the rest of us but that enabled her to work with the students better). Another teacher took the middle/high readers and I had the mid-high/high readers (I liked to teach writing and the trade off for having all the high kids in writing was the amount of students I would have and the amount of grading compaired to the others). Most of them were in GT for reading...so my reading group was small...15 but I got a lot of them back for ELA/Writing...total of 28 children for that class!). At Christmas I was comparing notes with the middle/high teacher and she said her GT students that came back for ELA were not being challenged and I said I had students who were struggling with my fast paced ELA class. We switched some students around after the break. I took her 5 GT students and she took 5 of my struggling students. That worked like a charm! I still had 28 kids but they were now functioning much better. <br /><br />I like when teachers work together to play on their teaching strengths and are willing to revisit a situation to do what is best for the students.<br /><br />Hope to hear more about how it goes for you the rest of the year.Eve Heatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342106467437789200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980783782254213948.post-43912713605441104112010-10-26T16:21:44.624-07:002010-10-26T16:21:44.624-07:00I totally love Reading A-Z -- it's a real life...I totally love Reading A-Z -- it's a real life saver! I'm glad your colleague was willing to trade kids... sounds like it will let each of you provide more effective instruction :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251616457906473735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980783782254213948.post-64821760569116087102010-10-24T17:16:16.418-07:002010-10-24T17:16:16.418-07:00Reading A-Z is one of my favorite places. I still ...Reading A-Z is one of my favorite places. I still have a subsription from my old school (oops forgot to tell them to cancel mine...must've slipped my mind *wink*) and I love the fluency passages too.<br /><br />I hear you on the number of low readers...but have to admit I would be in HEAVEN with only 15 kids! I'm cheering over the fact that I'll ONLY have 23 this week (only 23...ha!) for two days of reading. It'll be like a picnic after 30.Rayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11188775899039031370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980783782254213948.post-29239848359227571202010-10-24T17:01:51.270-07:002010-10-24T17:01:51.270-07:00Check out www.raz-kids.com.
One of our first grade...Check out www.raz-kids.com.<br />One of our first grade teachers uses it and I am very interested in buying it for my 3rd graders too.AbbyS.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07733858340351833876noreply@blogger.com