[LIT] Materials for balanced literacy 4 to 8?

[zlcarter at aol.com]

We use source and daybooks  The source books are a instructional grade level under the grade you teach. Our District got the bright idea to go down a grade quite confusing to explain ...but we are to teach these to struggling readers. I actually like the source books , great stories and stratgies i already teach.  The day book on the other hand for kids on grade level is okay I understand they changed them and are better
Zoe
 
 
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From: mgdovey at comcast.net
To: middle-lit at interversity.org; LIT at literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 2:09 PM
Subject: [LIT] Materials for balanced literacy 4 to 8?


Please forgive the cross post, but my supervisor seems interested suddenly
in purchasing a reading series for grades 4 to 8. I'm flabbergasted--to me,
authentic trade books are the basis for teaching reading. (We use a variety
of sources for teaching writing.)

This may be a done deal, but I'm going to try to do my best to guide the
purchase as best I can--if I can. Any and all comments on materials you
like, things you hate, etc., would be appreciated. One specific I'm
interested in is what materials you've found that best help teach grammar
and punctuation, particularly in the context of writer's workshop.

Thanks for all your help, in advance. If our teachers get stuck with some
lame "series" it'll make my job as instructional coach for literacy a
nightmare... 

Mary D.

P.S. I have samples of Great Source's Sourcebook and Daybook for each grade
but I'm not certain how helpful they'd be. Anyone use them?



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