tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315130684057674270.post9197854793375311140..comments2024-03-07T07:19:34.681-05:00Comments on Miss B., Busy Bee: Journeys ReadingMiss Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845014273036065099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315130684057674270.post-15372147780769411332011-08-04T21:06:15.381-04:002011-08-04T21:06:15.381-04:00Thanks, Katie! So glad someone I know actually use...Thanks, Katie! So glad someone I know actually uses the program!Miss Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15845014273036065099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315130684057674270.post-7539639638377279412011-08-04T19:51:56.739-04:002011-08-04T19:51:56.739-04:00We just adoped the Journeys as our reading series....We just adoped the Journeys as our reading series. I find that the students really like the stories and they are easy for them to relate to. We didn't really use the writing component this year, although it seems to be very good. Overall, I like the program. Each lesson is primarily skills based and the writing component uses a 5 day approach and several different styles each day. You can do journaling with mini writing assignments just to teach the piece of the skill, and you can grade those, but the students should have one "finished" piece of writing at least once a month. We also used vocabulary workshop with this series, which gives the 4th graders a lot of words to memorize for vocabulary. We are trying to eliminate the vocab workshop because we felt that teh vocab in journeys was more advanced than our previous reading series. I found myself re-creating the tests from Journeys because some of the answer choices were very similar and confusing. I like the online component and the vocabulary cards, turn the activities on the back of the cards into group stations. I sill supplemented the decoding with PR for some of my kids because I didn't feel like the phonemic piece of Journeys was that great for decoding. Hope this helps!<br />Katiekwilliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468915452428245052noreply@blogger.com