Beverlee Paul
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:06:25 -0800
especially if he make a "picture" instead of uses words on his map??? might have some possibilities....
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Jim and Kim email <ra...@comcast.net> wrote: > Have you taught him how to use a "concept map" with the science/history > content? It might help him to connect the material..... > > Kim Conrad, DMS > > > On Mar 7, 2010, at 12:00 PM, mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org wrote: > > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to >> mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> mosaic-ow...@literacyworkshop.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. College Help (g...@aol.com) >> 2. Re: College Help (Dave Middlebrook) >> 3. Re: College Help (Carol Lau) >> 4. Re: response logs (Carrie Davis) >> 5. Re: College Help (medwa...@daltonstate.edu) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:04:14 EST >> From: g...@aol.com >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help >> Message-ID: <5f4ae.9b4a8c9.38c43...@aol.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> Hello list, >> >> My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and struggles despite >> working extremely hard. After years of trying to determine why learning >> is >> so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he does not >> visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he listens. >> >> I have read The Mosaic of Thought and have followed the mailing list for a >> couple months now trying to figure out how to help him. >> >> We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some success but >> the work he is doing in college is much too abstract for me to try the >> methods used in that program. >> >> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him with subjects like >> Biology/Physiology, Statistics, or any other college level material? >> >> Thank you! >> >> Karen >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:17:13 -0500 >> From: "Dave Middlebrook" <davemiddlebr...@verizon.net> >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help >> Message-ID: <e333870b62d24f928871a9312f0af...@desktop> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; >> reply-type=original >> >> You might take a look at the Textmapping site: http://www.textmapping.org >> >> - Dave >> >> Dave Middlebrook >> The Textmapping Project >> A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills >> instruction. >> www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! >> USA: (609) 771-1781 >> dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <g...@aol.com> >> To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 6:04 PM >> Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help >> >> >> Hello list, >>> >>> My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and struggles despite >>> working extremely hard. After years of trying to determine why learning >>> is >>> so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he does not >>> visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he listens. >>> >>> I have read The Mosaic of Thought and have followed the mailing list for >>> a >>> couple months now trying to figure out how to help him. >>> >>> We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some success but >>> the work he is doing in college is much too abstract for me to try the >>> methods used in that program. >>> >>> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him with subjects like >>> Biology/Physiology, Statistics, or any other college level material? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Karen >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 22:42:48 -0800 >> From: "Carol Lau" <c...@ca.rr.com> >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help >> Message-ID: <000e01cabdc1$67924f20$6a01a...@home224a76de79> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> Linda Mood Bell teaches visualization to learning disabled students. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <g...@aol.com> >> To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:04 PM >> Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help >> >> >> Hello list, >>> >>> My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and struggles despite >>> working extremely hard. After years of trying to determine why learning >>> is >>> so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he does not >>> visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he listens. >>> >>> I have read The Mosaic of Thought and have followed the mailing list for >>> a >>> couple months now trying to figure out how to help him. >>> >>> We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some success but >>> the work he is doing in college is much too abstract for me to try the >>> methods used in that program. >>> >>> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him with subjects like >>> Biology/Physiology, Statistics, or any other college level material? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Karen >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:03:48 -0500 >> From: "Carrie Davis" <carrie.da...@bufordcityschools.org> >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>, "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension >> Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] response logs >> Message-ID: >> < >> b0a1e7fd08cab841b4a8451106edb92d021e1...@bcss-email.bufordcityschools.org >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I dont know what I would do without www.lauracandler.com This website has >> all sorts of useful information for elementary school teachers in literacy >> and beyond. >> >> Carrie Davis >> Third Grade Teacher >> Buford Academy >> >> Building Community; >> Serving Students >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mosaic-bounces+carrie.davis=bufordcityschools.org@ >> literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Melissa Kile >> Sent: Thu 3/4/2010 6:30 PM >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] response logs >> >> Check out mswinston.com. Go to "Teachers", then "Reading Trifolds". I was >> just looking at them today, but there's a note on that page saying that >> her >> website is under reconstruction. Keep checking back. I'm using her >> nonfiction trifold during a biography unit. It incorporates: text >> features, >> questioning, determining important facts, making connections, summarizing >> & >> interesting information. I'm using them in small groups. >> >> She also has a general fiction trifold, as well as ones that are specific >> to >> books (Ready Freddy, Magic Tree House, etc). >> >> Melissa/VA/2nd >> >> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Suzanne Goebert >> <sgoeb...@waupun.k12.wi.us>wrote: >> >> Just wondering what some of you do at the primary level to have kids show >>> that they are monitoring their comprehension. My second graders that are >>> reading chapter books I feel need to be encouraged to think more deeply. >>> >>> Suzanne Goebert >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:53:04 +0000 (GMT) >> From: medwa...@daltonstate.edu >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help >> Message-ID: <98cb089c5007c1f4.4b93d...@daltonstate.edu> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Karen, >> Has your son spoke with the Office of Disabilities at the college? They >> are most helpful and can recommend avenues to pursue. If he has been >> legally disagnosed as having a learning disability, he can receive services >> of OofD and because of their efforts, his work can be modified and >> instructors must adhere to the guidelines/requirements set forth. >> Seek their help first; otherwise, the frustration you and your son feel >> will only exacerbate.k >> Mary >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Carol Lau >> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:11 am >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> >> Linda Mood Bell teaches visualization to learning disabled students. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: >>> To: >>> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:04 PM >>> Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help >>> >>> >>> Hello list, >>>> >>>> My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and >>>> >>> struggles despite >>> >>>> working extremely hard. After years of trying to determine >>>> >>> why learning >>> >>>> is >>>> so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he >>>> >>> does not >>> >>>> visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he listens. >>>> >>>> I have read The Mosaic of Thought and have followed the >>>> >>> mailing list for a >>> >>>> couple months now trying to figure out how to help him. >>>> >>>> We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some >>>> >>> success but >>> >>>> the work he is doing in college is much too abstract for me to >>>> >>> try the >>> >>>> methods used in that program. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him with subjects like >>>> Biology/Physiology, Statistics, or any other college level material? >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> Karen >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mosaic mailing list >>>> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>>> >>>> >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >>> .> >>> >>>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >>> >>> >> Mary W. Edwards, PhD >> Professor >> School of Education >> 615 College Avenue >> Dalton, GA 30720 >> Phone: 706.272.2590 >> Fax: 706.272.2495 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 43, Issue 5 >> ************************************* >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." 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