Beverlee Paul
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:14:22 -0700
That's why we take survey courses in college before we start on the nitty gritty courses.
I know some may find it ridiculous, but I think it's perfectly legitimate to think about doing a puzzle. How many of you would like to do a 20-piece puzzle without seeing the box picture or outlined shapes of "pieces" on a base? How about a hundred-piece puzzle? Anyone care to go for a thousand? And how about if you knew or didn't know that it was Kittens or Ocean Animals or...? Then think about the strategies themselves. I always find it interesting when teachers (or anyone else) think that if they've "taught" it, everyone's learned it. I find it ludicrous if they think that if they HAVEN"T taught it, noone knows it. Really, how legitimate is it to assume that SOME of our children don't use these comprehension strategies? They may, or may not, have the language to discuss it, and it certainly isn't the majority, but some of our children just need some exposure and tweaking before they can use--and discuss--some of the strategies as is appropriate for their level. For those children, I think an overview is a perfectly legitimate instructional design, followed by in-depth instruction. And how would it harm the others? They could start examining the box picture of their puzzle, or at least pick out the border pieces. :-) Bonita wrote: As a student, if I have to wait through each > individual strategy to see the whole--I could > potentially get annoyed. On the other hand, I think > a quick intro that shows the strategies in use to > help with comprehension--followed by in-depth one by > one (with integration as you move along) might be > the better choice. That is my plan this year, > unless someone convinces me to rethink it. Freida: Bonita, I love this approach. I always like to give an overview and then go into the details. When I have had college professors who didn't do that, I always felt lost. To paint the big picture (outline) first, before giving the details is sound instructional strategy in my opinion, too. Thanks for reminding me of this. _________________________________________________________________ http://newlivehotmail.com _______________________________________________ Stw2chat mailing list Stw2chat@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/stw2chat_literacyworkshop.org. Search the STW2 Chat Archives at http://snipurl.com/stw2archives.