Gina, what grade do you teach? can you give some examples of texts you might use? Can you share your other "raps"? Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "gina nunley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring
> Richard, I agree that the precursor to strategy instruction is monitoring > meaning. We have a before, during, and after rap to guide us through > reading a piece. The During reading is simple > > Read and Think to Understand > Does it click or does it clunk? > Use your strategies to fix it up. > > Before I focus on strategies I do a lot of click or clunk. We actualy > celebrate identifying a clunk...an unkown word, a confusing sentence, a > confusing event, character action, etc. I have been amazed at how many > kids need to be led to metacognitively knowing that something is clunking. > You know sometimes just that realization is all that needs to happen for > them to do something to improve their own comprehension. Gina > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
