Is there going to be or is there a k-2 toolkit? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension Toolkit
> Hi Diane, > We have gone through similar struggles with students at our school. There > are some (and I can relate to them) who want to read it all first--then > peel it apart. I do it like this: > 1. During short lessons like the ones from the toolkit they must > participate AS we read because of the nature of the turn and talk. I think > it is not too much to ask because in the toolkit we are dealing with short > text AND often the text is difficult enough to demand stop and think from > all readers as they go. > 2. During class books--especially if the students are higher > readers--they may read the whole thing and return for a second > look --posting and noting with us on their second round. They may not > "give away" things to other readers. > 3. I also, at least once, give them a text that is too difficult for them > so they can see the benefits of stopping as you go in order to figure out > what is happening. Often, I think, they are resistant to the stopping > because the text is not much of a reach for them and they feel frustrated > with the slower pacing. Once they see what it looks like with a harder > text, they begin to understand why we might do all the stop and talk. Did > your student even want to read the Stealing Beauty article without > stopping? > > -- > Sincerely, > Bonita DeAmicis > California, Grade 5 > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Diane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I did the first two Comprehension Toolkit lessons (by Stephanie Harvey & >> Anne Goudvis) this week. They went really well. The students were very >> engaged and really enjoyed the lessons. I was surprised at, and very >> impressed by, the level of discussion among my fourth-graders. They made >> the same kinds of comments that were made in the demo lesson provided in >> the toolkit. (I tend to view demo class lessons with a little bit of >> skepticism, wondering how true-to-life they are.) >> >> I am so encouraged by how well the lessons went. I only have 60 minutes >> for the lessons, so I have to move pretty fast. I was able to pack it >> all in during the time period. >> >> Even the "Stealing Beauty" lesson went very well. I only read the first >> few paragraphs of the article as indicated in the demo lesson. (I wonder >> if some who had trouble with this lesson read the entire article.) We >> had great discussions with only the excerpt. These students were not >> taught comprehension strategies in an explicit way in the lower grades, >> so I'm very inspired by their progress. I have been modeling the >> strategies in our read-alouds but haven't done a full-blown lesson on >> them. They must have connected with the modeling much more than I knew. >> >> I have one gifted student (and an excellent reader) who complains about >> the stop and think sessions. She told me that she wants to read the >> whole story THEN discuss it. I told her that I will give her the >> opportunity to read through books will we read together beforehand. The >> drawback is that she isn't able to participate with predictions and some >> inferences because she has/will have already read the books. I am >> certain that her participation would be beneficial to our discussions. >> Suggestions? >> >> Just wanted to share, >> Diane/4th >> >> http://www.comprehensiontoolkit.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
