What a great idea! Did the parent's then get to read the book they brought? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Book Clubs
> This week marked my first parent participation workshop in reading. With > minimal guidelines, I invited parents to share a Halloween text with us on > Oct. > 31st. Only requirements:the reading should be appropriately developmental > in > terms of context and length and parents' ticket in was to be dressed in a > full costume of their choice. We had 12 out of 19 parents arrive at a > doorway at > a prearranged schedule. The children had no idea that this event was even > planned.Some chose to arrive in teams others braved it alone. > As in years passed, the parents were exceptional in their book choice, > costume and presentation. I suggested that they come with a prepared rhyme > that > might tip the kids to their identity. I also asked that the rhyme be > written on > large chart paper. As the kids tried to guess the identity of our guest I > kept referring to the strategies they were using to figure out who was > behind > the mask and made analogies as to how these very same strategies could be > applied to reading unfamiliar words or any learning for that matter. > (visual > clues, background knowledge, auditory cues and the like) We also examined > the > rhymes not only for identity clues but for notices much like a morning > message > noting vowel patterns, letter formation, punctuation ... you name it..... > the > kids had a hilarious time guessing... the parents got a birds' eye view > of a > constructivist approach to learning and the whole time we were fostering a > learning community with mentors who were kids, parents, and teacher. > > Activities like this remind me to activate learning as a cooperative > effort > and to expedite understanding by using minimal paper and pencil tasks > _______________________________________________ > 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.
