I remember once attending a workshop about parent partnerships and literacy instruction presented by Dorothy Watson back in the day.... she approached it this way. She asked the audience to read a highly technical and abstract summary with the intention of getting as much meaning out of as we could. Rather than record our understandings, Dorothy recorded our reading behaviors and then named them (basically MOT strategies) We spent the next hour or so discussing the subtle differences of each strategy and how they worked together to deepen meaning. Then we discussed our understandings about the particular piece with these strategies as backdrop and "grew our schema" (though not her terminology) together about the text. It was really enlightening to go through the process. The lesson spoke volumes. In my opinion using a constructivist framework for any student (and especially for parents) directs insightful and purposeful understandings. Pam _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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