Long live Dorothy Watson! She is an amazing person. Lori
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:33:25 EST , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: >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. > >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.
