Thank you for the comments. It is reassuring to hear. We have to work with our kids and their families where they are at. Yes, I think reading is becoming more and more involved with media besides books. However, kids still need the same skills to make sense of what they are reading, wherever it may be!
I was thinking through where all my students are at tonight and what I need to do next with them. I think we will be spending a lot of time on comparing stories, both fiction with fiction and fiction with non-fiction. This is turning up more and more on our TAKS testing and is so hard for them to do. We will start over the holidays comparing various Christmas and Winter holiday stories. I think after the first of the year, we will spend some time on comparing fairy tales (various Cinderella stories or 3 Little Pigs, etc). I am self-contained, so when we start the colonization unit in History, we usually read Little House on the Prairie and look for similiarities between it and our History textbook. There are quite a few there. I have a wide range of readers as usual, every level from 1st/2nd up through 7th in my Fourth grade classroom. One of my highest readers is the least motivated and doesn't want to put any effort into it. So, keeping them all headed in the right direction is challenging! Thanks for sharing all your ideas. I don't always respond, but I always read what everyone is chatting about! Tammy 4th, TX _______________________________________________ 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.
