I just read the responses to my questions about inferring and comprehension issues with upper primary and they gave me some great ideas. Thanks, Rex and others for being so specific. I have seen the books by Smith and Wilhelm and will try to delve into them. I also loved Ginger's "magic formula" for inferring. Last year was my first year in this district and I was doing some activities much like this when my mentor questioned why the kids weren't reading more instead of looking at pictures. I tried to explain that it was "reading" they were doing-reading into a pictorial representation of a feeling, event, etc. I think no words on the page with a distinct picture makes one think even harder. However, since I'm not tenured I do what I'm told...perhaps I will slip some more pictures in when no one is looking! thanks again- Michelle, 4/5 NY _______________________________________________ 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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