I'd love to know what Ellin Keene would say about this. From the few parts I skimmed, it seemed like the author was bashing comprehension strategy (the focus of this list serve) teaching as well as Four Blocks and Reading Recovery. The author says that teachers like us don't do "explicit teaching" when we do lessons through read alouds (aka think alouds). She says that teacher modeling is most effective, but isn't that what we do with our think alouds? How much more explicit teacher modeling can you get when you are giving children a window into what you're thinking and showing them how to think for themselves?
I also found this article offensive since it's touting a few "reading programs" (McGraw Hill for example) as if they are better than all of the countless hours of research and creative solutions I've tried to better my students' reading. I'd rather use my brain and intelligently choose resources to fit students' needs than to have a "program" do the thinking for me. Here's to hoping my rant just made sense. . . Kelley/2/IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "BETH ROTH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] :Louisa Moats I'm confused. What does contributing to a political party have to do with reading programs? ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Lise Sent: Thu 2/8/2007 10:32 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] :Louisa Moats I am suspicious of anything that's supported by Chester Finn and the Fordham Foundation SRA/McGraw-Hill's Open Court, Harcourt's Trophies, and Scott Foresman's Reading Street are all huge donors to the Republican party. You can draw your own conclusions. Lise _______________________________________________ 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
