Thank you! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] interesting first grade talk
> http://www.textmapping.org/scrolls.html > > I teach 4th now, but used it successfully in second grade. > > mary hassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I get some info on using scrolls? Is there some info on this site? > How > do I go about it? I teach grade 2. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:22 AM > Subject: [MOSAIC] interesting first grade talk > > >> We are ending our unit on visualizing and the first graders had some very >> interesting... baffling thoughts. We were talking about our mental movies >> and >> kids were asked to prove how they got the image in their mind. My hope >> was >> to >> emphasize "working with the author" and highlight those "words that >> stick" >> from the story. >> >> We were all rolling along when a kid had a rather unsubstantiated frame >> of >> reference. When nudged to explain his thinking, he said the author's >> words >> inspired him to use his schema (my help with his terminology here) and >> make >> these connections. .... hmmm.. a discussion ensued. How much can you add >> to the >> author's story ( his talk: I'm working with the author) before it is no >> longer the author's story but your own! Again those connections are >> hanging up >> some of my very ADHD kids. I find this work fascinating... kids thinking >> becomes so visible but the frustrating part is redirecting or channeling >> those >> connections........ >> >> I think Linda Hoyt had the best idea for this. Visualizing with fiction >> stories leaves a lot to rest with the reader's interpretation which gets >> better >> and better as the reader has more text experiences. Using nonfiction >> zeroes in >> on if the kid visualized correctly the author's intention. If you are >> drawing >> the phases of the moon everyone's work will be about the same and >> therefore >> you can check for accountability, empower with shared inquiry but more >> importantly deepen comprehension. I am not looking for uniformity but >> rather >> understanding of the author's words not a constant development of some >> insignificant fact. >> >> I have not had much response to these threads. I am thinking that either >> your population is different from mine or that I still have not had much >> success >> in communicating how important making connections is to the rest of the >> strategies. When connected appropriately, comprehension and deep >> understanding >> ensues as you use the rest of the strategies. When connected vaguely or >> insignificantly the snags and tangles thread through the rest...... >> >> My own take is: use nonfiction until the kids get better at making >> connections, use scrolls so they an quickly check previous information >> from the author >> as well as draw connected ideas on the story....use their work as >> documentation to get support interventions and special services. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love > (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
