Yeah, Bill!
Pat -----Original Message----- From: Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:43 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] fluency v. comprehension - another POV Maybe I am really missing the boat on the fluency thing...but I probably belong with the "old school" way of teaching...even though I have only been teaching for 8 years. I have a friend who...taught me so much when I took over in her classroom. She retired and I took her class over mid-year as my first teaching position. She said, "You will find that programs and ideas about teaching come around and come around. Guaranteed, if you teach as long as I have, it will come around a couple times. Hang on to what you know to be good practice for you and for your kids. Stay flexible....calm...and wait. It will come around again." ook at any Reading textbook from the 18th or 19th century and you will see hat they recommend reading orally until fluent. It's been around for a ong time. When the idea of "silent" reading appeared, many scholars were keptical of the practice, claiming that the written word was meant to poken aloud. NOTHING is new.....BUT if we are to help a student become a etter reader, then we must be prepared to work with whatever skill is ecessary (comprehension, visualization, fluency, etc.) to help that child. y main question is this: What is your ultimate goal? Is it reading well ut loud? Is it better comprehension? Passing the state test? Or is it to ake them better thinkers, because thinking makes them a better person? As eachers, we need to reflect on OUR perceptions and goals as well as the tudents' needs. I can't remember the quote exactly, but there is a quote hat goes something like this: "The goal of Education is about making a life, not making a living." I love it when a child walks out of my classroom saying they are a better eader, but I also love it when they leave my class a more confident, more ositive, more caring individual....and I think that in a world of scores nd charts and data, we sometimes get bogged down in discussions of lessons hen we need to remember that we are more than teachers of content --- we re teachers of youth. Bill _______________________________________________ osaic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ 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.
