Glad to meet you, John. Radical Reflections is my all time favorite book about reading. Anyone who hasn't read it should think about doing so. :-)
Renee On Jun 2, 2007, at 7:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to the listserve too. A colleague here in Springfield, IL > invited me to join. We saw Nancie Atwell speak about her Reading Zone > at the Illinois Reading Conference in March. She was outstanding. > Another friend bought the book, but I have not read it cover to cover > yet. I agree with her (and always have thought the teaching of these > strategies in isolation for reading fiction was not natural for > readers). I believe a good dose of Mem Fox's theory on the power of > read alouds (Radical Reflections) is the best way to "model" these > strategies, or what readers do when they read a book! > > John Delich > > > [email protected] wrote: >> Hello! >> I am a new member of your group and excited to share ideas! I have >> taught Grades 3, 4, & 5 for 17 years. I finished a Master's degree >> in Reading and Literacy last December and will be the Title I reading >> teacher this coming year. I live and teach in a "village" of 310 >> people in rural Nebraska. Our school is a K-12 district and due to >> the open enrollment laws in NE we have 287 children in our school. 90 >> students are option students from a larger town 13 miles away. >> Sometimes I feel isolated out here on the plains, so I am thrilled >> to find this group of effective and caring teachers! >> I discovered reading strategies on-line through a teachers >> chatboard. I bought and studied all requisite books and incorporated >> strategy teaching throughout my reading instruction with good >> results. This spring I read Nancy Atwell's >> "The Reading Zone" and am now very confused! >> Her basic premise is about your top-down/bottom-up debate. >> Atwell suggests that children learn to comprehend fiction by READING! >> She suggests getting the right book in a child's hands is the >> singular most important component to their learning to comprehend. >> She feels strategies such as making connections teach our children to >> be segmented distracted readers. She feels that when a reader enters >> 'the zone" >> of a great story comprehension will follow. She feels teaching >> strategies is only necessary when reading nonfiction. >> Has anyone else read this book? What are your thoughts? >> Christina >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > _______________________________________________________ > Sent through e-mol. E-mail, Anywhere, Anytime. http://www.e-mol.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. > > "The most important office in a democracy is the office of citizen." ~ Barak Obama _______________________________________________ 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.
