Hey this is a neat site! I think it's laid out beautifully. kim On 7/9/07, Gayle Greenwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think this is a very interesting question and hope there will be > some more discussion, especially how the Gradual Release of > Responsibility method works with the Zone of Proximal Development for > gifted/talented/academically advanced children, as well. > > This link has two nice visuals on the process and illustrates the > importance of teacher involvement and monitoring. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~jhholly/gradualrelease.htm > > Gayle > > > > On Jul 7, 2007, at 4:20 PM, ljackson wrote: > > > I don't know that I ever had to deal with a parent or a child who > > challenged > > gradual release of control or differentiation. I was very up front > > with > > families about it being my job to meet the varying needs of the > > kids, fair > > isn't equal, yadda-yadda-yadda. And it seemed to work. > > > > In terms of reading, I met more frequently with children of higher > > needs. I > > do know other teachers who met with problems related to this--why > > isn't my > > son in a guided reading group every day? But I never did--though I > > had to > > explain it to my principal. Once she realized that a workshop > > setting was > > just what allowed me to challenge and monitor kids working with more > > independence, and shore up those who needed me more, that was a non- > > issue. > > > > I worked with younger, Joy, but I used partnered reading to address > > strategy > > instruction and it was very appropriate to say (because it was > > true), " The > > books we will be working with today are going to challenge you as a > > reader. > > You may find them difficult to read and so I am assigning partners > > today. > > Sometimes you get to pick a partner, but there are times when it is > > my job > > to decide. This is a day for me to decide. Not only is reading > > the words > > going challenge you, but the thinking is going to stretch you. I > > don't know > > about you, but when a job is challenging, I like to work with a > > partner. I > > decided on the partners because I know that some people will need > > help with > > the words and some people might need help with the thinking. It is > > up to > > you to decide how to share these jobs, but make sure both partners are > > ...(strategy)." This sort of notion that two heads were better > > than one > > was just status quo for me in my teaching, maybe the kids just read > > it that > > way. I can't tell you how many times the able reader was supported in > > his/her thinking by the less 'able' reader. In terms of the actual > > reading, > > I saw lots of things happening--buddy reading, one reader-one > > listener, > > choral reading, one child readiing entire page, and the second child > > rereading and I never told them how to go about this. Being very > > excited > > about the strategy instruction was largely the key, I think. They > > didn't > > see the primary task of reading as saying the words, so it didn't > > seem to be > > an issue. > > > > Of course there plenty of opportunities for independent reading, > > guided > > reading/book club/strategy groups and individual conferences. I > > tried to > > make it clear that in becoming stronger and stronger readers, we > > had two > > responsibilities--one was to read and think about challenging ideas > > and the > > other was to do lots of just right reading. > > > > Lori > > > > > > On 7/7/07 11:51 AM, "Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I'd like to talk about gradual release of responsibility. How do > >> you do it? > >> How do you accomodate various levels of readiness without > >> offending the > >> sensibilities of your students (i.e. Why doesn't "Billly" have to > >> do this?) > >> How do you communicate with parents about this when your criterea > >> changes? Any > >> other ideas? > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------- > >> Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added > >> security of > >> spyware protection. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > > > -- > > Lori Jackson > > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > > Todd County School District > > Box 87 > > Mission SD 57555 > > > > http:www.tcsdk12.org > > ph. 605.856.2211 > > > > > > Literacies for All Summer Institute > > "Literate Lives: A Human Right" > > July 12-15, 2007 > > Louisville, Kentucky > > > > http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > >
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