I'm not Tim, but this issue rereading with older readers came up in discussion at a PEBC Institute last winter. The exceptional middle school teacher I observed talked about the importance of giving kids authentic purposes for rereading. As an example, we might first read a story to get the gist of the plot and other story elements. We might then reread the text for specific information that supports inference into character.
When I think about the role of shared reading (which was by nature rereading in my classroom), we did approach each day's rereading with a very different text. Today as we share this reading, I want you to be thinking about... Words that rhyme, word choice, how to dramatize the piece, craft, etc. Lori On 7/9/07 4:58 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dr. Rasinski, > I appreciate so much being able to talk to you directly. My first issue in > reading all of the Mosaic responses and questions concerns the definition of > fluency from your perspective. > > Secondly, I would like to talk about a child that I work with. She is > entering fourth grade. She reads (DRA level 28) She reads with meaning on a > literal level, but needs guidance and support with inference. Her decoding > is in > many cases hesitant. I have found that rereading is very helpful, but the > rereading we do is not necessarily authentic. I just explain to her that by > rereading something, she will become a more fluent reader and she does it and > does it well. She appears to feel really good about rereading something > better each time she does it. > > How important is it for rereading to be for authentic purposes such as > reader's theater etc.? If a child understands the purpose, isn't that > enough? > > Thank you, > Maxine > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.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. > -- 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.
