I think what has helped me most is to kind of get over my preconceived notions about prior knowledge. I used to go through a book and assume that I knew what a child or group of children might not know, thinking THIS is what I need to plant. My kids kept proving me wrong--knowing things I never thought they would and then needing schema support in areas that seemed obvious to me.
Text Mapping (Dave Middlebrook) and approach this as group activity really helped me. The idea that a picture walk can really be a picture walk was awesome. In text mapping, a scroll is created by taping together photocopied pages from a book or section of a book. I always mounted mine on 18-inch butcher paper, to provide more margin. When I asked kids to use their schema, working in groups, I found the power of numbers. When it comes to schema, three heads are better than one. They activate one another, and when several groups have an opportunity to work through the same text, color coding helps me narrow down teaching points and make decisions about a whole group lesson vs. a targeted strategic group session. Lori On 7/26/07 10:48 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two of my students that are on the digest are having a hard time posting. > Since the list seems a little slower today, I was wondering if you could > respond > to one of their questions. > Nancy > > > Hi, my name is Bahiyh Shariff. I am a student at Wayne State University. > My major is in Language Arts, and Elementary education. I am currently > taking > a class with Mrs. Creech who is an active member on this litserv. > My question is, how can you tap in prior knowledge to students that have not > had much experience in their life, especially those that are new to the > country or are low income? What are some of the things you have done in your > classroom? > Bahiyh > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > _______________________________________________ > 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 July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ 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.
