I tend to agree with you Laura.... however, in the primary grades I can see both sides of this coin. There really is a need to know if a little kid understands the workings of a strategy before they can use it to "work" the text. I think Debbie Miller does an excellent job with this when she shares her anchor charts: why would a reader do this strategy, how does a reader do this strategy, when does a reader do this strategy. That explicitly explains to inexperienced readers the purpose and need for the strategy and ultimately gives them an explicit model to follow... not just with a particular text but with all texts. Pam
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