Maybe the words are doing the work for them and they just have nothing else to add.
I'm thinking that overall, there is a tendency to ask too much *detail* of students at the expense of the overall comprehension and enjoyment of a piece of text, a novel, whatever. I see it in the way the conversations here sometimes veer into what I think are interesting and thought-provoking directions, like the recent conversation about how to assess the strategies. Um..... in my mind, we don't assess strategies themselves. We assess comprehension and the use of strategies are part of that. If a student is comprehending well, I don't worry whether or not they are using every strategy. One student may use more visualization, another student may use no visualization, focusing more on the verbal aspect. My two cents. Renee On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:15 AM, jkyingling wrote: > I did something this year that has really helped my 5th grade class. > We've > been sharing our thinking using wordless picture books. I have been > amazed > at the discussions. The only problem I'm having is that they are not > transferring their skills to the books they are reading. It's as if > the > words in the books are confusing them. > Jenni > >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > "Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." ~ William Butler Yeats _______________________________________________ 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.
