Love this idea! So you developed the rubric with the class? ----- Original Message ----- From: "ljackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Beyond Retelling
>I developed a rubric for retelling for my kiddos--a sort of simplified > version the retelling elements from the DRA. I started with my reading > the > very sorts of books kiddos are expected to retell (not the DRA texts, but > leveled books that reflected all the different levels in my classroom). > Then I would retell--sometimes very poorly. My first and second graders > just LOVED scoring me. One child was always designated to count the > prompts--I taught the kids only one, which was tell me more. The kids > would > groan and shake their heads with each prompt. They quickly came to > understand that it was important not to make me 'beg' for the whole story. > After a week of this, we did partnered retelling work. Day one, the > retelling team consisted of one listener and one rater--they actually sat > there with their rubrics and scored their partner's retelling. Day two we > switched. I set up the listening center for students to record their own > retellings and do what I called 'retrospective retellings", they listened > to > themselves and scored their retellings. I had wonderful conversations > with > them about their ratings (they were tough on themselves) and they began to > have a real sense of how to 'fill in the blanks'. Two biggest results > here > were understanding and detailing of character and a tremendous drop in > the > number of required prompts--as in, almost NEVER. > > Lori > > > On 11/29/07 11:44 PM, "Debbie Goodis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I read about 2 stories a day to my students. Would it be helpful if I did >> one >> or two a week as a lesson on retelling? For example, every "event" stop >> and >> ask the students to tell me what I just read to them in their own words. >> It's >> something I can do tomorrow so I thought I might try it. It seem that >> when you >> want to teach a skill its helpful to use a concept that is easy for them. >> Two >> or three pages at a time. Just to get them "in the habit" of thinking in >> terms >> of the story in their own words. It's late, and I hope I'm being clear. >> Thanks for any thoughts. >> Debbie >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
