I'm going to have a large picture of the ocean, with a person swimming or snorkling on top (skimming) and then a deep sea diver. This will show my students that there's a time and place for different types of reading.
Another thing I do with my students is to show them that they're doing what "deep" readers do. I take everyone's picture the first day of school, laminate it,and tape a magnetic square on the back. Then, on my metal heater, I have 8x11 pieces of paper with various reading strategies, like "put a picture in your head" "make a connection" "look for a little word inside" and others. As a child is reading and does one of these strategies, I have him/her move his picture to the strategy he just used. This metacognition is very important, and now I have other students noticing when someone uses reading strategies. A child can only move once during the 30-minute period they're in my room, otherwise I'd have kids moving all over the place. This little extra movement also helps get some of the wiggles out of some students! --- On Sun, 1/20/08, Patricia Kimathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Patricia Kimathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] what good readers do > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 20, 2008, 5:19 PM > Debra > I love this. Did he say anything else that you can share. > I am > changing everything that says Good Readers to Deep Readers > on Tuesday. > Pat K _______________________________________________ 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.
