Amen, and if you are stuck with a pacing guide, then think about the literature you can incorporate into social studies and science. Perhaps you can find more freedom within the content areas and there is so much rich literature to support study in these areas.
Lori ----- Original message ----- From: Dan & Nicole Lavinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' <[email protected]> Date: 2008, 11, Monday Of February 17:41 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension strategies and Harcourt > This is my first year in kindergarten after six years in the upper > elementary grades so I feel experienced enough to jump in on this topic. > When teaching 4th grade I always felt like the kids were coming to us weak > in comprehension skills--great word callers but couldn't tell me what they'd > read about; much less have a conversation in a book club. Now that I'm in > kindergarten the focus is on letter and sound recognition (and sight word > recog.) that sometimes I think we underestimate the thinking skills that our > little guys and gals can engage in while listening. So, I am working very > hard to incorporate higher level thinking strategies during my reading > instruction and read alouds. Now if only I could get my teammates to jump > on my bandwagon:-) > > Nicole in NC > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
