Donna said> > Message: 4> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:39:01 -0500> From: "Kevin Kleinert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: [MOSAIC] strategy and skills> To: <[email protected]>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";> reply-type=original> > As a former physical education teacher, when it comes to skills and > strategies, I can't help but use a sports analogy. In the game of > basketball a player must possess certain isolated skills such as dribbling, > passing, shooting, and a solid defensive stance. These skills are > fundamental and constantly refined. They in turn need to use these isolated > skills to learn. implement and pull them all together to apply game winning > strategies of complicated offensive plays and defensive match ups.> > In reading, their are many skills one needs such as phonics, decoding, > encoding, using context clues, identifying narrative elements, knowing when > meaning breaks down, rereading, reading with fluency, using picture clues, > etc. and in turn these skills are all needed to implement the strategies of > inferencing, synthesizing, creating mental images, asking thick and thin > questions, making connections etc.> > I don't feel my students need as much clarification on whether it is a skill > or strategy, as much as I as their teacher, need to monitor and assess my > students' skills and what strategies they are ready to learn and/or can > apply.> > Am I making sense?> > Donna Kleinert This conversation about skills and strategies if always on my mind as a middle school teacher. I am not so much concerned about clarifying the differences, as identifying what is worth focus at the middle level. I think to do these kids justice I have to decide where I will get the most return on investment of time and practice. I simply can not make sure I fix every weakness and close every gap that has grown over the years for them. I have to decide what is most worth my doing. How have other middle school teachers addressed this? Gina> > > _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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