I don't know that either skill is higher order, but I have a sense that retelling is a prerequisite in many ways to summary. How can you summarize that which you cannot recall?
Lori On 2/18/08 1:12 AM, "Beverlee Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The simplest would be books organized in a way to provide maximum support for > the retelling, I think. So, obviously books with a strong chronology such as > Today Is Monday, or that are organized in a memorable way so as to provide > cues as we go, such as Chicken Soup with Rice or Chicka Chicka Boom Boom or > Roar! a Noisy Counting Book. A bit more sophisticated, thereby providing less > direct support, would be books like Q Is for Duck or Tomorrow's Alphabet. > Along that same line would be fractured fairy tales because the structure of > the original would be a known, therefore a cue, and the "fractured" part would > be the part the child would have to retell. The books personally meaningful > for a child, who would then have plenty of schema, would of course have more > support, therefore books about a day in the life of a rancher would be more > supportive to a child in Wyoming, whereas a book about a day in the life of a > fisherman might be more supportive to a child in Maine. Books with exquisite > language are easier for children to retell than are "simpleton" books. We've > all known some surefire books with universal appeal that children "absorb" > intact then recreate in amazing detail. For me, one of those books is always > Rough-Face Girl. Another is Pink and Say. Knots on a Counting Rope. > Familiarity matters. For instance, the first time through Junie B. Jones, a > child will not have a particular advantage in retelling...but for Junie B. > lovers, each book they read is easier to retell than the previous ones. When > it comes to nonfiction, the named structure of the Contents provide great > hooks to cue a retelling, such as in Animal Fathers. > > I understand the argument that summarizing is a higher level skill than is > retelling, but I think the answer is more complex than that. Would love to > hear more from "both" sides of this discussion, although I think "both" may be > more accurately "the many" sides. > > > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:15:32 -0800> To: >> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA 2 in Sept. for first >> graders> > What books would you suggest to use to teach retelling.> Pat K > _________________________________________________________________ > Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join > _______________________________________________ > 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.
