That's great! I am glad to hear that scrolls and textmapping have been helpful to you and your students. And I am glad to hear that the site provided enough information for you to take away something useful -- enough so that you were able to develop workable lesson plans.
This is all a work in progress. The Mosaic listserv has been particularly helpful as a sounding board. Thanks to all who have written. Dave Middlebrook The Textmapping Project A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! USA: (609) 771-1781 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olga Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dave Middlebrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:13 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] textmapping > Hi Dave, > I just wanted to let you know that after much effort > (mostly thinking about it) I finally put together > (amplified) some text mapping lessons. > I think that I can honestly say that the lessons > helped my students score better on story elements. > Now I've put all their short stories on scrolls and > use them for a variety of purposes---looking for word > families, main characters,----it's endless. The > students now use the scrolls to reread to improve > their fluency. It's like reading a story on a > billboard.!!! I especially like that students don't > have to worry about spelling because it's there. They > can concentrate on the task. > Thanks! > olga > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Shannon Brisson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Mosaic" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:39 PM >> Subject: [MOSAIC] Strategies instruction for older >> adolescents >> >> >> > >> > I have a question about implementing strategies >> instruction. I understand >> > that the best way to teach students how to use a >> comprehension strategy is >> > through explicit instruction, modeling, and then a >> gradual release of >> > responsibility. >> > >> > My question is this: How well does this work at >> the high school level? >> > >> > I have seen model strategies instruction lessons, >> and the way that >> > teachers give explicit instructions ( I always see >> teachers start out by >> > saying things like, "Today we're going to learn >> about a strategy that good >> > readers use") and model through a think-aloud >> seems more suited to an >> > elementary setting. >> > >> > Do high school students react positively to this >> type of explicit >> > instruction, or do they feel like they are being >> babied or talked down to? >> > Is there a better approach for teaching older >> adolescents? >> > >> > Also, I'm wondering if anyone has any opinion on >> which comprehension >> > strategies are the most useful for high school >> aged social studies >> > students. >> > >> > Thank you! >> > Shannon >> > (first year grad student, literacy grades 5-12) >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest >> Loser! >> > http://biggestloser.msn.com/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ 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.
