You have to read The Literate Kindergarten by Susan Kempton!! > I think you are right on target with your thinking Bonita. I have been > > intrigued with this conversation because I recently began researching (for my > > benefit-nothing formal) the need for conversation and thinking skills when > working > with disadvantaged students. I am beginning to think that many of > the > comprehension problems I am seeing with my struggling readers stem from > a lack of > experience and conversation. If we spend more time on > conversations and > discussions and less on pencil paper activities and > assessment I think we can develop > strategies and deepen comprehension. Just > thinking here- looking forward to > hearing what others think> Dollie/5th/GA > </HTML> _________________________________________________________________ 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.
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