Sorry! I've fallen into the acronym trap and pulled you in with me. BCR = Brief Constructed Response. They are loved by some and hated by many. Many otherwise wonderful teachers assign them over and over in the hopes of raising "test scores." If only we can teach kids how to conform to a formula for answering them, surely we will have proven comprehension. Right? Answer the question, provide text support, extend your answer. Repeat over and over until kids think they are doing the real work of readers and writers and very likely hate to read AND write.
By the way, thank you, Jennifer, for the friendly encouragement to stretch. I can feel you right there beside me. You are an inspiration and I couldn't thank you enough. One day, before I die, I hope to instill those feelings in others. Which makes me think of a book I just finished (never should have waited so long) The Last Lecture, by Pausch. Now I have 3 books to read over and over until the cover disintegrates. The Hobbit (the cover is long, long gone), To Understand (pages are already falling out - maybe it's a bad idea to fall asleep with it out in a thunderstorm after reading into the wee hours of the night?), The Last Lecture (just finished, but will have to revisit - so many life lessons in such a short text). On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I think is that I've tried and tried to figure out what BCRs are, and > I'm coming up blank!! Mike Schul 1st Grade NBCT '08 Literacy _______________________________________________ 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.
