Thanks for posting all these ideas about text structure!! I have had a difficult time figuring out how to make this relevant/understandable to younger readers...your approach makes perfect sense. It really reminds me of how Tanny McGregor does this with the strategies in Comprehension Connections. Great stuff! Lisa 2/3 loop, IL
--- On Sun, 3/15/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] text structure > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 2:47 PM > Lori > Sure. > For the dresser lessons, I used some of the Harcourt Brace > Science and > Social studies series...they were organized mainly main > idea and detail. > Capstone press had a book on each of the Seasons and they > were also > organized like a dresser. Wright group had a biography on > Rosa Parks and also there > was a biography series in Really Good Stuff that our school > bought and the > bio on Dr. Seuss was perfect to teach > chronological/sequential (like a stair > case) text structures. > We are using Tomie DePaola's the Quicksand Book to > model the embedded text > structures of Cause and Effect and Descriptive...but this > book isn't perfect > for strugglers in grade two since the structures are a bit > more subtle. We are > reteaching this week with some articles from the Primary > Comprehension > toolkit. There are some great resources there ! > Jennifer > > In a message dated 3/14/2009 3:54:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight > Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Would you be willing to share the titles of the books you > used and the > structures they demonstrated? > > > > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach and Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 5755 > > > > > **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 > safest jobs in a > recession. > (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000002) > _______________________________________________ > 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.
