When students are beginning to read wouldn't you do both...sometimes read to them first, sometimes let them figure out on their own. It is important to keep the brain thinking always about meaning and to let "it" figure out how to make meaning. Someone on this blog mentioned a book, Read Right! Coaching Your Child To Excellence in Reading, Dee Tadlock & Rhonda Stone. 2005, McGraw Hill, awhile back. I got that book and it gave me a different perspective on teaching beginning readers. You might want to check it out. Beginning readers need to hear what good reading sounds like, but they also have to have an opportunity to let the brain do its thing. I do have notes on this book if you'd like to contact me and I'll email them to you. Kay Kuenzl-Stenerson Literacy Coach Merrill Middle School Are all our students exceeding at the highest level they can succeed at? If, not, we have work to do.
Today's Topics: 1. Learning to Read (Wafa Elhady) 2. Reading Comprehension (Jennifer Hartkopf) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:02:46 -0400 From: "Wafa Elhady" <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Learning to Read To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, my name is Wafa Elhady. I think that when students are first learning how to read they concentrate more on reading the words than understanding the material and they may also be very nervous. I think that reading aloud beforehand can help boost confidence and gives the new reader a chance to enjoy and understand the material. I think that this also gives them a chance to hear new words read to them before they have to try reading them. My question is, is this a good idea, for reading comprehension, or should I allow the students to explore on their own first? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 07:27:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Jennifer Hartkopf <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi! My name is Jennifer and I am currently a student at Wayne State University. I recently read an article that I found to be true in the class that I did my pre-student teaching. A lot of students would read with fairly good fluency, but when confronted with comprehension and critical thinking questions they were unable to participate. Is this a problem in other classes and are there strategies/activities to try to overcome this? I would like to have strong readers as well as strong comprehenders in my classroom. Thanks! Jennifer Hartkopf ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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. End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 32, Issue 6 *************************************
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