Hello, I have read the "Read Right" book and have worked in the program for 3 years and I would not recommend this for readers. I would recommend Four Blocks for all readers. It is easy to incorporate with any reading program and uses a balanced approach. It is especially helpful for beginning readers. I worked in an all Indian school for 8 years and we used Four Blocks (by Pat Cunningham) with the transient population and the results were amazing.
Any questions contact me off line, Rhonda 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.
