As a coach and former mentor, I think you are right to be concerned. In terms of picture reading for kiddos of this age, I can see a place for it with informational text that is complex yet offers lots of visual support and for children for whom it makes sense in terms of reading level. Although I never used daily five, I have many teachers who are implementing and my notion is this. They are each holding kids strictly accountable. It involved lots of, "Hey, we have a problem here. Meet me back at the rug..." Not speaking from a daily five POV, I would say my kid talk would go something like this,
"Here's the thing guys, I think some of you have the wrong idea about reading pictures. I am noticing some people think we can do that with chapter books and I need to let you know why that isn't going to work here. Remember how we have talked about how readers get better by reading? The thing is, reading pictures is a great way to read SOME books and a great way to read SOME of the time, but I am worried that we really aren't doing enough reading the words. So I want to try this today, I am going to set this time for X minutes and I want everyone to read just the words for the whole time. Before we start I want you to think honestly about the books in your browsing boxes. If you are reading a book like this (say a leveled reader L with around 500 words), then I would think it would take you about five or six minutes to read. Let's say five. How many books like this would you need to have to read for X minutes? If you were reading a chapter book like this, it might take you three or four days to finish. So everybody, think about what you have. Give me a silent thumbs up if you have enough books to keep you reading for X minutes..." Lori Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: Patty Cook <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:50 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Daily Five > To all who use the Daily Five: > > I am a reading specialist who, over the past month, has implemented the "Read > to Self" part of the Daily Five in a second grade classroom while the > classroom teacher and myself are working with guided reading groups. We > taught the Three Types of Reading in one of the initial minilessons: Read > the Pictures, Read the Words, and Retell the Story. We are noticing some > "abuse" of these options: some kids who are "picture reading" chapter books > by flipping the pages, and basically just not doing enough "reading the > words". Does anyone have any advice? Do you think reading the pictures and > retelling the story should be reserved just for first-graders? Any advice > would be appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
