I am speaking very strictly from personal opinion, but I see this more productive for building comprehension skills when novels are self-selected or group-selected. If the purpose of instruction is to build reading comprehension skills, then it will certainly go better if children are engaged emotionally with the novel. That said, I know sooner or later we will all have to read things we do not care to read but when we do, the purpose of instruction often switches from teaching the reader to teaching the book. When children are matched or loosely aligned to books which they CAN read and they also are motivated to read, wonderful things happen. I can just rarely imagine that an entire group is ever ready for a single novel in just the same way. There is a place for novel read aloud but I not certain again that my own purpose would be to promote shared reading. For me, read aloud is the opportunity to push thinking, appreciation and to broaden reading horizons.
Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: sandra monsour <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009 11:56 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Question for posting > > I am currently a student teacher, I was hoping to pose a question in hopes > that I would learn from others experience. Are reading lengthy chapter books > as a whole class, beneficial for comprehensive testing? > Books for 3rd graders such as Stuart Little or Charlotte's Web. Do you > think all the students are following a long as well as > they might follow along and understand shorter chapter books? > > Sandra Monsour > > 3rd Grade Elementary Student Teacher > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. > http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage2_042009 > _______________________________________________ > 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.
