Ditto.
Does anyone have any video of this in action.
I teach first grade also and I really need a step by step approach to
this method.
Dee
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather Green
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:44 PM
To: Dave Middlebrook; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
Group
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question
I would love to see this in action! Maybe I am making it to be more
complicated than it is, but I still feel a little foggy. I guess the sky
is
the limit. So, say for a fiction story, you could "map" or mark the
elements
of a story. Like, "Can you show me how you know the story takes place in
the
olden days?" Students could mark a sentence that gives this away, or a
pictures? Do I have this right? Or, What is the problem in the story?
What
might students highlight in that instance? What else could I do?
Thanks, I
really want to try this with my first graders, especially this time of
year
they would be so ready to try these kinds of things. Thanks!
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Dave Middlebrook <
[email protected]> wrote:
Very useful for fiction. One of the key benefits of scrolls is that
you
can see an entire story at a glance. This helps students keep track
of
sequence and context; it enables conversation to be more concretely
anchored
to the text ("Show me where she says that..." "Can you show me where
she
learns about her best friend's secret?" etc.). Because everything is
right
out there, in front of everyone, conversations can go deeper into the
details AND can "see" the larger themes and ideas as well. The
strategies
-- Inferences, predictions, questions, etc. -- are much more richly
supported in an unrolled scroll than they are in a bound book.
There are lots of ways to use scrolls for fiction. You can first read
a
story in bound book form and then go back and view the scroll and
discuss
the story. Or you can simply unroll the story as you read. This
allows
students to look back as you read -- which is a great thing.
Scrolls can be simply opened and read and discussed -- and not mapped.
Or
you can map them. You can also use sticky notes. As the sticky notes
and/or mapping accumulate, patterns will emerge -- characters coming
in and
out of the story, time sequences, etc. You can also talk about how a
story
can be divided into parts, based on shifts in the story line, etc.
There is
so much that you can do.
Think of the scroll as just another book form -- one that provides
capabilities that bound books do not provide. Scrolls really are an
excellent book form for instruction. They really do complement the
kind of
constructivist teaching that "Mosaic" and "To Understand" and so many
of the
other books of this ilk are all about.
I hope that this is helpful.
- Dave
Dave Middlebrook
The Textmapping Project
A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills
instruction.
www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues!
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Green"
<[email protected]>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <
[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question
Dave,
I am trying to understand textmapping. It sounds very cool. Is it
only
used for non-fiction? Can you give me an example of how you'd
textmap a
1st
grade story? I'm not sure I understand what you do besides highlight
text
features you see like titles, headings, charts, diagrams, etc. You
should
put up a youtube video of texmapping in action!
Heather
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Montana Vasquez
<[email protected]>wrote:
Thanks! I've never seen those used in the classrooms in the I've
seen.
This sounds great.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Dave Middlebrook <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Try scrolls and textmapping. The approach makes reading -- and >
thinking
> and talking about reading -- about as multisensory as is
imagineable.
All
> you need is a copy machine, colored markers, cellophane tape, and
a
> classroom full of kids.
>
> Scrolls are an excellent platform for constructivist teaching that
is
> richly differentiated and inclusive. The simple act of unrolling
the
book
> opens new opportunities for reaching students. It broadens
access,
expands
> the zone of proximal development, invites engagement, creates
extraordinary
> openings for conversation, and facilitates sharper insights and
deeper
> understanding. They are being used in K-16 classrooms precisely >
because
of
> the multisensory component. It works.
>
> More information:
> background:
> http://www.textmapping.org/whWorkshopNotes.html#introductionHead
> book draft: http://www.textmapping.org/unrollingTheBook.html
>
> Best of luck,
>
> - Dave
>
> Dave Middlebrook
> The Textmapping Project
> A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills
instruction.
> www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your
colleagues!
> USA: (609) 771-1781
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Montana Vasquez" <
> [email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:52 PM
> Subject: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question
>
>
> Hi!
>>
>> My name is Montana. I am currently ending my first year in a two
year
>> program. I taught 2nd grade this year and will be teaching 1st
next
year.
>> Previously I taught toddlers in a Reggio-Emilia school for 3.5
years.
>> I
>> joined this listserve as a requirement for class, and I had a >>
question.
I
>> find that the jump from teaching literacy in K and 1 is huge to
2nd
grade.
>> The earlier grades have fun activities, colors, and sensory >>
stimulating
>> information coming in. Does anyone have suggestions on how to
bring
this
>> into a 2nd grade (or higher) classroom?
>>
>> Thanks!
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