I am not Dave, but when I scrolled picture books with first and second grade, I used a 18-inch roll of butcher paper, so that there would be a nice margin at the top and bottom. Lots of photocopying, and I pasted the pages end to end without space between them. They literally were scrolls. We laminated them and stored them rolled up in a basket. Kids would get them out to interact with them time and time again.
Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: Isabel McLean <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:13 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Textmapping for beginners > Dave, > > I hate to ask what may be the obvious-- but, how do you physically > scroll a short novel? I can't get a picture of it in my mind. > > Thanks-- your work is very intriguing! > > Isabel > > > Isabel McLean, PhD > 1400 Rugby Rd > Charlottesville, VA > 22903 > home: 434. 973. 8528 > mobile: 434. 962. 1397 > email: [email protected] > > > > > > On Jun 6, 2009, at 7:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Dave, > > This sounds wonderful! Can you recommend a short novel to use at > > the beginning of fourth grade? When is your book coming out? > > Cathy -------------- Original message from "Dave Middlebrook" > > <[email protected] > > >: -------------- > > > > > >> Hi Diane, > >> > >> I'll start with a simple idea: Try scrolling a short novel that the > >> students > >> have read, and post the scroll on the wall somewhere in the room. > >> Do a > >> quick walk-through summary -- literally, by walking along the > >> scroll and > >> saying what happens. As you walk and talk, make marks or use > >> sticky notes > >> along the scroll. You'll come back to these later. Encourage your > >> students > >> to interrupt you as you are doing this. They may want to mention > >> something > >> that you missed -- for example, an observation about the plot or the > >> characters, or some detail. Others may want to weigh in, as well. > >> Encourage conversation. Post sticky notes to record student > >> observations. > >> Have them tell you where the notes should go. If a student needs > >> to find a > >> particular event so that a note can be posted there, have the other > >> students > >> help -- tell them that their job is to be detectives. If, for > >> instance, one > >> student finds an event that happened before the one in question, > >> that's a > >> useful clue as to where to look. Help your students be strategic > >> about > >> bracketing and homing in on specific parts. These are useful > >> searching > >> skills that are even more important in bound books. > >> > >> If you let the students engage and share their thoughts, you will > >> likely not > >> make it through your summary. I'd consider that a success! Student > >> engagement in the conversation is the real goal. You're walk- > >> through is > >> just a conversation-starter. The scroll will help your students > >> remember > >> the story. It will help them generate questions and inferences. I > >> will > >> help them determine importance. It will help them with sequencing, > >> recalling details, and putting it all together for a much richer > >> comprehension. > >> > >> There are significant differences between the process of doing this > >> by > >> paging through a bound book and doing this on a scroll. The spatial > >> diimension -- the physical sense of the scroll's length and of where > >> different observations tie to the text (the scatter-plot trail of > >> sticky > >> notes -- is very powerful. The fact that you and your students can > >> see it > >> all at once is very powerful. > >> > >> You can do a lot with scrolls. If this sounds like it might work > >> for you, > >> then save it and use it. Contact me if you want to talk through > >> the lesson > >> in more detail. Or if this doesn't sound right for you, tell me > >> what you > >> might be starting off with next Fall and I'll suggest a way that > >> scrolls can > >> help improve the lesson. > >> > >> I hope that this is helpful. Thanks for your interest! > >> > >> - 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: "Diane Smith" > >> To: > >> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:24 PM > >> Subject: [MOSAIC] Textmapping for beginners > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi! > >>> I am going to be teaching fourth graders next fall and just heard > >>> about > >>> the idea of textmapping. I find it intriquing. No one I know has > >>> heard of > >>> this concept at my school, so my students will not have any previous > >>> experience with it. Can you give suggestions on how to begin and > >>> types of > >>> text to use? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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