Our kids read procedural text ALL the time--directions, recipes, lots of video/gaming related stuff.
Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: Stewart, L <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] teaching reading strategies to advanced readers > Laurie, > I couldn't agree more, however new ground to cover and revisiting overworked > and overtaught strategies aren't the same thing to me. We are covering new > ground with exposure to a variety of genre, authors, book shares, book clubs, > literature circles, etc. Conversations show me that we are past strategy > instruction in many instances. Luckily, my third graders aren't yet asked to > read procedural and ed research text but who knows what the future may bring. > (just kidding) > > "Personally, I think there will always be new ground to cover. Genre, > complexity of text, 'classic reading'--I truly believe we are all life long > learners when it comes to reading. I can be reduced to jelly by complex, > procedural text and reading ed research is an area where I must be far more > cognizant of reading strategies." > > > Leslie > _______________________________________________ > 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.
