I am reading through the responses now-- very interesting. Thanks for sharing that link. So, I just can't stop thinking about this now. This year in my 1st grade room we kind of did Daily 5, but since we switch classes for reading, we only got an hour of daily 5 time in a day. I split the hour into two sessions where they could choose either Read to Self or Work on Writing. At the end of each session I would give some students time to share what they were reading. I think this was the BEST thing I could have ever done. The kids like to hear each other talk about books, especially ones that kept coming up again and again. There were always about 10 kids waving their hands in the air to be the next to read the book. I think this created an atmosphere where kids loved reading. I had a few parents say to me at the end of the year "thank you for helping so-and-so love reading again". I never gave much thought to why this occurred until this whole conversation started. The problem was that, I felt like I wasn't teaching enough. I did teach some comprehension strategies, but mostly we just talked about books. I kept thinking, "This is too easy. I am being lazy." Maybe we are making things harder than they need to be? And I know, too, that things different depending on the grade you teach. It's pretty easy to get 1st graders turned on to reading compared to 6th graders, I'm sure.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Joy <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an interesting discussion about Readacide going on here: > > http://englishcompanion.ning.com/group/ecnbookclubreadicide/forum/topics/readicide-let-the-discussion > > > Joy/NC/4 > > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content > go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Heather Green <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > [email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 6:00:49 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Do we really need to teach explicit strategies? > > I just ordered Readacide and The Reading Zone from Amazon today. I can't > wait to get my hands on them! > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Stewart, L <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > "Do you think it would be enough to teach just ONE strategy which would > be > > Readers think while they read." > > > > Join the club. I think we are absolutely killing reading with our zeal > to > > teach strategies. I am a voracious reader and I was not taught any > specific > > strategies. I was exposed to good literature and I had friends with whom > I > > still talk about books thirty years later. I know struggling readers > need > > explicit instruction and everyone needs a level of exposure, but I really > > think we are going above and beyond. Reading should be exciting and > > purposeful. The first book I am reading this summer is Readicide. > > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
