Well... I have been in the teaching business long enough to have taught both ways...comprehension strategies and no comprehension strategies. I will say this. I have richer talk and better conversations because of the strategies. We need to give kids the language to talk about books. I think we miss the point when we say either teach the strategies or talk about books. Strategies are a tool...for comprehending and talking about books... one that readers should be able to draw on and use consciously or subconsciously to help deepen understanding and enrich a discussion. We DO over do things. I agree...but I think many, many kids need to see different ways of thinking and talking about books. That is where modeling strategies comes in. Decoding strategies have to be taught. Why would we ever think we don't need to teach comprehension strategies? Jennifer In a message dated 6/12/2009 9:32:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
An earlier post really got me thinking about this. Do we REALLY need to teach explicit strategies? **************Shop Dell’s full line of Laptops now starting at $349! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221881320x1201406166/aol?redir=http:%2F%2 Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215218036%3B37264217%3Bz) _______________________________________________ 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.
