I'm not saying don't name the strategies, I'm saying it's more important that they do them.That doesn't mean I don't teach the strategies explicitly, it just means I don't emphasize naming them at first. And honestly, if they can do them effectively to help them understand what they are reading, that's all I care about.
Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org ________________________________ From: Patricia Kimathi <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:36:32 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Do we really need to teach explicit strategies? Joy, I am a constructivist, also. I have always taught by modeling and questioning. Mosaic helped my to organize my teaching using terminology. I like teaching the terminology so that my students can have conversations about the strategies. I am believe it is important to empower students, teaching them responsibility for their own learning. On Jun 13, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Joy wrote: > > Renee, > This is a question that I asked about 5 or 6 years ago! I got shot down by > several members here! > > I think it is more important to have a discussion with the student that > probes their thinking than it is to label the strategy. While naming the > strategy is nice, to me what the students do is more important than what they > call it. I think there is something to be said about having common > vocabulary, but the action is what matters most. > > You know that I'm a constructivist at heart, as well. > > Joy/NC/4 > > ________________________________ > From: Renee <[email protected]> > > . . . But I am wondering whether, especially with confident readers, the > strategies can be *taught* largely through the kinds of questions we ask > children, so that they are pushed to use the strategies. For example, in a > book discussion with a child, if we ask, "what did you see in your mind's eye > while you were reading this section" would/could/should inherently push a > child to learn to visualize. I guess I am looking at more of a natural and > constructivist direction. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
