As teachers we have a responsibility to model this thinking. This shows our children that all learners that time to process and think and are continually wondering and learning. I try to make a point of sharing my own wonderings even though I am all of fifty-four years old. All people need to know we can keep on learning. Our children need this affirmation from us.
great discussion! On 6/20/09, Kathy Keyzer <[email protected]> wrote: > Amen! A dream come true would be that everyone would understand this FACT! > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Synthesizing with younger ages > > > > > And it's a dangerous habit of mind or disposition to think that all > learning is easy and you should never have to work To Understand. What a > disservice to our young minds. > > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joy <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:21:10 > > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group<[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Synthesizing with younger ages > > > > > > Sally, > > You've hit on a concept that is near and dear to my heart - > approximations. If more people would understand that approximations is what > we're after, that the growth and learning is somewhere in the > approximations. It's those little changes, the slight adjustments, the tiny > shifts in thinking that move children forward. "You can't be perfect and > learn at the same time," is something Marv Marshall says that is so true, > because if you were perfect the first time, there is nothing to learn. > > > > I have this discussion with parents who are hyper-focused on their kids > achievement, pushing them to perfection in every task they attempt. They > think they are having high expectations, when in fact they aren't allowing > them to struggle and come to the understanding naturally. > > > > > > > > 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: thomas <[email protected]> > > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:44:04 AM > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Synthesizing with younger ages > > > > What is amazing is that the Debbie's students WERE able to think in such > > beautiful and complex ways. By not simplifying, by believing they > were/are > > capable, and by using some of the approaches described in the book (and > > other books by keene, Harvey, et al) children can do this! Debbie would > say > > "don't simplify" but show them how you do it, gradually release the > > strategies to them, expect approximations (that's how we learn).... > > Watch Debbie and her class on video. > > > > Many or most of us on this list have seen other children do it too. > > Don't simplify or lower your expectations. Children have enormous > > potential. > > > > Sally > > > > > > On 6/17/09 10:27 PM, "Katherine M. Salvia" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > My name is Kate Salvia and I am a elementary school teacher and high > school > > > theatre teacher. I am taking a literacy course right now towards my > masters. > > > We just completed reading Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller, and the > last > > > chapter struck my interest especially, Synthesizing Information. What is > the > > > best way to introduce synthesizing to the younger grades? Some of the > > > techniques in the book seemed very advanced, and I was wondering if > anyone had > > > recommendations to simplifying so it can be introduced to younger > grades. > > > Thank you, > > > Kate Salvia > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > 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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