Mini lessons are part of reading or writing workshop..see cunningham's
four blocks
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From: Heather Green <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies
Email Group <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 7:02 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Just Finished Readacide and The Reading Zone What
do youthink the implications are...
I hate not having answers. :) I think I am going to e-mail Atwell and
see if
I get a response. Hey you never know. The school she teaches at sounds
amazing. Here are a few more of my thoughts:
I always thought that teaching comprehension strategies was "where it
was
at" for in-the-know instructors. I thought it was the new,
research-based
best practice. Now, I am questioning that. But you have to teach
SOMETHING... How do you teach without taking the joy out of reading. I
liked in the book when she said that readers will comprehend text that
is
the right level for them. (Unless its content-area text where using
reading/comprehension strategies might be more appropriate to take
apart a
difficult text.)
Anyway, I think you will really like Readacide. Let me know what you
think
of it. It's definitely geared toward middle/high school, but I think
he has
a slightly more realistic approach.
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Yeah! I just picked up my copy of Readacide! I read The Reading
Zone when
it first came out! Anyone with a lick of sense will acknowledge the
cognitive dissonance TRZ causes. And I think the thought process
this book
initiates is one of those that requires an enormous conversation
within
onself before, during, and after many, many conversations with
others. Deep
stuff. Deep questions. Unknown answers.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Heather Green <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:18:03
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOSAIC] Just Finished Readacide and The Reading Zone What
do you
think the implications are...
..... for lower elementary grades? I wish there were a book written
with a
similar theme, but geared toward 1-2. There are plenty of teachers
at our
school, include me last year, who taught "comprehension strategies".
I am
contemplating now-- is it enough to just let kids read? To talk about
books
with them? To have them recommend books with each other? Is it
enough in
the younger grades to just get them to love reading? Do we teach the
strategies just because we feel it gives us something to teach during
reading workshop? In her book, Atwell mentions doing mini-lessons. I
wonder
what these are. SO MANY QUESTIONS....!
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