As a teacher who is fairly new to using these strategies so explicitly I have many more questions on how to do this than I have resources and suggestions! To start the conversation, here are some questions that I have - please join in by sharing your experiences as well as asking questions that you may also have.
**How long do you spend explicitly teaching each different type of connection? **How do you move from "basic" connections to showing students connections that are really more meaningful? (move from "I have a dog" to "My dog acts that way when he isn't feeling well too.") **What do you do for making students accountable for looking for connections in text? **How do you keep this from interrupting the flow of students' normal reading patterns? (This may tie into the discussion recently of Readicide) **Do you do anything to share these strategies with parents so that they can use them at home? Please remember to include the grade that you teach with your response. Sharon/4th _______________________________________________ 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.
