Thank you for your thoughtful reply. It helps me slide off the ledge I've been resting on for several months while her books lie on my possibilities book on amazon.
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Deb - It's a great book with some great ideas, but as Kelly said, > "What ends up happening though is that teachers then are only teaching to > those questions and there is so much more to reading than > answering open-ended responses. Kelly AB" > > it can also be very limiting.?? It basically takes open-ended questions > that are typically asked on the CT Mastery Test, and provides two things: #1 > - the reading strategy behind being able to respond to the question, and #2, > ? strategies for the written response.? The danger is that folks focus on > the written response BEFORE really thinking about what has to occur DURING > reading in order to even answer the question. > > Nancy Boyles does provide great picture book titles, fiction and > nonfiction, to support the thinking, which is helpful for teachers who are > not yet comfortable unpacking the picture books in their own collection.? > What I do like about her suggested titles is that they are well written, by > a variety of authors, many are newer titles and are multicultural.?? > Hope that helps. > Martha > > > > > > > > On 7/25/09 11:53 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone read and used the book:? That's a Grea Answer by Nancy Boyles?? > Would > you recommend this purchase?? Why or why not? > > Thank you. > > Deb Holden > _______________________________________________ > 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.
