Elisa You wanted to know how I am going to start strategy instruction this year? Well, first things first, I am going to do a little assessment. I am only working in grades 2 and 4 this year but for a longer period of time. We have a new Language Arts framework and the teachers will have 45 minutes of word work and then 1 hour of Comprehension Strategy Instruction (CSI). In the word work block, we can work on vocabulary, word structure, and yes, phonics skills. In CSI, we teach our not-so-voluntary Voluntary State Curriculum...so I will want to see where the kids are after the summer so I can meet their needs. I am going to use the techniques in the Daily Five Read to Self block to help kids build stamina and then use the goal setting and assessment process from The CAFE book to determine kids needs. Since I coteach and we have two teachers in one classroom, we can get a lot of mileage with our conferences...and can use them for a lot of one on one teaching. We will also pull small groups of kids with similar needs for strategy instruction.
SO...I am not going in with the typical strategy routine...I used to begin with metacognition and then making connections, etc. I am going to start with setting up reading workshop and then assess and teach on more of a needs basis. Jennifer **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) _______________________________________________ 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.
