There was an article in Reading Teacher a while back that argued that a skill was a strategy made automatic and unconscious. ...By that argument, if you want kids to make connections as an automatic thing when they read...then it is a skill. Otherwise if kids are consciously using it as a tool, it is a strategy. As for objective...what do you want the kids to be able to do with connections and how well do you want it to be learned? Does that help or have I muddied the waters? Jennifer In a message dated 11/8/2009 1:02:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Our district is moving towards having teachers post their objectives and children being aware of the objective. We are having difficulty coming to terms with our objectives. Is making connections to text an objective or a strategy/skill? I feel the objective is always to become stronger readers and the way we teach the children to become stronger readers is the strategy, but it is confusing. _______________________________________________ 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.
