GIST is generally 15 words or less in summary statement. Since the sentences are generally shorter, it looks more like sentence combination. Great way to introduce conjunctions.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:28 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Back to comprehension...Main Idea > > Hi Lori, > Can you describe your process with first graders? > Thank you! > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even > touched. They must be felt within the heart. > —Helen Keller > > Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. > http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ > > > > I love, love, love the GIST Strategy as presented by Janet Allen. Teaching > kids to summarize by boiling a paragraph down to 15 words or less, while > having these important discussions about determining importance, really seems > to work. I have been successful working with first graders (in a shared > process) and have seen the same process really benefit secondary readers. > > > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist > Broken Bow, NE > > > > > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > Join me > _______________________________________________ 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.
