Hi Sally,
I'd love to hear more about how the jig saw method has worked for you.
I have done that, and it usually fails for me. Too many students wait
for others to do the work for them. Parents (of the working students)
have complained to me about the unfairness.
Jan
Quoting Sally Thomas <[email protected]>:
I think many readers don't develop reading stamina. The effort tires them
quickly, and it's especially hard when they are not motivated. I would not
lower the quality of the readings but make them shorter. Pick out key
passages for them to problem solve with as readers and then you fill in the
gaps with your input. OR jig saw and let students teach each other their
shorter parts. As an English teacher for example, I would pick 5 or 6 key
scenes (either because of theme, plot, whatever) and students would read
those in the original with great care and lots of discussion, often reading
as readers theater etc. But I would fill in the rest. They did not have
the stamina to wrestle with the whole play in Elizabethan English.
How wonderful that you are seeing your role in supporting students reading
in the content areas!!! Takes a village as the saying goes. Thank you.
Sally
On 11/3/10 7:16 PM, "ginger/rob" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I received this email and I believe she intended it for the Mosaic group so
> I am forwarding it on:
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> My name is C. Wright. I am trying to incorporate reading into my
11th grade
> content area because our students score low on the reading and social
> studies part of the exam. I know part of the problem is that may students
> do not know how to read. Some do not comprehend. So I am trying to teach
> students how to be successful readers on the test as well as acquire a life
> skill. I noticed that if the passages are long many students do not any
> attempt to read. My greatest problem is trying to find strategies
that work
> during a reading assignment. The before and after is okay, but during the
> reading my strategies fade.
> Carolyn Wright
> [email protected]
>
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