"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> writes: >Does anyone have any thoughts about reading and teaching kids the >comprehension strategies, or are we all so >pressured by RTI, phonics instruction, and standardized testing of discrete >skills that we've forgotten about real reading?
In our district we are all about comprehension...thankfully. Every new teacher or new to our district participates in staff development. When asked the question, "What is reading?" our kids respond ,"Understanding" We certainly have a phonics/word study component of our balanced reading framework, but comprehension is still in the forefront. As teaching resources we use, Strategies That Work, Comprehension Connections and Reading With Meaning. For me personally I have also read and use The Book Whiperer, To Understand and Comprehension form the Ground Up. _______________________________________________ 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.
