Where is the guided math listserve? Thanks
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Sandra Stringham <[email protected]>wrote: > Evelia---- > > I don't worry too much about definitions, but here is my philosophy and > belief: > Reading comprehension strategies (using metacognition, schema, visualizing, > asking questions, determining importance, synthesis) have to be taught > right > from the beginning and they go hand in hand with the decoding strategies > (look > at the picture, think about what is happening, try a word, look at the 1st > letter, etc). I teach fix up strategies throughout. Just reading the words > without comprehension is not reading. I also think you have to build the > love > of reading right from the start. And to quote a 1st grade student: "they > go > hand in hand. You can't have one without another!) > > I teach first, but when I have tutored the word callers in the upper > grades, it > is HARD to teach them to think. They can read the words, but not a clue > about > what is really going on in the book---nor do they really love reading. > > I frame my curriculum pacing so that I start with metacognition > (I know-it's not > a strategy, but I believe kids need to be taught to think), then move > into schema. I spend a few weeks on metacogntion as I work with them to > build > stamina as a reader. I use the daily 3 (read to self, read to others, > listen to > reading). I'm also teaching them to decode words. My little guys read for > an > hour a day (readers' workshop). I teach them to be voracious readers. If > they > have 1 minute-read a book! When kids have to wait inside because of the > weather > before school-I love seeing them read a book as they wait to come in.) > > I would recommend you check out these books: > Comprehension: Reading With Meaning by Debbie Miller > Comprehension from the Ground Up by Sharon Taberski > The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson (and check out her > website) > Growing Readers by Kathy Collins > Fluency by Jerry Johns > > I also tie my writing and math workshops together with the strategies. I > would > recommend: > Number Sense Routines by Jessical Shumway > Math Work Stations by Debbie Diller > Laney Sammons Guided Math > Laney Sammons Math Stretches > Crafting Non Fiction by Linda Hoyt > Units of Study by Lucy Calkinsu > > And to be perfectly honest-in my case at least-any book, list serve, > website, > teachers website/blog, I can get my hands on because every child is > different > and you never know what they might do and where to find an answer of what > to > do!!!!! > > I hope this helped you some. > > Sandi > Elgin > N.B.C.T. 2010-Literacy (I like using this now!) > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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
