A few days ago, someone had posted something about a link to short passages
that can be used in the classroom for reading skills. There were a couple
of postings and i am hoping someone can pass these on to me. Fiction and
non-fiction I believe that can be used for mini-lessons. I think they
include all genres??? Looking for a reposting of those emails.
During mini lesson I teach a different genre each day for the skill we are
working on versus genre units.
For example:
Skill of the Week - Inferenceing
Monday-Fun With Fiction (picture book)
Tuesday-Play with Poetry
Wednesday-No Nonsense Non-Fiction
Thursday-Anything Goes (applicable text source)
Friday- Fables
Gay Marfin
5th Grade
'A Texas Teacher'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patty Zorzi" <[email protected]>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core--non fiction reading
Hi Laura!
Yes, I do think the vocabulary gets in the way in elementary school with
our non-fiction. The more readable books are simpler, with less
meaningful content. What I really liked about this article was the
description of the narrative non-fiction story and how much more readable
and engaging those are. I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,
which led me to want to meet the author, which led me to meeting some of
the family members. It also led to discussions about medical ethics,
racism, patient rights and medical practices and how they change.
I had the hardest time learning history as a student. I couldn't memorize
dates or put events into chronological order, but after reading Citizens
of London, I know more and will remember more about Roosevelt, Churchill,
Murrow and London during wartime than I ever did before. Give me a good
story any day and I'll learn my history.
So, with a good narrative, for read alouds, I'm thinking that we'd be able
to push that vocabulary envelope much more because kids will connect to
the story. Just off the top of my head, I am thinking about Humphrey the
Lost Whale for the younger set.
On Nov 24, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Laura Rieben wrote:
Thanks Patty! If you think about it, thirty percent of a high school
senior's reading being fiction is hard to picture-most of the time they
are
reading science, social studies, math texts, etc. Usually only one of
six
or seven classes is English, right? And for most of us, college is
similar: lots of non-fiction texts with a smattering of fiction. I think
the idea that fifty percent of their reading in elementary school
(including read alouds) will be non-fiction is more daunting because the
vocabulary far exceeds their reading ability. What is your feeling?
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Patty Zorzi <[email protected]> wrote:
There is much discussion about how Common Core Standards will change our
teaching and worry (or not) about the increase in non fiction reading.
This article really made me think about text selection and the choices
we
can make for our students.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/what-should-children-read/?emc=eta1
Patty
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