On Mar 23, 2008, at 8:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In response to your question about which is the most powerful > strategy, > I keep coming back to visualizing. I work primarily with students who > can 'read the words' yet comprehending is the challenge. I find that > starting with visualizing, having them do quick sketches, talk about > that movie in their heads makes inferring and questioning and > monitoring so much easier for them to grasp. > > Martha
I find these which is the most powerful strategy fascinating. Isn't it interesting that we all are passionate about teaching reading, yet come up with some great reasons to identify the most powerful strategy. For me, it has always been determining importance. If students can identify the most important parts of a text, then they can go further and use one of the other strategies to probe deeper. I find this when they make connections that take them away from the text; often it is because they connect to something unimportant in the text, like the color of the house, or the name of the dog. Rather than explore why the dog is in the text is what might be important. The difficulty is how do we question, or ask students to clarify so they can focus on what's important? Carol _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
