Hi Tracy, Pat and anyone who wants to join in, I would love to continue this conversation on the listserv. As I grapple with the issue of OCR and Strategy Instruction I am wondering how to start. I feel like my kids do have somewhat of an idea that readers think about what they are reading (almost all of my kids have had OCR level K in kinder). I have a read a few of Kevin Henkes books and modeled my own thinking, primarily text to self and text to text connections. A few of the kids shared their connections. This has really led me to think that although OCR is focusing (for the most part) on visualizing in Unit 1 and then Asking Questions, that I may be better off really focusing on Schema through my read alouds and when appropriate in the OCR selection. I am also thinking I will set aside two days of workshop time to focus on comprehension strategies and the other 3 days on decoding, high frequency words and fluency. I am really torn as I know what makes sense and is good instruction and teaching but it is hard to a line that with what I have to do. Any thoughts? Does what I am thinking make sense or am I off track here?
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