two different games --- Kelly Hubacz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is Chunks and Syllabication one game or two? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa Szyska" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies > Listserv" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:22 AM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] prices for word games...oops! > > > > Oops! I meant the prices for Chunks & > Syllabification > > are high.(about $30) Upwords, by Milton Bradley > is > > about $15.00. > > sorry. > > > > --- Kelly Hubacz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Where do you find chunks and syllabication?-the > game > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Lisa Szyska" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mosaic: A Reading > > > Comprehension Strategies > > > Listserv" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > > > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:54 AM > > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for figuring > out > > > unfamiliar words > > > > > > > > > > I love that one too! Also the games Chunks > and > > > > Syllabification (sp?) are good ones too. My > > > students > > > > and kids I've tutored have really enjoyed > those as > > > > well. :o) > > > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > One suggestion I made to parents was to > purchase > > > and > > > > > play UpWords with their kids. It really > > > encourages > > > > > chunking and word > > > > > within word analysis, plus it is fun. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:24 , Carol P. > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > > > > > > > > > >I am new with the reading . Can you give > me a > > > good > > > > > site that would explain the > > > > > > decoding and Chunking method . Please !! > > > > > Thanks so much > > > > > > My daughter is struggling with reading > and > > > this > > > > > would help me so much. > > > > > > To better help her !! Carol P. > > > > > > > > > > > >"GRISTINA, KRISTIN" > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >When figuring out unfamiliar words, I think > > > there > > > > > are different problems to consider. > > > > > > > > > > > >1. They can't pronounce the word but they > know > > > the > > > > > word and the meaning. > > > > > >2. They can pronounce the word but they > don't > > > know > > > > > what it means. > > > > > >3. They can't pronounce the word AND they > don't > > > > > have any idea what it means. > > > > > > > > > > > >The decoding and chunking is only good to > use > > > if > > > > > they don't know how to say the word. But a > > > deeper > > > > > issue with older > > > > > readers is that they don't know the word > > > meanings. I > > > > > have the kids (2nd grade and up) use > post-its to > > > > > mark when they come > > > > > to a word that they don't know the meaning > > > (whether > > > > > they can say it or not). > > > > > > > > > > > >Then, they make a T-chart that says "Words > I > > > don't > > > > > know" and "I can infer..." They write down > the > > > page > > > > > number where they > > > > > found the word(s) and they use many of the > same > > > > > fix-up strategies that you wrote in your > email > > > in > > > > > terms of re-reading, > > > > > thinking about the story, finding another > word > > > that > > > > > fits or makes sense in that unknown word's > > > place... > > > > > > > > > > > >After the chapter or the reading is done > for > > > the > > > > > session (this is usually in guided reading > > > groups) > > > > > the kids share their words > > > > > and their strategies for making good > inferences > > > > > about what those words mean. I usually find > one > > > or > > > > > two kids who have done > > > > > this well as I'm listening to them read > > > throughout > > > > > the GR session and have them share first and > do > > > a > > > > > lot of praise of their > > > > > good use of the steps and the strategy.When > they > > > are > > > > > off base, we discuss it and I usually give > them > > > the > > > > > real meaning of the > > > > > word and show them how that would have fit > in by > > > > > using the same strategies. > > > > > > > > > > > >This often doesn't help with pronunciation, > but > > > I > > > > > think that just the same, it's vocabulary > > > building. > > > > > And it's okay if we tell > > > > > them how to say some difficult words if and > when > > > the > > > > > chunking and all that doesn't work. I find > that > > > for > > > > > some kids, that > > > > > chunking just doesn't work! > > > > > > > > > > > >I'd love to hear other ideas and strategies > as > > > > > well! > > > > > >Kristin > > > > > >NJ > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > >Mosaic mailing list > > > > > >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > > > > >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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > > > > > All-new Yahoo! 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