OOOps---sent to wrong address!!! --- Olga Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Elaine --- > just a quick update on the spiderweb---well how > ideas > evolve in the classroom, > > Used the book Spiders by Gail Gibbons to help > "build" > the web, it's a great tie in!!! > > So far we have the seven strong foundations silks > radiating from the center---you becoming a > reader----each silk cord represents "one of the > tools > we carry with us everyday everywhere to help us > learn > (survive)": > they are our nose, mouth, eyes, ears, and hands AND > > our heart and brain. > > As mot has evolved with me and my students---I have > come to realize that SCHEMA is the utmost important > element to develop with young readers---and > everything > else falls into place---inferring, visualizing, > summarizing etc----I alway kept falling back to > have > you ever tasted, or seen or remember how that > sounds--- > > So when I teach the concept of schema----I explained > to the children that schema is every touch they > have > made----smooth, hot, wet, dry, hard, prickly----(see > the science in this!!!); every taste that has melted > on their tongue---sweet, buttery, sour, bitter, > salty, > hot, cheetoee; > every image reflected in their eyes--sparkly, dull, > reds, yellows, straight, croooked, curvy; every > sound > they have heard--loud, soft, screechy, > drippy-droppy; > every smell that has wafted into ttheir > nose--popcorny, perfumy, orange, lemony, skunky, > manurey---; > then the heart--how they have felt---sad, scared, > unloved, cared about---and the brain--knowledge they > have aquired from someone else, as well as the brain > being always engaged to wonder----I have to tell you > that kindergartners and first graders have gotten > this much better that my summer school second > graders, > but then again I only have them for 4 weeks. > > And this sounds like CONNNECTIONS----so let's get > back to the web > > a center (the reader) and the seven radiating > cords---the first circular weave was the > wondering--the asking questions-----why does it > loook > that way? why does it make that sound? I wonder > how > it feels? > Does it have a smell? Why is she smiling??? It > really became much easier for the students to ask > questions---because now they were connecting their > questions to their schema (and hopefully build to > more > creative curiosity). > > Anyway this is where we are at. My plan is that > next > week we will add the next weave which will probably > be > visualization. > > During the regular year, I plan to spend way more > time > on schema---particularly as it relates to our > "personal bag of tools" and really make the > connections to science--- > > I'll send pics of what we end up with at the end of > next week!!! > > olga > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
