With primary groups, I used it with dialogue study. I used guided reading materials with readers just getting on to reading , say levels E-F, and asked children to use different colors to highlight the conversation (a color for each character). With other kiddos at the same level, we did just what you proposed--text coding. I also used it to take the metaphor out of the picture walk--to actually get kids to WALK and talk their way through the story with the pictures. This was very helpful to my student population (as a whole, our students across the district struggle with sequencing) as students clearly could see a beginning, middle and end. Sometimes I gave them the pages for the map, often with the text block out, and had them map the story sequence and then work as a team to do their retellings right there on the map. I found it so concrete and so meaningful to students in first and second grade.
Lori On 8/24/07 8:10 PM, "gina nunley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To everyone who is using text mapping. I am feeling like a real idiot. I > have looked on the site, and understand the process BUT I do not get exactly > what you are doing with it. Is it as simple as doing a kind of SQ3R with > text features? Coding the text with reading strategies? > > Joy you talked about using it with fiction to reread. Can you give me an > idea of the process? > > I have tried it once and the kids found it tedious and not really worth the > invested time. I am certain I have been missing something in my approach. > Thanks, Gina > > _________________________________________________________________ > Puzzles, trivia teasers, word scrambles and more. Play for your chance to > win! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_hotmailtextlink > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ 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.
