Well said.
-----Original Message----- From: Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 7:58 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] comp. strategies with teachers I think the biggest thing we can teach teachers at our schools is this: Everything boils down to COMPREHENSION. If you lose sight of that, you are missing the point. My kids (6th, 7th, & 8th) could identify the parts of a story map, but couldn't tell me what each part was all about. They can answer any questions from the book, but they can't tell me what the story was about. They can identify all the parts of a sentence, but if you write one on the board, they can't tell you what it means. All these things have been taught without a focus on comprehension. Many of them had good reading teachers last year who taught them about predictions, inferences, and makiing connections, but instead of doing those things, many can tell me what they mean. Plus, they've been taught to analyze for every detail so much that they have forgotten how to feel. A couple read THE FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS and told me it was okay. They felt sorry for the elephants, but they didn't really FEEL the story. Same for "Dog of Pompeii" which is a SAAAD story, but few FELT anything. Have we trained them to think so much for testing skills that we have taken the empathy from them? Bill _______________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ 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.
