Cathy and Elisa got me thinking. Cathy said: Do we ever really master a comprehension strategy??? CathyK-5 DE I said: I'd say no because strategies are dependent on the uniqueness of the text you are comprehending. BUT for the sake of argument..our district feels they need to see that kids grasped and applied what we taught, so they want some kind of assessment and we have to decide some level of mastery. Elisa said: I would think the common assessments would be about comprehending and not about the strategies. In other words, students should show they are comprehending what they read not that they use a particular strategy to do so. Does this make sense?> Elisa I said: Well the hope is that if they aren't comprehending we have some way of seeing what kind of thinking they are not doing, so first we do an assessment of what they can do. We hope by assessing each strategy we'll be better prepared to have a plan on how to improve the comprehension. It is a slippery slope. But I am in a district that is very much about being able to assess what we teach. It has me spinning on a regular basis...and the forest and trees are a blur. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook – together at last. Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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