Yes, we have to have some type of assessment that shows kids can apply the thinking they have learned to do to a comprehension task of sorts.
-----Original Message----- From: gina nunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 9:31 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] mastery strategies athy and Elisa got me thinking. athy said: o we ever really master a comprehension strategy??? CathyK-5 DE said: 'd say no because strategies are dependent on the uniqueness of the text you re comprehending. BUT for the sake of argument..our district feels they need o see that kids grasped and applied what we taught, so they want some kind of ssessment and we have to decide some level of mastery. lisa said: would think the common assessments would be about comprehending and not about he strategies. In other words, students should show they are comprehending what hey read not that they use a particular strategy to do so. Does this make ense?> Elisa said: Well the hope is that if they aren't comprehending we have some way of eeing what kind of thinking they are not doing, so first we do an assessment of hat they can do. We hope by assessing each strategy we'll be better prepared o have a plan on how to improve the comprehension. It is a slippery slope. ut I am in a district that is very much about being able to assess what we each. It has me spinning on a regular basis...and the forest and trees are a lur. ________________________________________________________________ indows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook – together at last. Get it ow. ttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 ______________________________________________ osaic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to ttp://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.
