Elisa - I would love to get the title of the book you mention. I am going back into the classroom after seven years as a reading specialist, and the one thing that I know will cause heart palpitations is teaching math differently than I do with reading and writing - i.e. the workshop model. Perhaps this book will but me at ease.
Thanks. Linda -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > And actually, for a next book study we might consider the book that > correlates > the strategies with math. I have the book but I can't remember the title. I > think Ellin Keene wrote the foreword. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > > > Sorry Jennifer, > > I always forget that the Mosiac list tries to keep true to reading > comprehension. When a topic is raised where I have thoughts or passion, I > tend > to jump in. That said, I will now make the connection between all this math > talk > and reading comprehension. > > Do teachers require materials that dictate day to day instruction in order to > teach reading comprehension (in any subject) and teach it well? Is > comprehension something in which we are so versed we do "not need" the > support > of a specific text? Is comprehension so fundamentally different from other > subjects (like math or science) that we should be left to fish around and do > it > our own way without articulation through the grades? I ask this honestly, > because I do not know or even have an idea of the answer. The difference, to > me, it seems, is that reading comprehension does not develop in any sort of > linear fashion. That we are all teaching "all of comprehension" at all grade > levels. Am I correct in this thinking? > > I am playing devil's advocate here. I know, Jennifer, that you are involved > in > lesson study on comprehension, a very in-depth process of professional > development that is teacher-driven (not district "assigned"). Would such > teacher development be enough to assure quality comprehension instruction at > all > grade levels? Could it inform us where, developmentally, certain > comprehension > should and should not be taught? > > :)Bonita--trying to get back on track ;) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > >
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