Would any of our long term members
like to talk a little about how they felt as newbies...how you went about
making the change to strategy teaching...what was challenging for you and how
you overcame the challenges?
I have been teaching the strategies for about 7 years now...I am surprised it
has been that long when I think about it. As a newbie, I was tied to the
listserve. I did not know anyone else trying it, and had no other support other
then the members of this group and another group. So for me, the challenge was
to be mentored via email. But they did a great job! I just had to jump in.
Early on, I would really rely on the members of the groups, and the books,
Reading with Meaning and Mosaic of Thought. It didn't take long to see what
happened with the kids, to listen to their thinking and to see what would
happen when I ALLOWED it. That was the big thing, letting go and letting them.
It helped me to post every question, thought, things gone well, things gone
wrong, and then listen to those with experiece. The members who were very
specific and detailed in their responses were the biggest help. Now, 7 years
later, I continue to learn. The kids teach me more each year, as well as the
discussions here and through other professional development I choose to take
part in. Also, it has taken off in our district, and that requires for us to
share what we discover. A word of caution to the newbies, something I see
happen a lot to newbies in our district. Remember, the goal is for students to
gain meaning, not to see how many connections they can make (or questions,
inferences, etc). From the words of one of the membersn who taught me early on,
to always ask, "and how does that help you to understand...". I hope if you are
just starting out, you will ask lots of questions, and I hope that many of will
give you insight into what we have learned, including the mistakes we made
along the way. Good luck!
Terry
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Sent: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 6:12 pm
Subject: [MOSAIC] getting started...
I don't know about all of you, but I would love to hear more about Steph
Harvey's institute! I am guessing we may have several new members as a result
of this session since I have heard that this listserv and the tools page were
promoted there!
I am betting that many of these newest members have a lot less experience in
strategy teaching and readers workshop. Would any of our long term members
like to talk a little about how they felt as newbies...how you went about
making the change to strategy teaching...what was challenging for you and how
you overcame the challenges?
As for me personally, I have been teaching strategies for a while, but I
finally have the go ahead to actually do readers workshop for some of my
intervention groups and I would love to hear how you all got started in
teaching
strategies in reading workshop. How do you set up the workshop? I am
particularly interested in how you balanced comprehension teaching with surface
structure systems in the primary grades! AND I will only have an hour a day
with
each
grade: K, 1 and 2
Jennifer
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