Richard (Dick) Allington who has done a lot of research with fluency and is a former IRA president has indicated that we need to be very careful about teaching children to rely on us. Children need lots of word fix-up strategies instead of look at the teacher for a word. Whenever a child looks at me, I say try something. If that doesn't help, I remember the word coaching strategies that reading recovery recommends. They have several wonderful books about child watching. The word is not on our face so we want the children to look at the words on the book and try something based on what they are reading. Marie Clay's work is very helpful to beginning reading teachers.
Debra Renner Smith Author, Writing and Reading Consultant Beyond Retelling Toward Higher Level Thinking and Big Ideas by Cunningham and Smith Writing Mini-Lessons for Second Grade by Cunningham, Hall, Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debrennersmith.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melissa Kile Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:58 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Wayne State Education Sutdent > Hi Everyone, > My name's Kelly Frank and I'm a Wayne State student in the RLL4430 class > for reading strategies. In our reading and discussions we've talked about > oral reading records. I wanted to ask all of you a question and hopefully > get some feedback on it. My question is, For oral reading records how long > do you wait for children to give their answers before telling them the > correct word. Thanks and I hope to hear from you. _______________________________________________ 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.
