I like the idea of a short piece to model and teach with. On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:03 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let's say you are doing a read aloud and modeling some strategy work as you > go. Kids turn and talk, etc. Then it is time for RW and your minilesson > focus is tht good readers get to know character by visualizing and > inferring. > To make your point, you excerpt a short piece of text from your read > aloud > (tht you've already done) and model it. Have kids try it again with > another > excerpt. Then they go off with the intention to use this strategy to get > to > know their characters in their books. > > Make any sense? > > > In a message dated 10/1/2008 9:44:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > While I agree with this in principle (reading the book at a separate > time), > the lessons I've done out of Reading W/ Meaning have the teacher reading > the > book and stopping to model and think aloud, using the focus strategy. How > would I do that if I had read the book earlier? For example, if I had read > a > book previously that I plan to teach inferencing with, wouldn't I still > need > the book to show the children how I interact with the text? That is my > dilemma! > > Melissa/VA/2nd > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Mary Manges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This has been part of my problem in being able to fit it all in. I > still > > believe I could use a longer language arts block, but I'm determined to > > work > > with what I have and do my best. In my thinking of a mini-lesson I was > > including the read aloud as the mini-lesson and couldn't figure out how > to > > keep it short. I have the same problem in writing workshop when I use > > literature to teach a writing craft. I do have to admit that after the > > advice I was given on this list I was much better at being as brief as > > possible this week. I found myself choosing my words carefully and > trying > > to be as direct as possible. It also made me realize that I need to > spread > > certain lessons out over more days instead of trying to cram too much at > > one > > time. I can see that my kids are going deeper and getting the concept > > better than in the past. The testing pressure demons are still > hovering, > > reminding me that I'm not covering enough to be ready for state > > assessments, > > but I just keep ignoring them, knowing that I'm doing what is best for > my > > students. > > Thanks, > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] length of mini lessons > > > > > > >I must reiterate your mention of when to do your read aloud. Read > Aloud, > > > according to everything I've read and seen, is a separate entity, not > to > > > be > > > included in Reading Workshop minilesson. It can be referenced during > > the > > > minilesson, but how in the world could a teacher teach a 10-minute > > > minilesson with > > > a read aloud included???? > > > > > > Leslie > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 9/26/2008 5:55:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > keep your mini lesson very explicit, and short. I do > > > realize it is hard to get the read aloud in, do the vocab, then teach > > the > > > lesson, have time for them to practice with you, then they practice > > > independently, but if you keep the teaching part short, chances are > > > they'll > > > remember what you said and us what you said. > > > > > > One way to keep the length of your mini lessons short is to do the > read > > > aloud at another time. That is a major tenet of Lucy Calkins' mini > > > lesson > > > structure. Just use the part of the text that matches your teaching > > > point. > > > > > > Barb Parry > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial > > > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, > > tips > > > and > > > calculators. 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