I've used this for years and find it to be very effective! I saw Linda Hoyt in a workshop at least 7 years ago; I love her practical and easy to implement comprehension strategies. This is one I used in third and am still using it in fifth. I use it for nonfiction reading. Maura 5/NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Slater" <slate...@sympatico.ca> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:40:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] determining importance
Hi, I use Read, Cover, remember, Retell in my grade two classroom and it is very effective. Introduce it to the whole class in shared reading and then reteach to small groups during Guided Reading. It belongs to Linda Hoyt. Google her name. One of her books contains the strategy, but I can't remember which book. Thanks, Paula Slater Reading Recovery Teacher -------Original Message------- From: Gilbert, Melissa Date: 05/22/09 07:35:44 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] determining importance I use something called RCRR. Read, Cover, Remember, Retell. Can't remember where I got it, but it seems to work. Students start to understand how to reflect on what they just read. I have them start with small pieces of text with partners. It might be best to introduce in Science, Social Studies, etc. They read a chunk, cover it up,then try to remember what the most important idea was. If they can, they then need to retell it to their partner. A lot of times, I have them write it on a sticky note and put on page. If they can't remember, reread or look back over text. I point out that that's ok. Hope this helps a little. -----Original Message----- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Alissa Pearce Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:04 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] determining importance Howdy! I'm needing help with helping my struggling readers get the hang of determining importance. They're having a hard time grasping the concept of importance in relationship to the content of the text. They want to say why things are important, in a global sense. Alissa Pearce Literacy Specialist Weatherford Elementary x23677 _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
