I'd love to do this for you, but can't due to time constraints. If you email me around the second week in July I'll be able to help. (I need the reminder!)
Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org ________________________________ From: Heather Green <heath...@gmail.com> To: Dave Middlebrook <davemiddlebr...@verizon.net>; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:15:49 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question I am still trying to understand this. I scanned through the e-book, and I'll read it more closely this summer. It seemed like it stopped right in the middle. I was reading an anecdote of how someone used it in the classroom, but then it just kind of stopped. Can Dave or someone give me an example of how you might use this during a guided reading lesson in 1st grade using a fiction book? Say, maybe Little Bear or Frog and Toad? It seems so cool, but I feel like I'm missing something. Thanks, Heather On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Dave Middlebrook < davemiddlebr...@verizon.net> wrote: > Still chugging along on the book. YouTube will have to wait. If you > haven't already done so, you can sign up for an email alert for when the > book comes out. The link for that is on the book page: > www.textmapping.org/unrollingTheBook.html > > - Dave > > Dave Middlebrook > The Textmapping Project > A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. > www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! > USA: (609) 771-1781 > dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <beverleep...@gmail.com> > To: "Dave Middlebrook" <davemiddlebr...@verizon.net>; "Mosaic: A Reading > Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:53 AM > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question > > > Dave, you are still doing a book, right? I love the youtube idea! >> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Dave Middlebrook" <davemiddlebr...@verizon.net> >> >> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:16:05 >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group< >> mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question >> >> >> Very useful for fiction. One of the key benefits of scrolls is that you >> can >> see an entire story at a glance. This helps students keep track of >> sequence >> and context; it enables conversation to be more concretely anchored to the >> text ("Show me where she says that..." "Can you show me where she learns >> about her best friend's secret?" etc.). Because everything is right out >> there, in front of everyone, conversations can go deeper into the details >> AND can "see" the larger themes and ideas as well. The strategies -- >> Inferences, predictions, questions, etc. -- are much more richly supported >> in an unrolled scroll than they are in a bound book. >> >> There are lots of ways to use scrolls for fiction. You can first read a >> story in bound book form and then go back and view the scroll and discuss >> the story. Or you can simply unroll the story as you read. This allows >> students to look back as you read -- which is a great thing. >> >> Scrolls can be simply opened and read and discussed -- and not mapped. Or >> you can map them. You can also use sticky notes. As the sticky notes >> and/or mapping accumulate, patterns will emerge -- characters coming in >> and >> out of the story, time sequences, etc. You can also talk about how a >> story >> can be divided into parts, based on shifts in the story line, etc. There >> is >> so much that you can do. >> >> Think of the scroll as just another book form -- one that provides >> capabilities that bound books do not provide. Scrolls really are an >> excellent book form for instruction. They really do complement the kind >> of >> constructivist teaching that "Mosaic" and "To Understand" and so many of >> the >> other books of this ilk are all about. >> >> I hope that this is helpful. >> >> - Dave >> >> Dave Middlebrook >> The Textmapping Project >> A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills >> instruction. >> www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! >> USA: (609) 771-1781 >> dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Green" <heath...@gmail.com> >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question >> >> >> Dave, >>> I am trying to understand textmapping. It sounds very cool. Is it only >>> used for non-fiction? Can you give me an example of how you'd textmap a >>> 1st >>> grade story? I'm not sure I understand what you do besides highlight >>> text >>> features you see like titles, headings, charts, diagrams, etc. You >>> should >>> put up a youtube video of texmapping in action! >>> Heather >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Montana Vasquez >>> <montana.vasq...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> Thanks! I've never seen those used in the classrooms in the I've seen. >>>> This sounds great. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Dave Middlebrook < >>>> davemiddlebr...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Try scrolls and textmapping. The approach makes reading -- and >>>> > thinking >>>> > and talking about reading -- about as multisensory as is imagineable. >>>> All >>>> > you need is a copy machine, colored markers, cellophane tape, and a >>>> > classroom full of kids. >>>> > >>>> > Scrolls are an excellent platform for constructivist teaching that is >>>> > richly differentiated and inclusive. The simple act of unrolling the >>>> book >>>> > opens new opportunities for reaching students. It broadens access, >>>> expands >>>> > the zone of proximal development, invites engagement, creates >>>> extraordinary >>>> > openings for conversation, and facilitates sharper insights and deeper >>>> > understanding. They are being used in K-16 classrooms precisely >>>> > because >>>> of >>>> > the multisensory component. It works. >>>> > >>>> > More information: >>>> > background: >>>> > http://www.textmapping.org/whWorkshopNotes.html#introductionHead >>>> > book draft: http://www.textmapping.org/unrollingTheBook.html >>>> > >>>> > Best of luck, >>>> > >>>> > - Dave >>>> > >>>> > Dave Middlebrook >>>> > The Textmapping Project >>>> > A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills >>>> instruction. >>>> > www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your >>>> colleagues! >>>> > USA: (609) 771-1781 >>>> > dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Montana Vasquez" < >>>> > montana.vasq...@gmail.com> >>>> > To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >>>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:52 PM >>>> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Teaching Literacy in Older Grades question >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Hi! >>>> >> >>>> >> My name is Montana. I am currently ending my first year in a two >> >>>> year >>>> >> program. I taught 2nd grade this year and will be teaching 1st next >>>> year. >>>> >> Previously I taught toddlers in a Reggio-Emilia school for 3.5 years. >>>> >> I >>>> >> joined this listserve as a requirement for class, and I had a >>>> >> question. >>>> I >>>> >> find that the jump from teaching literacy in K and 1 is huge to 2nd >>>> grade. >>>> >> The earlier grades have fun activities, colors, and sensory >>>> >> stimulating >>>> >> information coming in. Does anyone have suggestions on how to bring >>>> this >>>> >> into a 2nd grade (or higher) classroom? >>>> >> >>>> >> Thanks! >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> 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. >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. 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