I suppose this would be vital information if we were raising children to read word lists, rather than text. Pat Cunnigham advocates reading names, which makes more sense to me.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:52:12 -0600 > From: elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RtI > > The missing link between nonsense words and unknown words is "meaning"...If > the child has "nowhere else to look but at the word" find another book or ask > for help. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even > touched. They must be felt within the heart. > —Helen Keller > > Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. > http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ > > Here's my point: any multisyllabic word, or any word that you may have never > seen before has a lot in common with non-sense words. Students must be > absolutely fluent in the alphabetic principal in order to advance their > reading skills. A non-sense word test does a very good job of mimicking > what kids need to be able to do when they have no where else to look but at > the word...no pictures, no adult help, nothing but their own tool box of > skills...and keep in mind that at some point, even context will break down as > a way to figure out meaning... > > give us good information on how kids attack words they have never seen > before. > > Amy McGovern > > Reading Teacher > > Direct Instruction Specialist > Educational Consultant > 715-966-6645 > _______________________________________________ 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.
