Leslie, I am a great reader but there are still times when I need to be very cognizant and deliberate about my reading. Technical reading and research come to mind. I am then so grateful to have come to strategies. So I do strongly believe that we should introduce the strategies but with pieces that offer more of a challenge to readers and with the understanding that everybody has a chance to kick back and read.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:41:07 -0500 > Subject: [MOSAIC] philosophical wonderings > > I love teaching, but lately I have been questioning the way I teach, > particularly reading. I am an avid reader. Reading is an integral part of > my adult life. I was never taught any reading strategies. I have children > in my classroom who love to read and read way above grade level. I feel that > they, like me, have already internalized the strategies and yes they can be > strengthened but probably that will happen naturally as well. The more they > read, the stronger they will become. It seems that we are prescribing > medication whether the child is ill or not. It's like using manipulatives in > math. Our new math program requires the use of manipulatives all the time. > It used to be that you used maniuplatives when you differentiated for the > child who was having difficulty with a concept. It seems like we are heading > back to a one-size-fits-all mentality which scares me. I sometimes think the > reading strategies were meant for educators so that we could become better > teachers of reading, particularly for our struggling readers, and I think we > have taken it too far and use it in all cases. When I look at the current > guided reading models it is so prescribed: everyone is in a quick guided > group with the teacher drilling a skill or they are reading independently. I > am having a difficult time seeing the joy in that model. Where do the rich > conversations that connect children to each other and to literature take > place in this current model? Was the model intended for accomplished readers? > > Leslie R. Stewart > Grade 3 Teacher > lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us<mailto:lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us> > 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX > > To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, > ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. > ~ Gaston Bachelard ~ > > > <http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/> > _______________________________________________ > 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.
