Dear Susanne, This is awesome . It will really be helpful. Thank you, Valerie Hardy - Jane A. Neil School Chicago -----Original Message----- From: Susanne McCurry <susanne.mccu...@gmail.com> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Mon, Sep 26, 2011 11:00 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] nonfiction texts and help with a strategy
This is my "go-to" website when I'm looking for short non-fiction readers. t's a great resource that has the grade levels indicated. ttp://teacher.depaul.edu/Nonfiction_Readings.htm Hope it helps. Also, I just started reading a book called "Comprehension Connections, ridges to Strategic Reading" by Tanny McGregor. It's perfect for making bstract reading concepts more concrete. For example, I just made a Reading Salad" with my 3rd graders. Every time I read from the text, the tudents placed a red piece of paper into the salad bowl. When I used my ackground knowledge, they placed a green piece of paper into the bowl. here were many Ah-hah moments with my students. They noticed that there was uch more thinking happening than there was text. (It sounds better when you ead the book.) She walks the reader through the lessons as she does them ith her students, so it's like observing someone present the lesson before oing it with your class. It's a short, useful, and easy read. On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Brenda White-Keller < renda...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi, You all are the first I turn to for help. I'm writing a grant and want to get short nonfiction readers for my 4th grade classroom. I have kids reading from PP-8th grade level. I bought some Okapi readers several years ago and they are wonderful. Written at diff levels with diff. text structures the kids eat them up! I need some new readers. Any ideas? Also, my students are having trouble making predictions using prior knowledge and info from the text. Any great lessons that really make that stick? We've been predicting and questioning since school started, but they are having trouble applying it to a test situation. Thanks for all your help, Brenda CA/4 _______________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________ osaic mailing list os...@literacyworkshop.org o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to ttp://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
