Oh, thank you everybody. I do love Gibbons books-will check out the rest. Michelle
-----Original Message----- From: Mosaic [mailto:mosaic-bounces+mweaver=mhtigers....@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Melissa Christian Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 10:34 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Good book to model the "think aloud" strategy to students with disabilities A great book that I have used in the past is called "Be Good to Eddie Lee." I hope this helps. Melissa On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:32 PM, loretta kelly <lorettalke...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Dear everyone,I am currently taking the class Methods of Teaching > Students with Disabilities. Also, I teach junior high students with > autism and other cognitive delays. I have to present a lessonin my > methods class next week, and I was thinking of modeling the "think > aloud" strategy. Does anyone have a great suggestion of a particular > book that is really good for this lesson? > Also, I am open to other suggestions regarding ideas for this lesson I > will be presenting next Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. > Thanks in advance. > Loretta kellylke...@seal-il.com(630) 728-3022lorettalke...@hotmail.com > > > From: heather_waymo...@hflcsd.org > > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:59:52 -0500 > > Subject: [MOSAIC] Listening Comprehension > > > > I've got a high school student that I'm struggling to find > > appropriate > strategies for. On our 11th grade state ELA exam students must listen > to a passage read orally twice. They are given 5 minutes between > readings where they may look at the questions. They may take notes at any > point in time. > Students then answer a few multiple choice questions. This student > LOOKS like an excellent listener - eyes and ears on the speaker, pen > in hand taking notes, and focused in all regards. Yet, the student > then misses the majority of the comprehension questions. I've noticed > the same thing while doing listening activities in my class. We've > tried not taking notes, as she has expressed that she misses important > information because she's focusing on writing her notes. We've tried > structured notes - thinking about what type of information is > generally presented in these passages and creating a quick visual plan > of what to listen for. However, I'm still not seeing improvement. Ideas? > > > > Heather Waymouth > > High School Literacy Specialist > > Honeoye Falls - Lima High School > > heather_waymo...@hflcsd.org > > (585)-624-7050 > > > > "Always show the you in you that makes you who you are." - Chidinma > Obietikponah > > > > > > STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY > > This email message and any attachments may contain confidential or > privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are > prohibited from using the information in any way, including but not > limited to disclosure of, copying, forwarding or acting in reliance on > the contents. If you have received this email by error, please > immediately notify me by return email and delete it from your email system. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.or > g > > 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
