Re: [MOSAIC] [mosaic] advanced reading comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread briananesheim
I think that the previous posts are correct- if you don't make it an issue, usually the kids don't either. I talk extensively with my first graders about how some books are a good fit for one person but not another. There is a good lesson using shoes in The Daily Five book. The basic metaphor

[MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread ncteach
Hi Everyone! I plan on spending the first couple of weeks with my sixth graders exploring monitoring comprehension. (I will need to do this with fiction due to my pacing guide.) Does anyone have a terrific first day lesson plan that would work with 6th graders to introduce the topic? I would

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread Melissa Kile
Have you checked out the book Strategies That Work? There is a (new, I think) chapter on Monitoring Comprehension. All the other strategy chapters have lessons--that one may, also. Melissa/VA/2nd On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:26 PM, ncteach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone! I plan on

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread Deb Smith
I have several pages on this on my website. www.debrennersmith.com Fix it strategies Beanie baby strategies Debra Renner Smith Author, Writing and Reading Consultant Beyond Retelling Toward Higher Level Thinking and Big Ideas by Cunningham and Smith Writing Mini-Lessons for Second Grade by

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread ncteach
Deb, What a terrific site you have! Thanks! Melissa, I do have the new Strategies that Work. I was considering doing the lesson plan using the picture book Gleam and Glow. Kim - Original Message - From: Deb Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies

[MOSAIC] Did I miss part three of Ginger's long, wonderful emails?

2008-08-15 Thread Shannon Lauer
I got the first two, but haven't seen the third part. Did i miss it? Thanks, Shannon ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread Storti, Donna
http://books.google.com/books?id=KsG9tQf7dKACpg=PA198lpg=PA198dq=picture+books+for+modeling+comprehension+strategiessource=webots=uA2dewJhLlsig=MAxQQTPniddR52ApuHJMkffo4Q4hl=ensa=Xoi=book_resultresnum=2ct=result#PPA204,M1 This site links picture book titles with reading strategies, maybe that

[MOSAIC] Metacognition

2008-08-15 Thread Kendra Carroll
Good evening all. I have to present at a district level staff development workshop for second grade teachers next week. I need to spend 10-15 minutes on how to use metacognition activities during the first weeks of school before moving into schema lessons. Most of these teachers will want