Re: [MOSAIC] reading powers (not excerpted to follow train of thinking)
Is there a way you could share the puzzle? Put it on the website or snail mail??? It sounds like what I need for my second graders. Pat K to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. e.e. cummings On Feb 17, 2007, at 8:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also made a paper puzzle brain for kids who were not modeling so they could use it at their seats. ___ 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] Picture book titles
I am looking for some titles of good historical fiction picture books. Any suggestions? Pat ___ 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] puzzle of brain
You can see it in chapter 2, page 20. http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=9039 Patricia Kimathi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way you could share the puzzle? Put it on the website or snail mail??? It sounds like what I need for my second graders. Joy/NC/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org - It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Picture book titles
Pink and Say (kind of memoir historical fiction? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for some titles of good historical fiction picture books. Any suggestions? Pat ___ 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.
[MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository
Hello all, I need some help with how I am going to teach about expository text. What is the best way to label/describe expository text with headings, subtitles, table of contents, etc. and other informational text. For example, I have a lot of those National Geographic hardcover text in various title that do not have headings, but are explaining a subject. Are there any rules or guidelines that define the different non-fiction texts? So far my categories are: Expository, non-fiction, realistic fiction and biographies? I don't want to teach something that's not correct, like telling them that expository text will have a table of contents, because so do chapter books. I teach 2nd grade. Thanks, Debbie The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository
Hi Lisa, I'd like to know about both, but what I am thinking about right now is, let's say, a narrative type text that does teach about a subject. It's not a story, but it has real facts and teaches about something and you do read it from beginning to end because there are no clear sections. Is that just plain non-fiction and then the text with headings, table of contents and sections that you can read independently, is that called expository. So I think I'm asking about test structure, right? Debbie Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository
You are talking about text structures. The way I learned it was there are three text structures: Narrative, expository, and poetic. Narrative texts are stories. They have a plot, characters, and setting. Expository text teach facts. They are set up as a list of facts that are set up as sequence, description, compare-contrast, cause/effect, problem-solution, and persuasion. I don't really like using nonfiction and expository synonomisly. You can have expository texts that are in fact fiction. Star Trek and Star Wars both have very detailed expository text about their fictional histories. I use the first activities in Nonfiction Matters (Stephanie Harvey) to discuss expository texts with my kids. She lays out a huge amount of expository text in front of the the kids and just lets them explore them. She then begins a list of what they see they aurthor uses to show you information. She calls the list NONfiction Conventions. They develop the list from the books they see. Not all books have the same conventions. Eventually, the kids develop a small book of their own samples of conventions that they take directly from expository text. She did this with first graders. I did it with sixth and I may try it with seventh along with how those texts are structured. Hope that helps, Kim -- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School Fresno, CA ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Picture book titles
Pink and Say is about the Civil War. - Original Message - From: Bonita [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Picture book titles Pink and Say (kind of memoir historical fiction? ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository
I really love how nonfiction is taught by Shirl Hawes in Learning About Literary Genres: Reading and Writing with Young Children (published by Christopher-Gordon Publishers). Mary M. Debbie Goodis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I need some help with how I am going to teach about expository text. What is the best way to label/describe expository text with headings, subtitles, table of contents, etc. and other informational text. For example, I have a lot of those National Geographic hardcover text in various title that do not have headings, but are explaining a subject. Are there any rules or guidelines that define the different non-fiction texts? So far my categories are: Expository, non-fiction, realistic fiction and biographies? I don't want to teach something that's not correct, like telling them that expository text will have a table of contents, because so do chapter books. I teach 2nd grade. Thanks, Debbie The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Picture book titles
Pat
These are books I have read with kids and both of us have loved. I did
google the synopsis. I was too lazy to do it myself...*giggle*
ROSE BLANCHE. Innocenti, Roberto
When Rose sees a little boy trying to escape from the back of a
truck, only to be captured and shoved back in, she decides to follow the
truck. At a desolate place out of town she discovers many other children,
staring hungrily from behind an electric barbed wire fence. ...
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. Bunting, Eve
Two friends explore nearby fields, while one boy's father talks about
the 1862 Civil War battle that took place there. This one is really good to
discuss how factual information is embedded into fictional text.
DANDELIONS. Bunting, Eve
Two friends explore nearby fields, while one boy's father talks
about the 1862 Civil War battle that took place there.
BAREFOOT: ESCAPE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Edwards, Pamela Duncan
In the forest, a group of animals helps a runaway slave escape his
pursuers.
javascript:launchbig('http://wclcat.weberpl.lib.ut.us/search/X?t:(Barefoot+Escape+on+the+Underground+Railroad)+and+a:(Edwards,
Pamela Duncan)searchscope=16Da=Db=SORT=R')
WHEN JESSIE CAME ACROSS THE SEA: Hest, Amy
Thirteen-year-old Jessie, a Jewish immigrant, works for three years
to earn money to bring her grandmother to America. This one is long. But
good.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/103-2613258-6149456?%5Fencoding=UTF8search-type=ssindex=booksfield-author=Jacqueline%20Briggs%20MartinSTAR
OF FEAR, STAR OF HOPE: Hoestlandt, Jo
Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish
friend during the German occupation of Paris.
SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT: Hopkinson, Deborah
Clara, a young slave, stitches a quilt with a map pattern showing
the way to freedom in the North.
REDCOATS AND PETTICOATS: Kirkpatrick, Katherine
Young Thomas and his mother are members of the Setauket Spy Ring in
New York during the Revolutionary War.
KATIE'S TRUNK: Turner, Ann Warren
Katie, a child of Loyalists, finds that her survival rests in the
hands of her Patriot enemies.
BASEBALL SAVED US: Mochizuki, Ken
Shorty, a young boy living in a Japanese-American internment camp
during World War II, helps form a baseball league.
Hope this helps. I didn't which historical time you wanted so I gave you
lots. As I was looking for the synopsis of the books I was too lazy to
write, I found a great site with all kinds of book lists.
http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklists/rec_read.php
Kim
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Kimberlee Hannan
Department Chair
Sequoia Middle School
Fresno, CA
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Re: [MOSAIC] Picture book titles
Now Let Me Fly...used with the Comprehension Toolkit in determining importance lesson for separating facts out of historical fiction. My kids love this book every year. Lisa 2/3 IL --- Bonita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pink and Say (kind of memoir historical fiction? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for some titles of good historical fiction picture books. Any suggestions? Pat ___ 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. TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository
Kimberlee, Thank you so much...that is such great information. It's a good place to start. Do you have any suggestions for how I can introduce and teach this to my class. I have many good examples of all these types. I thought of having the students sort them into piles. Or doing some kind of organizer, like a tree map to show the kinds and write the descriptions. So I'm understanding that I can make three different categories of Expository text. Thanks so much, this is really a big help. Debbie The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Non-fiction vs. Expository
You have little people, correct? When I taught 3rd graders I took about a week to intro and talk. They had about a week to make their Nonfiction Convention books. They needed to know how to access the text, not so much how the text was structured. I got this lesson directly from Nonfiction Matters by Stephanie Harvey, and I think there is something similar in Strategies That Work also, with determining important info or questioning, but I can't remember exactly... Here's what I did: I used books about animals, because they are always successful. I brought the kids into a circle in the groups area during Soc. St. and/or Science time. I put the books in the middle and told everyone to grab one they thought looked interesting. I gave them a few minutes just to peruse them. I had them trade books several times and just let them enjoy and share with each other. The next day I passed out the books again and asked them, How did the author share his/her information with us? I jumped on the first suggestion that there was stuff in the print that he/she wanted to show was important. Before long, we generated a list. I would help them put labels on what they found (subheadings, charts, maps, etc.). The list would get sort of extensive, but over the discussion for several days, they caught most of the conventions of expository text. I had them make a small book called My Nonfiction Convention Book out of half pages of regular copy paper. I would use an accordion book now, but I didn't know about that then. I demonstrated how to choose one of the conventions from one of the pages, how to title it with the chosen convention, draw an example of the convention, and write a definition of the purpose of the convention. They worked on it for about a week. They shared their books with their science groups. I have done this with 4,5,6 graders in multiage also. It always was successful. I hope that helps. Kim -- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School Fresno, CA ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Picture book titles
One of my favorite picture books is called Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrichs. It is about a young girl's effort to save her family farm during the dust bowl. She does this by selling her beloved pony so she has the money to bid on the tractor during the farm auction. It is a beautiful story and the pictures are beautiful, as well. Carol I am looking for some titles of good historical fiction picture books. Any suggestions? Pat ___ 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.
