Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones -visualization/retelling/summarizing for first graders
Several of our teachers have had whole class discussions about facial expressions and emotions. These discussions were followed by the second grade students practicing making facial expressions with their partners. The teachers then took pictures of the students' expressions, printed them, and then brought them back for the kids to label. This also allowed the students to "name" the expressions with words other than happy, sad, etc. ie. elated,ecstatic, bored, startled ... Afterwards, the teacher and students together made bulletin boards so these faces are visible for all to check when needed. The kids had a great time doing this and now are much better at understanding the characters they read about. Debbie From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension StrategiesListserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones -visualization/retelling/summarizing for first graders Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:10:33 -0700 (MST) What about collecting photographs (google images?) of portraits of people with different emotional facial expressions and the beginning a sort of word wall collage of words that might be associated with that emotion. You could even include actions that a character is such an emotional state might undertake. On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:51 , CARL ZIEMINSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Hi, > I am new to the listserve and wonder if anyone has suggestions for teaching comprehension strategies to children with NLD (Nonverbal Learning Disability)? I have a student with NLD who has a very hard time visualizing and will often stop me and ask me to show him what a character's face looked like in a story (chapter book). Any suggestions as to how to get this child to be able to read and visualize facial expressions on his own? > Thanks, > 'Bec > >Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Olga, >I really like this part of what you did with your students! > >Olga Reynolds wrote: >I read the next part, then they went back to their seats to draw their >visualizations, at this point several of the kids were puzzled and said they didn't understand sufficiently to draw a picture--I took the opportunity to explain >that sometimes when we read a story and don't understand something we go back and read it again---which I did and they were then able to draw >their visualization. > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > >- >Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. >Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. >___ >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 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. _ Dont miss your chance to WIN 10 hours of private jet travel from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0540002499mrt/direct/01/ ___ 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] strategies for little ones -visualization/retelling/summarizing for first graders
What about collecting photographs (google images?) of portraits of people with different emotional facial expressions and the beginning a sort of word wall collage of words that might be associated with that emotion. You could even include actions that a character is such an emotional state might undertake. On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:51 , CARL ZIEMINSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Hi, > I am new to the listserve and wonder if anyone has suggestions for teaching > comprehension strategies to children with NLD (Nonverbal Learning Disability)? I have a student with NLD who has a very hard time visualizing and will often stop me and ask me to show him what a character's face looked like in a story (chapter book). Any suggestions as to how to get this child to be able to read and visualize facial expressions on his own? > Thanks, > 'Bec > >Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Olga, >I really like this part of what you did with your students! > >Olga Reynolds wrote: >I read the next part, then they went back to their seats to draw their >visualizations, at this point several of the kids were puzzled and said they >didn't understand sufficiently to draw a picture--I took the opportunity to explain >that sometimes when we read a story and don't understand something we go back >and read it again---which I did and they were then able to draw >their visualization. > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > >- >Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. >Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. >___ >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 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] strategies for little ones - visualization/retelling/summarizing for first graders
Hi, I am new to the listserve and wonder if anyone has suggestions for teaching comprehension strategies to children with NLD (Nonverbal Learning Disability)? I have a student with NLD who has a very hard time visualizing and will often stop me and ask me to show him what a character's face looked like in a story (chapter book). Any suggestions as to how to get this child to be able to read and visualize facial expressions on his own? Thanks, 'Bec Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Olga, I really like this part of what you did with your students! Olga Reynolds wrote: I read the next part, then they went back to their seats to draw their visualizations, at this point several of the kids were puzzled and said they didn't understand sufficiently to draw a picture--I took the opportunity to explain that sometimes when we read a story and don't understand something we go back and read it again---which I did and they were then able to draw their visualization. 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 - Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. ___ 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] strategies for little ones - visualization/retelling/summarizing for first graders
Olga, I really like this part of what you did with your students! Olga Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I read the next part, then they went back to their seats to draw their visualizations, at this point several of the kids were puzzled and said they didn't understand sufficiently to draw a picture--I took the opportunity to explain that sometimes when we read a story and don't understand something we go back and read it again---which I did and they were then able to draw their visualization. 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 - Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. ___ 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] strategies for little ones - visualization/retelling/summarizing...
I can't wait to try this! Wow! Jennifer In a message dated 2/8/2007 7:16:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: also teach first and I like to have kids literally walk a story map that I have drawn and enlarged on a plastic shower curtain. I have designed the retell to look much like a volcano. There are stopping points that we visit along the volcano. It starts out level... like grass and we notice the title and author...make connections to either and place our connections and predictions based on those connections on sticky notes onto the map. Then we start to mount the story just as the details start to mount. kids draw pictures of the setting and adhere them to the map. Then we list main events on sentence strips for the more proficient kids, and the strugglers draw pictures to go with the strips. We continue that way until we hit the top of the volcano (which by the way is exploding) This is the climax of the story... Again, more pictures and descriptions. Then there is a quick decent (though the volcano levels off far above the beginning line) This is the resolution. Kids draw pictures and write on sentence strips. We talk about the volcano leveling off far above the opposite side of the volcano because a reader will never end up in the same place as when he began the story mount. The author and his characters will forever change the reader add to his schema give new mental images... etc. Underneath that part kids list the theme or message of the author. They try to figure out how they might have had their thinking changed or expanded. To practice the retell, kids take a two minute mount up the volcano telling about each part and finally when finished give their reaction to the author's style and message. I liken this activity to David Middlebrook's scrolls. the kids are in the story with the author... walking the structure. When their at the top, they know this is the climax that the resolution will come swiftly... the decent of the story takes so much less time than the mount. Some years we add costumes or shoes that might go with the story content.. it's my attempt at kids working with the author to create meaning. Hope this makes sense ___ 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] strategies for little ones-visualization/retelling/summarizing...
Hi everybody! I am new to this listserve and I was looking through many of the topics and I thought this one was the most informative for what I am currently doing within my classroom. I am a 4th grade special education teacher in an inclusion room. Many of my students are not on level therefore I need to do more primary reading strategies with them. But after reading many of the entries I noticed that bringing in background knowledge and trying to add personal experiences help the students. I find this strategy most effective during guided reading time in my classroom. This week we were reading about a rooster in our reading series. So during guided reading we read about what a rooster does. I started out the lesson by asking the students if they know what a rooster looks like and how it sounds. By allowing them to bring in their personal experience of sounds actually helped them when reading the story because the sound a rooster makes was in the story and they needed to repeat it many times. After they gave their experiences of what they sounded like and where they could live I told them a story about my own experience with a rooster. I noticed that this got them more excited to start reading the short story. Just by bringing in students and teachers personal experiences and background knowledge the students recognized words that were actually in the story and got the excited into reading. Reading is a struggle for many of my students so many of the pre reading activities that I do on my classroom are to get the students excited about opening up the book and reading as a group and sometimes as an individual. Throughout the reading I stop frequently to have the students retell what has been going on in the story. The first time we read the story I have them give me actual straightforward details from the story. After the story has been read another time at the end I have them summarize the story for me and putting the story into their own words. I also have them create a CSPS chart, which helps them to practice organizing their ideas. Finally I have them illustrate their favorite scene and then write a few sentences about why they chose that picture, and what is happening in the picture. I have noticed that all of these activities let the students have more experiences with the books and allow them to read and understand the story more completely. >= Original Message From "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" = >Lori, >Very well put! I noticed, as Lindsey mentioned, that there are ways that >take modeling a step further and really allow the student to understand and >use the strategy at hand. > >I am also interested in going deeper and the how's AND why's of each >strategy can vary depending on our connections with the text. I am >wondering, as you mentioned the connection you have with a text really has >to be shared with students. > >I think with children's literature it's also important to think of ways to >relate the text with real-life or even worldly situations. I think it's >wonderful that we can take messages from a children's book and make it hold >up with life's lessons. > >Sharing these types of things with middle/high school students is of >interest to me. I feel like sometimes it's easier on certain levels to get >them to relate, but the sharing part is tougher. Any suggestions? > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies >Listserv" >To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension >StrategiesListserv >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little >ones-visualization/retelling/summarizing... >Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 06:59:34 -0700 (MST) > >I am convinced more and more that one of the most important things we can do >is to share our reading lives with children, >being sincere in sharing how strategy work helps us out when we are >encounter difficulties with text. As adults, how can we >sincerely model that using only childrne's literature? Also, I think we >need to think long and hard about how we extend this >language naturally into other parts of day--into all parts of our day. >These thinking strategies can be applied accross the >curriculum and until they do, they are just something we do for a teacher >during 'reading time'. > >Lori > >_ >Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. >http://get.live.com/messenger/overview > > >___ >Mosaic mailing list >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > &
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power
Thanks Tammy! - Original Message - From: "Tammy Corness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power > Hi Linda, > > I've been trying to look up where you could contact Adrienne Gear, with > no luck. I bought the poster at the workshop that I went to. She is > presenting to our Primary Teachers Association again in March, so I will > try to find out for you then, and will post it to the list. Sorry I > couldn't be of more help. > > Tammy > > Linda Buice wrote: > >>Can you buy those posters somewhere? >> >>Linda >>- Original Message - >>From: "Tammy Corness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" >> >>Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:10 AM >>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power >> >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Reading Power is a wonderful book. It was written by a teacher in the >>>Vancouver, British Columbia school district and it really helps to make >>>the strategies more concrete for the kids. Adrienne Greer came to speak >>>at our Primary Teachers meeting a few months ago, and she's coming back >>>in March. She is a wonderful speaker! Her book has a great list of >>>books for teaching each strategy and gives you lots of insight into how >>>introduce each strategy, how to do the think alouds, and how to get the >>>kids to practice using the strategy on their own. She has also created >>>her own set of posters which I bought at the workshop. It is a head and >>>shoulders drawing of a boy or a girl, and then she has puzzle pieces >>>which fit inside the brain of the child - labeled with each of these >>>strategies. This poster shows the kids that they should have a "busy >>>brain" while they are reading. I introduced the poster and the various >>>strategies, and the kids started getting it right away, without much >>>more than the introduction. We are now talking about our read alouds >>>and other reading like never before, which so much more depth and >>>meaning. It's really exciting. I definitely recommend this book - >>>inexpensive, easy to read, and fun to use with the kids! >>> >>>Tammy >>>Surrey, British Columbia, Canada >>> >>>Jennifer Benbrook wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and >>>>I >>>>kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they >>>>need!! >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>>Julie Santello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> It is Reading Power >>>>Julie >>>> >>>>On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power >>>>>reading--but I found the other- >>>>> >>>>>"Bagwell, Debbie" wrote: I stumbled >>>>>across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with >>>>>depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign >>>>>similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month >>>>>involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and >>>>>giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the >>>>>month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each >>>>>month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The >>>>>teachers love the free book. >>>>> >>>>>Debbie Bagwell >>>>>Instructional Coach >>>>>Flowery Branch, Ga. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM >>>>>To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>>>>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is >>>>>for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the >>>>>strategy work
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power
Hi Linda, I've been trying to look up where you could contact Adrienne Gear, with no luck. I bought the poster at the workshop that I went to. She is presenting to our Primary Teachers Association again in March, so I will try to find out for you then, and will post it to the list. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Tammy Linda Buice wrote: >Can you buy those posters somewhere? > >Linda >- Original Message - >From: "Tammy Corness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" > >Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:10 AM >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power > > > > >>Hi, >> >>Reading Power is a wonderful book. It was written by a teacher in the >>Vancouver, British Columbia school district and it really helps to make >>the strategies more concrete for the kids. Adrienne Greer came to speak >>at our Primary Teachers meeting a few months ago, and she's coming back >>in March. She is a wonderful speaker! Her book has a great list of >>books for teaching each strategy and gives you lots of insight into how >>introduce each strategy, how to do the think alouds, and how to get the >>kids to practice using the strategy on their own. She has also created >>her own set of posters which I bought at the workshop. It is a head and >>shoulders drawing of a boy or a girl, and then she has puzzle pieces >>which fit inside the brain of the child - labeled with each of these >>strategies. This poster shows the kids that they should have a "busy >>brain" while they are reading. I introduced the poster and the various >>strategies, and the kids started getting it right away, without much >>more than the introduction. We are now talking about our read alouds >>and other reading like never before, which so much more depth and >>meaning. It's really exciting. I definitely recommend this book - >>inexpensive, easy to read, and fun to use with the kids! >> >>Tammy >>Surrey, British Columbia, Canada >> >>Jennifer Benbrook wrote: >> >> >> >>>Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I >>>kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they >>>need!! >>> Thanks >>> >>>Julie Santello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> It is Reading Power >>>Julie >>> >>>On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power >>>>reading--but I found the other- >>>> >>>>"Bagwell, Debbie" wrote: I stumbled >>>>across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with >>>>depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign >>>>similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month >>>>involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and >>>>giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the >>>>month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each >>>>month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The >>>>teachers love the free book. >>>> >>>>Debbie Bagwell >>>>Instructional Coach >>>>Flowery Branch, Ga. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM >>>>To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>>>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is >>>>for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the >>>>strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is >>>>a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? >>>>I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. >>>> >>>>Claudine DiMuzio >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>___ >>>>Mosaic mailing list >>>>Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>>>To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>>>http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >>>>mosaic_
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones-visualization/retelling/summarizing...
Lori, Very well put! I noticed, as Lindsey mentioned, that there are ways that take modeling a step further and really allow the student to understand and use the strategy at hand. I am also interested in going deeper and the how's AND why's of each strategy can vary depending on our connections with the text. I am wondering, as you mentioned the connection you have with a text really has to be shared with students. I think with children's literature it's also important to think of ways to relate the text with real-life or even worldly situations. I think it's wonderful that we can take messages from a children's book and make it hold up with life's lessons. Sharing these types of things with middle/high school students is of interest to me. I feel like sometimes it's easier on certain levels to get them to relate, but the sharing part is tougher. Any suggestions? From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension StrategiesListserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones-visualization/retelling/summarizing... Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 06:59:34 -0700 (MST) I am convinced more and more that one of the most important things we can do is to share our reading lives with children, being sincere in sharing how strategy work helps us out when we are encounter difficulties with text. As adults, how can we sincerely model that using only childrne's literature? Also, I think we need to think long and hard about how we extend this language naturally into other parts of day--into all parts of our day. These thinking strategies can be applied accross the curriculum and until they do, they are just something we do for a teacher during 'reading time'. Lori _ Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview ___ 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] strategies for little ones-visualization/retelling/summarizing...
I am convinced more and more that one of the most important things we can do is to share our reading lives with children, being sincere in sharing how strategy work helps us out when we are encounter difficulties with text. As adults, how can we sincerely model that using only childrne's literature? Also, I think we need to think long and hard about how we extend this language naturally into other parts of day--into all parts of our day. These thinking strategies can be applied accross the curriculum and until they do, they are just something we do for a teacher during 'reading time'. Lori On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:19 , Lindsey Jean Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >I've been following this listserv for the past week or so and I have >been enjoying this strand's great ideas for using strategies with the >primary grades.I am another a graduate student in Syracuse >University's Literacy Birth-6 program and I am interested in what you >all think about... > >1)Modeling these strategies for students: >I loved how the classroom examples that were talked about here involed >the teachers in the same process of comprehension strategies as the >children. For example, with the picture drawing to help visualize the >story, I'm sure the children loved seeing what their teacher drew as >well as their classmates! But I'm wondering if, for activities like >that and the volcano with the post-its (which was great as well!), how >do you get the students to where they know what is expected of them? >I am assuming you would model for them while doing a think-aloud to >help them understand what is going on inside their teacher's heads >while engaging in the strategies. That way, they are given some tools >to monitor how they approach and work through the activity. > >2)Being explicit beyond the "how's" of strategies, to explain those >critical "why's": >While reading this strnd, I also got to thinking about what ways you >all like to use when introducing and/or reviewing strategies with >students; I was wondering about what we might do in - addition to >modeling - to help students understand why the activity is important. > No matter how young, I have found that students of all ages respond >well to their teacher explaining WHY the strategies are important, why >they help us in so many different contexts, etc. This way, we can help >them connect to a meaningful reason for applying themselves to the >activity. > >Just some thoughts! I would enjoy hearing what everyone else thinks >about these two areas, or even more examples of what/how you have used >them in your classrooms! > >Thank you, >Lindsey Bishop > > >Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> I also teach first and I like to have kids literally walk a story map that I >> have drawn and enlarged on a plastic shower curtain. I have designed the >> retell to look much like a volcano. There are stopping points that we visit >> along the volcano. It starts out level... like grass and we notice >> the title and >> author...make connections to either and place our connections and predictions >> based on those connections on sticky notes onto the map. Then we start to >> mount the story just as the details start to mount. kids draw >> pictures of the >> setting and adhere them to the map. Then we list main events on >> sentence strips >> for the more proficient kids, and the strugglers draw pictures to go with >> the strips. We continue that way until we hit the top of the >> volcano (which by >> the way is exploding) This is the climax of the story... Again, >> more pictures >> and descriptions. Then there is a quick decent (though the volcano levels >> off far above the beginning line) This is the resolution. Kids draw pictures >> and write on sentence strips. We talk about the volcano leveling >> off far above >> the opposite side of the volcano because a reader will never end up in the >> same place as when he began the story mount. The author and his >> characters will >> forever change the reader add to his schema give new mental >> images... etc. Underneath that part kids list the theme or message >> of the author. >> They try to figure out how they might have had their thinking changed or >> expanded. >> >> To practice the retell, kids take a two minute mount up the volcano >> telling about each part and finally when finished give their reaction to the >> author's style and message. >> >> I liken this activity to David Middlebrook's scrolls. the kids are in the >> story with the author... walking the structure. When their at the >> top, they know >> this is the climax that the resolution will come swiftly... the decent >> of the story takes so much less time than the mount. >> >> Some years we add costumes or shoes that might go with the story >> content.. it's my attempt at kids working with the author to >> create meaning. >> Hope this make
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - visualization/retelling/summarizing...
I've been following this listserv for the past week or so and I have been enjoying this strand's great ideas for using strategies with the primary grades.I am another a graduate student in Syracuse University's Literacy Birth-6 program and I am interested in what you all think about... 1)Modeling these strategies for students: I loved how the classroom examples that were talked about here involed the teachers in the same process of comprehension strategies as the children. For example, with the picture drawing to help visualize the story, I'm sure the children loved seeing what their teacher drew as well as their classmates! But I'm wondering if, for activities like that and the volcano with the post-its (which was great as well!), how do you get the students to where they know what is expected of them? I am assuming you would model for them while doing a think-aloud to help them understand what is going on inside their teacher's heads while engaging in the strategies. That way, they are given some tools to monitor how they approach and work through the activity. 2)Being explicit beyond the "how's" of strategies, to explain those critical "why's": While reading this strnd, I also got to thinking about what ways you all like to use when introducing and/or reviewing strategies with students; I was wondering about what we might do in - addition to modeling - to help students understand why the activity is important. No matter how young, I have found that students of all ages respond well to their teacher explaining WHY the strategies are important, why they help us in so many different contexts, etc. This way, we can help them connect to a meaningful reason for applying themselves to the activity. Just some thoughts! I would enjoy hearing what everyone else thinks about these two areas, or even more examples of what/how you have used them in your classrooms! Thank you, Lindsey Bishop Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I also teach first and I like to have kids literally walk a story map that I > have drawn and enlarged on a plastic shower curtain. I have designed the > retell to look much like a volcano. There are stopping points that we visit > along the volcano. It starts out level... like grass and we notice > the title and > author...make connections to either and place our connections and predictions > based on those connections on sticky notes onto the map. Then we start to > mount the story just as the details start to mount. kids draw > pictures of the > setting and adhere them to the map. Then we list main events on > sentence strips > for the more proficient kids, and the strugglers draw pictures to go with > the strips. We continue that way until we hit the top of the > volcano (which by > the way is exploding) This is the climax of the story... Again, > more pictures > and descriptions. Then there is a quick decent (though the volcano levels > off far above the beginning line) This is the resolution. Kids draw pictures > and write on sentence strips. We talk about the volcano leveling > off far above > the opposite side of the volcano because a reader will never end up in the > same place as when he began the story mount. The author and his > characters will > forever change the reader add to his schema give new mental > images... etc. Underneath that part kids list the theme or message > of the author. > They try to figure out how they might have had their thinking changed or > expanded. > > To practice the retell, kids take a two minute mount up the volcano > telling about each part and finally when finished give their reaction to the > author's style and message. > > I liken this activity to David Middlebrook's scrolls. the kids are in the > story with the author... walking the structure. When their at the > top, they know > this is the climax that the resolution will come swiftly... the decent > of the story takes so much less time than the mount. > > Some years we add costumes or shoes that might go with the story > content.. it's my attempt at kids working with the author to > create meaning. > Hope this makes sense. > ___ > 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] strategies for little ones - visualization/retelling/summarizing...
I also teach first and I like to have kids literally walk a story map that I have drawn and enlarged on a plastic shower curtain. I have designed the retell to look much like a volcano. There are stopping points that we visit along the volcano. It starts out level... like grass and we notice the title and author...make connections to either and place our connections and predictions based on those connections on sticky notes onto the map. Then we start to mount the story just as the details start to mount. kids draw pictures of the setting and adhere them to the map. Then we list main events on sentence strips for the more proficient kids, and the strugglers draw pictures to go with the strips. We continue that way until we hit the top of the volcano (which by the way is exploding) This is the climax of the story... Again, more pictures and descriptions. Then there is a quick decent (though the volcano levels off far above the beginning line) This is the resolution. Kids draw pictures and write on sentence strips. We talk about the volcano leveling off far above the opposite side of the volcano because a reader will never end up in the same place as when he began the story mount. The author and his characters will forever change the reader add to his schema give new mental images... etc. Underneath that part kids list the theme or message of the author. They try to figure out how they might have had their thinking changed or expanded. To practice the retell, kids take a two minute mount up the volcano telling about each part and finally when finished give their reaction to the author's style and message. I liken this activity to David Middlebrook's scrolls. the kids are in the story with the author... walking the structure. When their at the top, they know this is the climax that the resolution will come swiftly... the decent of the story takes so much less time than the mount. Some years we add costumes or shoes that might go with the story content.. it's my attempt at kids working with the author to create meaning. Hope this makes sense. ___ 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] strategies for little ones - visualization/retelling/summarizing for first graders
Here is what I did with my class today-I teach in a district working under a Reading First grant and at a site where the administrator wants every bit in placefrom focus wall to posted standards. My objective was to to teach summarizing and story structure (HM language arts program). I translated that to be retelling a story using characters, setting, problem, solution. Since my students are mostly English language learners who understand decoding at the first grade level but lack the vocabulary to comprehend I planned a visualization part to go with the retelling. The story I read to them was "The alligator, The Fox and The Rabbit". I explained that the story had no picture and they had to creat their own picture in their brain. I divided the story into four parts before reading it out loud to them. I read the first part, then stopped---we didn't discuss the story---we just stopped---I sent them to their seat with a piece of paper and had them divide it into 4 equal part. They were to draw whatever pictures they visualized in one part of the paper (I did allow them to ask about the vocabulary words---they were listening since they were listening and knew to ask questions about something they didn't understand). I set the timer for about 7 minutes. As soon as the timer went off, they returned to the carpet to listen to the next part of the story---and they were efficient because they were curious about what was going to happen next. I read the next part, then they went back to their seats to draw their visualizations, at this point several of the kids were puzzled and said they didn't understand sufficiently to draw a picture--I took the opportunity to explain that sometimes when we read a story and don't understand something we go back and read it again---which I did and they were then able to draw their visualization. We continued with the next two parts---with some rereading and rereading. This whole activity took about thirty minutes from start to finish. They had some beautiful and detailed drawings which we used to retell the story. We discussed each story element and they wrote a sentence or two about each one. So what did we learn, retouch, review, practicevisualization, asking questions, rereading, listening, cause and effect---all these were woven into the simple retelling. The visualization and writing took about an hour (and oops we did not have time to review the long o). I saw comprehension strategies being usedAnd we didn't use any work sheets! olga reynolds --- Linda Buice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you buy those posters somewhere? > > Linda > - Original Message - > From: "Tammy Corness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies > Listserv" > > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:10 AM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - > reading power > > > > Hi, > > > > Reading Power is a wonderful book. It was written > by a teacher in the > > Vancouver, British Columbia school district and it > really helps to make > > the strategies more concrete for the kids. > Adrienne Greer came to speak > > at our Primary Teachers meeting a few months ago, > and she's coming back > > in March. She is a wonderful speaker! Her book > has a great list of > > books for teaching each strategy and gives you > lots of insight into how > > introduce each strategy, how to do the think > alouds, and how to get the > > kids to practice using the strategy on their own. > She has also created > > her own set of posters which I bought at the > workshop. It is a head and > > shoulders drawing of a boy or a girl, and then she > has puzzle pieces > > which fit inside the brain of the child - labeled > with each of these > > strategies. This poster shows the kids that they > should have a "busy > > brain" while they are reading. I introduced the > poster and the various > > strategies, and the kids started getting it right > away, without much > > more than the introduction. We are now talking > about our read alouds > > and other reading like never before, which so much > more depth and > > meaning. It's really exciting. I definitely > recommend this book - > > inexpensive, easy to read, and fun to use with the > kids! > > > > Tammy > > Surrey, British Columbia, Canada > > > > Jennifer Benbrook wrote: > > > >>Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts > said Power Reading and I > >>kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is > the LAST thing they > >>need!! > >> Thanks > >> > >>Julie Santello <[EMAIL PROTEC
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power
Can you buy those posters somewhere? Linda - Original Message - From: "Tammy Corness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power > Hi, > > Reading Power is a wonderful book. It was written by a teacher in the > Vancouver, British Columbia school district and it really helps to make > the strategies more concrete for the kids. Adrienne Greer came to speak > at our Primary Teachers meeting a few months ago, and she's coming back > in March. She is a wonderful speaker! Her book has a great list of > books for teaching each strategy and gives you lots of insight into how > introduce each strategy, how to do the think alouds, and how to get the > kids to practice using the strategy on their own. She has also created > her own set of posters which I bought at the workshop. It is a head and > shoulders drawing of a boy or a girl, and then she has puzzle pieces > which fit inside the brain of the child - labeled with each of these > strategies. This poster shows the kids that they should have a "busy > brain" while they are reading. I introduced the poster and the various > strategies, and the kids started getting it right away, without much > more than the introduction. We are now talking about our read alouds > and other reading like never before, which so much more depth and > meaning. It's really exciting. I definitely recommend this book - > inexpensive, easy to read, and fun to use with the kids! > > Tammy > Surrey, British Columbia, Canada > > Jennifer Benbrook wrote: > >>Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I >>kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they >>need!! >> Thanks >> >>Julie Santello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It is Reading Power >>Julie >> >>On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: >> >> >> >>>Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power >>>reading--but I found the other- >>> >>>"Bagwell, Debbie" wrote: I stumbled >>>across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with >>>depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign >>>similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month >>>involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and >>>giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the >>>month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each >>>month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The >>>teachers love the free book. >>> >>>Debbie Bagwell >>>Instructional Coach >>>Flowery Branch, Ga. >>> >>> >>> >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM >>>To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones >>> >>> >>> >>>Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is >>>for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the >>>strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is >>>a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? >>>I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. >>> >>>Claudine DiMuzio >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>___ >>>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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Jennifer Benbrook >>>Bronze Star Executive >>>What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? >>>Start for FREE...just ask me >>>Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook >>>Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! >>>732-778-5766 >>> >>>Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put >>>your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>- >>>Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. >>>___
Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power
Karen, Thank you for the info, I liked what I saw so I bought a copy today as I enjoyed our windchill day at home. I really appreciate your time. Kim K/Syracuse ___ 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] strategies for little ones - reading power
Kim, I don't know if you saw the link to Stenhouse, but they have all the chapters available to look at or down load in PDF form. Karen 1st/MI Tammy Corness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Kim, Yes, Adrienne Gear is the author (sorry I had the last name wrong). The full title is Reading Power: Teaching Students To Think While They Read. It is published by Pembroke Publishers Limited and the ISBN number is 1-55138-203-2. I hope this helps. Tammy BarberDK wrote: >Is Adrienne Greer the author? I have been looking at vaious books that have >the title, but not by her, I would love to take a look at this book can you >give more info on this book? >Kim > > >___ >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. - Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Carol Carlson wrote: >Do the strategies align with Strategies that Work? >Thanks, >Carol > Yes, Adrienne Gear developed Reading Power based on the work in Strategies That Work. She streamlined the strategies into five basic ones, and changed a few names to make them easier for kids to understand, but she told us at the workshop that her work was based on Strategies that Work. Tammy > > > > ___ 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] strategies for little ones - reading power
Hi Kim, Yes, Adrienne Gear is the author (sorry I had the last name wrong). The full title is Reading Power: Teaching Students To Think While They Read. It is published by Pembroke Publishers Limited and the ISBN number is 1-55138-203-2. I hope this helps. Tammy BarberDK wrote: >Is Adrienne Greer the author? I have been looking at vaious books that have >the title, but not by her, I would love to take a look at this book can you >give more info on this book? >Kim > > >___ >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] strategies for little ones
Do the strategies align with Strategies that Work? Thanks, Carol On Feb 4, 2007, at 6:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is > for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the > strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is > a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? > I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. > > Claudine DiMuzio > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 2:46 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones > > > The two things that my current class seems to like to write or talk > about is > their questions and their conenctions they have made to the text > they have > read. Everytime I read to the class I try to come up with > questions and > write them on our class reading log and connections I have made to > the text. > The students seem to really like when I share my thoughts and > connections > with them. When we are done they share their questions and > connections they > have made and will write about them in their reading log. I am always > amazed at the connections they made and look forward to reading their > reading logs. I have students that work well above level to way > below. > Where the higher level group writes much of their own connections and > questions the lower group is still working on early concepts of > print and > their work is more illustrations in nature. I use this opportuntiy > to work > one on one with the writing process during our conference time at > the end of > the day. Regardless both groups have very meaningful connections and > questions and are eager to share them because they want to be good > readers. > Kim > > > ___ > 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. > __ > __ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and > security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > ___ > 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] strategies for little ones - reading power
Is Adrienne Greer the author? I have been looking at vaious books that have the title, but not by her, I would love to take a look at this book can you give more info on this book? Kim ___ 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] strategies for little ones - reading power
Hi, Reading Power is a wonderful book. It was written by a teacher in the Vancouver, British Columbia school district and it really helps to make the strategies more concrete for the kids. Adrienne Greer came to speak at our Primary Teachers meeting a few months ago, and she's coming back in March. She is a wonderful speaker! Her book has a great list of books for teaching each strategy and gives you lots of insight into how introduce each strategy, how to do the think alouds, and how to get the kids to practice using the strategy on their own. She has also created her own set of posters which I bought at the workshop. It is a head and shoulders drawing of a boy or a girl, and then she has puzzle pieces which fit inside the brain of the child - labeled with each of these strategies. This poster shows the kids that they should have a "busy brain" while they are reading. I introduced the poster and the various strategies, and the kids started getting it right away, without much more than the introduction. We are now talking about our read alouds and other reading like never before, which so much more depth and meaning. It's really exciting. I definitely recommend this book - inexpensive, easy to read, and fun to use with the kids! Tammy Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Jennifer Benbrook wrote: >Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I >kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they need!! > Thanks > >Julie Santello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is Reading Power >Julie > >On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: > > > >>Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power >>reading--but I found the other- >> >>"Bagwell, Debbie" wrote: I stumbled >>across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with >>depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign >>similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month >>involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and >>giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the >>month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each >>month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The >>teachers love the free book. >> >>Debbie Bagwell >>Instructional Coach >>Flowery Branch, Ga. >> >>____ >> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM >>To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones >> >> >> >>Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is >>for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the >>strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is >>a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? >>I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. >> >>Claudine DiMuzio >> >> >> >> >>___ >>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. >> >> >> >> >>Jennifer Benbrook >>Bronze Star Executive >>What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? >>Start for FREE...just ask me >>Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook >>Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! >>732-778-5766 >> >>Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put >>your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! >> >> >> >> >> >>- >>Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. >>___ >>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. > > > > >Jennif
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Yes, Reading Power is the book I was talking about. Sorry about the confusion...my copy is at school. Debbie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 9:16 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Is this it? _Click here: Stenhouse Publishers - Reading Power: Teaching Students to Think While They Read_ (http://stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=9039) ___ 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] strategies for little ones
I just got the book myself, and I do really like it. It gives great ideas for how to present each strategy. Karen 1st/MI Jennifer Benbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they need!! Thanks Julie Santello wrote: It is Reading Power Julie On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: > Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power > reading--but I found the other- > > "Bagwell, Debbie" wrote: I stumbled > across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with > depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign > similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month > involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and > giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the > month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each > month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The > teachers love the free book. > > Debbie Bagwell > Instructional Coach > Flowery Branch, Ga. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones > > > > Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is > for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the > strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is > a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? > I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. > > Claudine DiMuzio > > > > > ___ > 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. > > > > > Jennifer Benbrook > Bronze Star Executive > What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? > Start for FREE...just ask me > Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook > Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! > 732-778-5766 > > Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put > your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! > > > > > > - > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > ___ > 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. ___ 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. - Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Thank you!! (o: I thought so!! The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I kept finding books on speed reading...LOL That is the LAST thing they need!! Thanks Julie Santello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is Reading Power Julie On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: > Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power > reading--but I found the other- > > "Bagwell, Debbie" wrote: I stumbled > across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with > depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign > similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month > involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and > giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the > month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each > month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The > teachers love the free book. > > Debbie Bagwell > Instructional Coach > Flowery Branch, Ga. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones > > > > Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is > for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the > strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is > a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? > I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. > > Claudine DiMuzio > > > > > ___ > 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. > > > > > Jennifer Benbrook > Bronze Star Executive > What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? > Start for FREE...just ask me > Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook > Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! > 732-778-5766 > > Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put > your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! > > > > > > - > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > ___ > 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Is this it? _Click here: Stenhouse Publishers - Reading Power: Teaching Students to Think While They Read_ (http://stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=9039) ___ 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] strategies for little ones
It is Reading Power Julie On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote: > Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power > reading--but I found the other- > > "Bagwell, Debbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I stumbled > across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with > depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign > similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month > involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and > giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the > month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each > month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The > teachers love the free book. > > Debbie Bagwell > Instructional Coach > Flowery Branch, Ga. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones > > > > Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is > for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the > strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is > a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? > I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. > > Claudine DiMuzio > > > > > ___ > 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. > > > > > Jennifer Benbrook > Bronze Star Executive > What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? > Start for FREE...just ask me > Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook > Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! > 732-778-5766 > > Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put > your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! > > > > > > - > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > ___ > 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] strategies for little ones
Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power reading--but I found the other- "Bagwell, Debbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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. Jennifer Benbrook Bronze Star Executive What would you do with an extra $1000 a month? Start for FREE...just ask me Shop online anytime- www.athome.com/jenniferbenbrook Check out THE ATTIC--always a sale! 732-778-5766 Work from home, make your own hours, determine your own income, put your family first,be your own boss and enjoy the benefits!! - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Who is the author of this book--and is the title reading power or power reading? Thanks, Laura C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bagwell, Debbie Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:46 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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] strategies for little ones
I stumbled across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The teachers love the free book. Debbie Bagwell Instructional Coach Flowery Branch, Ga. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 7:20 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers. Claudine DiMuzio -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones The two things that my current class seems to like to write or talk about is their questions and their conenctions they have made to the text they have read. Everytime I read to the class I try to come up with questions and write them on our class reading log and connections I have made to the text. The students seem to really like when I share my thoughts and connections with them. When we are done they share their questions and connections they have made and will write about them in their reading log. I am always amazed at the connections they made and look forward to reading their reading logs. I have students that work well above level to way below. Where the higher level group writes much of their own connections and questions the lower group is still working on early concepts of print and their work is more illustrations in nature. I use this opportuntiy to work one on one with the writing process during our conference time at the end of the day. Regardless both groups have very meaningful connections and questions and are eager to share them because they want to be good readers. Kim ___ 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. Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ___ 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] strategies for little ones
The two things that my current class seems to like to write or talk about is their questions and their conenctions they have made to the text they have read. Everytime I read to the class I try to come up with questions and write them on our class reading log and connections I have made to the text. The students seem to really like when I share my thoughts and connections with them. When we are done they share their questions and connections they have made and will write about them in their reading log. I am always amazed at the connections they made and look forward to reading their reading logs. I have students that work well above level to way below. Where the higher level group writes much of their own connections and questions the lower group is still working on early concepts of print and their work is more illustrations in nature. I use this opportuntiy to work one on one with the writing process during our conference time at the end of the day. Regardless both groups have very meaningful connections and questions and are eager to share them because they want to be good readers. Kim ___ 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] strategies for little ones
Hello everyone I know I have been rather quiet lately...Since December it seems like every member of my household has been sick...one right after another! At last,as we all stop coughing and sneezing and are on the road to recovery, I can sit back and reflect on the strategy instruction going on in my classrooms. Last year I read "Starting with Comprehension" and it was very eye-opening for me. My copy has been making the rounds through my 6 kindergarten teachers and they all love it and are all trying bits and pieces of it. For the first time as reading specialist, this year I am working in Kindergarten...I pull out a small group of the kids who came into Kindergarten reading. I am also plugging in two times a week for the kids at risk in phonemic awareness and letter sound learning. With my early readers, I have been working on comprehension strategies. I began by asking them what good readers do...they had to observe at home and school and see what they noticed. We started an anchor chart and while they had said some of the expected things..." read with expression", "saying the words right"...I was pleased to have someone say that it was important to think while they read! At that point, I started talking about metacognition...thinking about your thinking. I have had them start to record their thinking in writing as I read to them and I got some great stuff. We worked a little on purposes for reading after that. I was trying to decide now where to go next. They read anywhere from a preprimer to a second grade level and I am trying to decide how appropriate it would be to have them record their thinking with their own reading...or whether or not I need to model some more. I only see these little ones for an hour a week (2 half hour periods) and I want to make the best of my time. As we read our last big book together, they came up with a lot of questions, so maybe I should go there next...but they are reading a little on their own and I am struggling with how or when to release them to try independently. I have been working mainly with third through fifth graders the past few years and I am rusty with my early childhood skills,' What do you all think? Kindergarten teachers, what do you do??? Jennifer Maryland Reading Specialist ___ 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.
