Re: [MOSAIC] Help Repeated Readings

2012-12-19 Thread e h
Hi! Remediating reading fluency can be a very tricky thing. As can be raising a child's motivation. The quick and dirty is: The research indicates that there is a relationship between comprehension and fluency, but it is a breakdown in comprehension that most likely causes a breakdown in fluency

[MOSAIC] problem-solution stories, fourth grade level

2011-07-30 Thread e h
HI All, I'm looking to teach my fourth grade students to summarize by identifying problems and solutions in a text. I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a chapter book where in each chapter the main character has a problem and solution that s/he needs to solve. I find that while most books have

Re: [MOSAIC] Summarization

2010-12-07 Thread e h
summarization is really tough So the DRA prompts you to give the children prompts such the one you've described, but never asks any questions or tells them what to put in their summary? (i.e. good summaries include the main character the problem and the solution in the storyetc) That is