When Debbie talks about her planning circles she often suggests bringing
kids back together halfway through readers workshop, after the focus lesson
and they have been out there trying things on their own to discuss what you
have noticed and then sending them out again. This is good thinking, it
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Gradual release
The other obvious limitation to the class release to independence model which
has been a subtext of some of the thinking the last decade, is that each of the
class members need/receive modeling, etc. all at the same time, need/receive
guided practice
The post you're speaking to was actually my second post yesterday. I wish I
had a dollar for every post I carefully wrote and then lost because of silly
tech glitches. I no longer remember all I wanted to say, but the main part was
probably dealing with the NAEYC'S model of learning. Through
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The post you're speaking to was actually my
thanks for this phenomenally profound post.
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I am almost thinking it is circular...let kids go a bit...see what they can
do...then model
Great fun to hear Debbie. I think this thread would be incomplete without
remembering NAEYC's model of learning because it speaks to the issues of
linear/circular, messy (think Harste)/predictable, individual/universal,
etcetera. I hope I'm not oversimplifying when I describe the model of
The other obvious limitation to the class release to independence model which
has been a subtext of some of the thinking the last decade, is that each of the
class members need/receive modeling, etc. all at the same time, need/receive
guided practice, whatever, all at the same time, etcetera
Debbie Miller's new thinking on Gradual release can be found at this podcast on
the Stenhouse site.
http://www.stenhouse.com/html/rwm2podcast.htm?r=n263
I'd love to hear everyone's thinking on gradual release and/ or the I can
statements referred to in this podcast.
Hope everyone is having a
