Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-16 Thread Angie Kelley
Kim, The Comprehension Toolkit for grades 3-6 has a great lesson on monitoring using How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting. It's great! I just used it with my sixth graders. Angie Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Mosaic mailing list

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-16 Thread ncteach
@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 2:28 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension Kim, The Comprehension Toolkit for grades 3-6 has a great lesson on monitoring using How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting. It's great! I just used it with my sixth graders. Angie Kelley [EMAIL

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-16 Thread Angie Kelley
Kim, That's exactly what I did after I introduced the whole idea of metacognition. Now the kids are trying it on their own and recording their thinking using sticky notes. After a while I will let them decide if they need to continue with using sticky notes for fiction but I require them to

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-16 Thread Villarrubia, Susan L
] on behalf of Angie Kelley Sent: Sat 8/16/2008 2:28 AM To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension Kim, The Comprehension Toolkit for grades 3-6 has a great lesson on monitoring using How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting. It's great

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-16 Thread gina nunley
I am so partial to anything by Chris Van Allsburg that I might exaggerate the benefits of his books, but with that said I would do a think aloud with something like The Wretched Stone The Sweetest Fig Witch's Broom The Stranger any of those that you haven't read because the monitoring

[MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

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

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

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

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

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

Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread ncteach
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Re: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension

2008-08-15 Thread Storti, Donna
that would be helpful for you. Donna From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of ncteach Sent: Fri 8/15/2008 4:26 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: [MOSAIC] monitoring comprehension Hi Everyone! I plan on spending the first couple