Peter
Hooray for the pragmatic system! :-) There are many on the list who work with
teachers who will love this grid. I know that any teacher who wants a concise
summary of the deep and surface structure systems will appreciate this too.
I hope everyone checks it out!
Jennifer Palmer
Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher
FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the adventure.
"Children grow into the intellectual life around them."
-Vygotsky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Peter S. Carpenter
Sent: Wed 8/13/2008 10:27 PM
To: Judy Mazur; Special Chat List for "To Understand: New Horizons
inReadingComprehension"
Subject: Re: [Understand] A ying/yang moment and synthesis
I've been a quiet observer on the list serv for a while, and I've really
been enjoying the conversations. Since we are in flux with the discussion,
I thought I'd share something that I created last year.
I had the chance to hear Ellin in Philly a year and a half ago before To
Understand came out...she shared the content from the book, and I was so
encouraged and excited to share all that I learned with the teachers with
whom I work. I created an organizer (I like to call it a cheat sheet) on
some of the big ideas with regard to the cueing systems. As I listened to
her, and processed it afterward, I saw it as a "Yin/Yang" effect and, as
such, created this document to look like a modern ying/yang. Keith has
graciously posted it to the Mosaic list site. Follow the link...you may
have to cut and paste into your web browser.
http://readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm. Look for the documents under
the "Staff Development" section.
The grand irony in it all for me was that; in creating this, I was doing
exactly what Ellin said we do when we construct meaning...and it was
interesting to reflect back on it and say...oh yes, this is what I was doing
here, and there, and everywhere. I must have been trying "To Understand".
:) Thanks, Ellin!
I'd love to hear what you all think!
:) Peter from Maryland
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