[MOSAIC] Comprehension Toolkit

[Liz Hill]

Is there going to be or is there a k-2 toolkit?
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> Hi Diane,
> We have gone through similar struggles with students at our school.  There 
> are some (and I can relate to them) who want to read it all first--then 
> peel it apart. I do it like this:
> 1.  During short lessons like the ones from the toolkit they must 
> participate AS we read because of the nature of the turn and talk. I think 
> it is not too much to ask because in the toolkit we are dealing with short 
> text AND often the text is difficult enough to demand stop and think from 
> all readers as they go.
> 2.  During class books--especially if the students  are higher 
> readers--they may read the whole thing and return for a second 
> look --posting and noting with us on their second round.  They may not 
> "give away" things to other readers.
> 3.  I also, at least once, give them a text that is too difficult for them 
> so they can see the benefits of stopping as you go in order to figure out 
> what is happening.  Often, I think, they are resistant to the stopping 
> because the text is not much of a reach for them and they feel frustrated 
> with the slower pacing. Once they see what it looks like with a harder 
> text, they begin to understand why we might do all the stop and talk.  Did 
> your student even want to read the Stealing Beauty article without 
> stopping?
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Bonita DeAmicis
> California, Grade 5
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Diane <emaildiane at hotpop.com>
>> I did the first two Comprehension Toolkit lessons (by Stephanie Harvey &
>> Anne Goudvis) this week. They went really well. The students were very
>> engaged and really enjoyed the lessons. I was surprised at, and very
>> impressed by, the level of discussion among my fourth-graders. They made
>> the same kinds of comments that were made in the demo lesson provided in
>> the toolkit. (I tend to view demo class lessons with a little bit of
>> skepticism, wondering how true-to-life they are.)
>>
>> I am so encouraged by how well the lessons went. I only have 60 minutes
>> for the lessons, so I have to move pretty fast. I was able to pack it
>> all in during the time period.
>>
>> Even the "Stealing Beauty" lesson went very well. I only read the first
>> few paragraphs of the article as indicated in the demo lesson. (I wonder
>> if some who had trouble with this lesson read the entire article.) We
>> had great discussions with only the excerpt. These students were not
>> taught comprehension strategies in an explicit way in the lower grades,
>> so I'm very inspired by their progress. I have been modeling the
>> strategies in our read-alouds but haven't done a full-blown lesson on
>> them. They must have connected with the modeling much more than I knew.
>>
>> I have one gifted student (and an excellent reader) who complains about
>> the stop and think sessions. She told me that she wants to read the
>> whole story THEN discuss it. I told her that I will give her the
>> opportunity to read through books will we read together beforehand. The
>> drawback is that she isn't able to participate with predictions and some
>> inferences because she has/will have already read the books. I am
>> certain that her participation would be beneficial to our discussions.
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Just wanted to share,
>> Diane/4th
>>
>> http://www.comprehensiontoolkit.com/
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