[MOSAIC] Comprehension Toolkit

[Carol Carlson]

The district purchased kits for teachers in grades 3-6. I was asked  
to "assign" trade books to certain grade levels. I rather arbitrarily  
determined which grade levels would use the materials that come with  
the comprehension toolkit. I looked at how the articles/tradebooks  
integrated with each grade level's content in ss and science.
I am asking the teachers to send me text that they find effective in  
teaching the strategies. I'll keep it posted for all buildings to share.
Carol
On Sep 15, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Lisa Szyska wrote:

> --- Paula Rushia <paula_rushia at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  I think
>> that you'd be able to use many articles from the
>> Source of Short Text because many may be too
>> difficult for third graders.  Just my thoughts...
>>   Paula/5/NH
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> Yes, that is an excellent point.  I bypassed MANY of
> those Source of Short Text pieces as a third grade
> teacher...way too long and difficult.  In addition to
> picture books, I often used a Time for Kids from the
> 4th grade teacher in 3rd because those articles a
> little meatier than the 3rd grade ones. Ask magazine
> from Carus Pub. also has engaging nonfiction articles.
>  Then we could practice with the 3rd grade ones. Any
> well written text works though.  I think I finally
> realized that there is nothing magical about the ones
> in the kit after I tried using that "Stealing Beauty"
> article the first time out...what a flop.
>
> Lisa
> 2/3 loop, IL
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