[MOSAIC] questions for Dave, Joy, others on textmapping

[Renee]

Hi Olga,

You don't say what grade you are teaching but as someone who has done  
some textmapping in the past, if you want to do this on the first day  
of school I would say read the story first, then do a "whole group"  
textmapping activity with the scroll up on the wall and having student  
volunteers come up to highlight things.  I don't know what those things  
would be.... that's up to you.

That's what I'd do. :-)
Renee

On Aug 26, 2007, at 11:40 AM, Olga Reynolds wrote:

> Hi all,
> I just revistited Dave's site and after reading and
> thinking about it---I have questions that probably can
> only be answered by trying it out----the whole concept
> sounds "like it makes a lot of sense".
> I am going to try it on the first day of school with a
> read aloud (probably about the first day of school).
> Is it stretching it to have the kids "see" the entire
> story before listening to it???? How will this affect
> their ability to visualize??
> I am feeling comfortable with the idea that they will
> "sense" many of the feelings they will experience
> throughout the day and start to develop a sense of
> comfort that they will be ok???
>
> Dave, Joy anyone help me out with this.
>
> olga
> --- Kukonis at aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>> As a follow up to David's email... when he talked
>> about scrolls being a
>> conversation starter, I would also like to add that
>> another conversation that
>> scrolls provide much faster than books is the
>> conversation the student  has using
>> his inner voice. Scrolls help to explicitly teach a
>> kids how to  listen,
>> monitor, and adjust thinking. My first graders used
>> scrolls for the last  two
>> years and they have told me as much....Strugglers
>> confirm my classroom
>> observations as well. In fact,  some strugglers do
>> not even come close  to
>> metacognition until we start scroll work. I usually
>> begin just with  picture walks as well.
>>
>> When the kids get really good at responding to text
>> in written format,
>> scrolls once again  are helpful in fostering
>> powerful thinking, book  talks, and
>> literature circles.  In fact when we do reading
>> cycle  centers, scrolls are our
>> link from level to level,  from genre to genre,
>> from topic to topic, or from
>> author  to author. I can't say enough  good things
>> about scrolls and how they
>> reveal story to a reader.
>>
>> David is correct. Scrolls can become tedious in
>> their creation.... but  in my
>> opinion, well worth the time and effort. Be sure to
>> laminate them and keep
>> them in your collections in the library. They are as
>> readily used as books and
>> in certain periods during the year most often chosen
>> by my kids  themselves.
>>
>> Pam
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