[MOSAIC] Beyond Retelling

[mary milner]

Love this idea!  So you developed the rubric with the class?
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Beyond Retelling


>I developed a rubric for retelling for my kiddos--a sort of simplified
> version the retelling elements from the DRA.  I started with my reading 
> the
> very sorts of books kiddos are expected to retell (not the DRA texts, but
> leveled books that reflected all the different levels in my classroom).
> Then I would retell--sometimes very poorly.  My first and second graders
> just LOVED scoring me.  One child was always designated to count the
> prompts--I taught the kids only one, which was tell me more.  The kids 
> would
> groan and shake their heads with each prompt.  They quickly came to
> understand that it was important not to make me 'beg' for the whole story.
> After a week of this, we did partnered retelling work.  Day one, the
> retelling team consisted of one listener and one rater--they actually sat
> there with their rubrics and scored their partner's retelling.  Day two we
> switched.  I set up the listening center for students to record their own
> retellings and do what I called 'retrospective retellings", they listened 
> to
> themselves and scored their retellings.  I had wonderful conversations 
> with
> them about their ratings (they were tough on themselves) and they began to
> have a real sense of how to 'fill in the blanks'.  Two biggest results 
> here
> were   understanding and detailing of character and a tremendous drop in 
> the
> number of required prompts--as in, almost NEVER.
>
> Lori
>
>
> On 11/29/07 11:44 PM, "Debbie Goodis" <mrs_goodis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I read about 2 stories a day to my students. Would it be helpful if I did 
>> one
>> or two a week as a lesson on retelling? For example, every "event" stop 
>> and
>> ask the students to tell me what I just read to them in their own words. 
>> It's
>> something I can do tomorrow so I thought I might try it. It seem that 
>> when you
>> want to teach a skill its helpful to use a concept that is easy for them. 
>> Two
>> or three pages at a time. Just to get them "in the habit" of thinking in 
>> terms
>> of the story in their own words. It's late, and I hope I'm being clear.
>> Thanks for any thoughts.
>> Debbie
>>
>>
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